Joy Behar Fumes: ‘I’m Mad at George Clooney’ for Bailing on Biden

Joy Behar is pretty heated about George Clooney’s op-ed, asking on Thursday’s episode of The View, “Couldn’t he tell him that in person for God’s sakes, he has to write an op-ed piece?”

In Clooney’s op-ed, he wrote “Joe Biden is a hero; he saved democracy in 2020. We need him to do it again in 2024,” by backing out of the race. He cited Biden’s condition at a fundraiser prior to the debate as the primary grounds for his concerns. Former Barack Obama speech writer Jon Favreau attended the same event, according to a clip of Favreau speaking to CNN as shown during The View episode in question, and shared the same concerns as Clooney.

Nonetheless, Behar, who at 81 is just about six weeks older than Biden, took further issue with the way he expressed those concerns as the conversation wore on: “I’m mad at George Clooney right now,” she said. Co-host Sunny Hostin agreed with Behar that Clooney should have closed ranks and shared his concerns privately. “I don’t like that Geroge Clooney did this,” Hostin said. “I don’t like that George Clooney aired this dirty laundry to the world.”

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