President Barack Obama Asked George Clooney To Play Basketball With Him

 

For his ninth cover story for Esquire, George Clooney, shared his feelings about the love of his life, Amal Clooney, his frustrations regarding the current international refugee crisis and, perhaps most curiously, his relationship with President Barack Obama particularly when it comes to their shared penchant for basketball. 

He said “We played here in L.A. I did a fundraiser here with him, and he said, 'What are you doing tomorrow morning? I go, 'What time?' He goes, '5:30. You wanna play some hoops?' And I go, 'Yeah.' And he goes, 'All right, we'll set it up. You got any of your friends want to play?” Since an invitation like that is a rarity in life it was an opportunity he nor his friends could pass up. He explained further “I started writing my friends, going, 'You wanna play basketball with the president of the United States? Now I have this picture of my buddy elbowing the President. It was really fun. He's a good basketball player”

Clooney's compliments toward the president did not stop at his basketball skills as he said “He's deeply funny, he gets the joke. He's called me a couple of times after I've gotten in an argument with somebody about him. And he's like, 'What are you doing fighting with that guy? That kind of stuff has been very funny”