Matt Damon shares the story about George Clooney peeing in his cat litter box during Kennedy Center Honors Speech
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George Clooney is a known prankster – but at the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, airing Dec. 28 on CBS — the world will be reminded just how far he’s willing to go for a laugh.
In a teaser for the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors By E! News, Matt Damon Unexpected speech to honor his friend and former costar
“It has been stated that my friend George Clooney Damon, 52, describes Clooney as the “last of the true movie stars.”
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“So I started to think about what that meant. Many Kennedy Center honorees in the past have been movie stars in a classic sense. Actors with class and sophistication — Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck“He continues, ending with the punchline.
Damon adds, “And then… I think of George.” “A man who deceived Richard Kind’s cat litterbox as a joke.”
Damon doesn’t stop there. “A man who once stole Bill ClintonFake notes were written to actors by a stationer and he wrote them fake notes expressing his love for their movies.”
Last year, during an appearance on the podcast SmartLessHosting by Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman And Will ArnettClooney explained why Kind’s cat pooed in his litter box.
The Ocean’s Eleven Kind was once roommate of actor Kind. Kind also shared a small cat with Kind. Clooney recounted that Kind was bored and began to clean out the cat’s litter box, taking the cat’s urine out, and flushing it down his toilet.
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“My little kitty. Clooney said to Clooney that he hadn’t given a s—in in three days.
“Then he takes his cat to the vet and gives him Metamucil. Clooney explained that the cat now s—ts 15 times per day and that he has given him Metamucil. Smartless crew. “I don’t know why. It’s so funny.
The High in the Air Star then claimed he had an epiphany.
“Then, after a couple weeks, I realize what I have to do.” He said, “I must put a s— inside the cat box.”
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Clooney said, laughing, that “now there is this moment” when he was squatted on top of a cat box. It’s quite funny. It’s good. But I’m not sure it’s how I want to be remembered…’ The cat is like six-inches long. It’s a small cat.
Clooney was astonished when Kind figured it out. Kind, however, wasn’t. Clooney remembers Clooney saying, “He gets madder than madder and more madder.”
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“And then he finally said, ‘I understand humor! I don’t laugh at defecation!
CBS will broadcast the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony on Dec. 28, at 8:15 p.m.