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| U.S. actor George Clooney arrives in London's
Leicester Square, for the British Premiere of his latest film, Good
Night, And Good Luck, which he also directs Thursday Nov. 3,
2005. |
George Clooney, in London to promote his new movie Good Night, and Good
Luck, apparently had a bad night and bad luck outside a London restaurant,
where he got into a scuffle early Friday morning.
Witnesses saw Clooney, 44, leaving the after-party at the Floridita bar
and restaurant through a side door just before 1 a.m. Meanwhile, Lisa
Snowdon, Clooney's former girlfriend who attended the party with him, left
through the front entrance.
A witness says that in the alley where
Clooney had gone out, "I could see this brawl
happening in front of me." The source says the tussle
lasted less than a minute.
London's Evening Standard reported that the scuffle was between Clooney
and a security guard who refused to help the star get to his waiting car
and avoid paparazzi, an assertion denied by the actor's rep, Stan
Rosenfield.
"The reports published by the London Evening Standard regarding George
Clooney are inaccurate," said Rosenfield in a statement Friday. "George
did not get into a fight with a Security Guard.... However, he did get
into argument with someone connected with the movie. … And while it had
NOTHING to do with the paparazzi, it did have everything to with someone
being unkind to a woman. While no punches were thrown, George told the
person to knock it off."
Clooney also released a statement Friday saying, "I won’t stand by
while someone is being insulted and maligned. No person I know would."
He did not mention any specifics of what was said. A source tells
PEOPLE that the run-in was apparently with a production person for the
film who allegedly made a snide comment during the premiere. "Words were
said as the pair left and that was (what started it)," says the witness.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Redbus Film, which is distributing
Good Night, and Good Luck, tells PEOPLE, "This is a storm in a teacup.
George had traveled a long way for the premiere and everyone was thrilled
to see him and had a good time."
(Agencies) |
Updated: 2005-11-08 09:18
