Clooney's 14 Friends: As an Actor Spread Millions to His Pals
'20.12.2017'
Source: Tatler
George Clooney never ceases to amaze. In a recent interview, the actor told me that he liked to give puppies to friends. But it turned out that George’s friends once had the opportunity to rejoice not only to cute little dogs. Writes Tatler, in 2013, Clooney presented fourteen to his friends for a million US dollars.
This is not a joke or a prank - it was. Clooney's longtime friend and business partner, Cindy Crawford's husband Randy Gerber, spoke of the incident in September 2013 in an interview with MSNBC. Then George invited his friends to visit. At supper each of them found black cases on their chairs. Before offering to open them, Clooney stood up and said, “I want you to know how important you are to me. You let me sleep on your sofas when I first arrived in Los Angeles. If it weren't for you, I don't know where I would be today. I want to thank you and ask you to open the cases ”.
Each suitcase contained a million dollars. According to Gerber, everyone was seriously shocked. It turned out that George not only made gifts, but also paid taxes on each one, so the friends could take the whole amount. “Now you don't have to worry about the education of your children or paying for your mortgage,” Clooney commented.
Gerber, a very wealthy businessman, says that he categorically refused to take the case, but in return for the refusal, George promised him “a grudge for life,” so he had to take it - Randy donated money to charity and helped one of the New York hospitals. But not all of the friends who attended the dinner were rich. Some were going through difficult times - and the money really saved them, Gerber says.
