George Clooney Schools Paps on Driving

31. to 15.: this is probably untrue. if not, good for you, you vigilante-felon! way to be just like hollywood movie star, george clooney (but without the fame, money, success, women, etc.)

my point had nothing to do with the paps' behavior (which is routinely deplorable, as stated, but unsurprising) and everything to do with clooney's trajectory.

i am, however, glad your post was about yourself.

good luck on the bike, bro! kick some ass!

Posted at 8:29PM on Nov 19th 2007 by jersey boy

32. As a fellow biker I can relate. His anger had nothing to do with being photgraphed but everything to do with some idiot endangering himself and his passenger. I've had several close calls and usually let them slide but there is always that one that just makes you snap. An unprotected rider on a 500 lb bike is no match for an irresponsible driver in a 3000 lb vehicle. He handled himself well. Hit that camerman a little harder next time though.

Posted at 8:55PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Kevin Henry

33. I liked George until I found out he was dating a woman young enough to be his daughter. He's just the typical middle-aged cliche. And damn, he's not aging too well. He looks about 10 years older than his actual age.

Posted at 9:06PM on Nov 19th 2007 by DP

34. Jersey Boy, it did happen. The guy turned right in front of me while he was looking at me. I had to lock up both brakes and ended up skidding into a curb on in the inside of the road ( turning lane in the middle of the road) and dropped my bike. I was riding a barely legal XR- 600 Honda and it started right up and only had a few more scratches- no big deal. I whipped around and caught the a-hole stuck in traffic at a light. When I yelled at him about being cut off, he rolled up his window while his middle finger went up at the same time. I'm 6'2'' ( about 6'6'' geared up), 245#s, and was dressed in a full face moto helmet and wearing moto boots, so I looked like the Road Warrior a bit. I then kicked his window and dragged him out of his car and dropped a couple of decent punches which bloodied his nose and probably left him with a fat lip. I almost did more to him, but stopped with that. The whole time I was screaming various things at him about how cool he thought he was cutting me off and flipping me the bird! If he hadn't of flipped me off, I would have just yelled at him, but he pushed his luck ands lost that day. I also kicked a few massive dents in his pricey car as he left! Steel tipped moto-x boots do some major damage, I might add! Funny, but he had a passenger with him who was yelling something like ''See, I told you" kind of stuff! He never lifted a finger to help his buddy. I still can't believe that no one reported it to the cops and one of my good buddies, who is a lawyer, checked on warrants/reports and nothing was ever filed. I think the other motorists may have seen it as justice as sorts- seeing as I was screaming about him almost killing me the whole time. This really happened and I still don't regret doing it to this day! If I hadn't of chosen to hit the curb, it would have been a head-on that I probably wouldn't have walked away from. It took all my skill of almost 20 years of riding just to avoid him. I bet he NEVER cut another biker off again, so lesson learned. Clooney did a much better job controlling himself than I did. But then again, he wasn't forced into crashing! Stay safe out there! No further incidents like that to report- nothing even close. Haven't even had a speeding ticket in about 10 years!

Posted at 9:18PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Biker not to be messed with

35. Jersey Boy, it did happen. The guy turned right in front of me while he was looking at me. I had to lock up both brakes and ended up skidding into a curb on in the inside of the road ( turning lane in the middle of the road) and dropped my bike. I was riding a barely legal XR- 600 Honda and it started right up and only had a few more scratches- no big deal. I whipped around and caught the a-hole stuck in traffic at a light. When I yelled at him about being cut off, he rolled up his window while his middle finger went up at the same time. I'm 6'2'' ( about 6'6'' geared up), 245#s, and was dressed in a full face moto helmet and wearing moto boots, so I looked like the Road Warrior a bit. I then kicked his window and dragged him out of his car and dropped a couple of decent punches which bloodied his nose and probably left him with a fat lip. I almost did more to him, but stopped with that. The whole time I was screaming various things at him about how cool he thought he was cutting me off and flipping me the bird! If he hadn't of flipped me off, I would have just yelled at him, but he pushed his luck ands lost that day. I also kicked a few massive dents in his pricey car as he left! Steel tipped moto-x boots do some major damage, I might add! Funny, but he had a passenger with him who was yelling something like ''See, I told you" kind of stuff! He never lifted a finger to help his buddy. I still can't believe that no one reported it to the cops and one of my good buddies, who is a lawyer, checked on warrants/reports and nothing was ever filed. I think the other motorists may have seen it as justice as sorts- seeing as I was screaming about him almost killing me the whole time. This really happened and I still don't regret doing it to this day! If I hadn't of chosen to hit the curb, it would have been a head-on that I probably wouldn't have walked away from. It took all my skill of almost 20 years of riding just to avoid him. I bet he NEVER cut another biker off again, so lesson learned. Clooney did a much better job controlling himself than I did. But then again, he wasn't forced into crashing! Stay safe out there! No further incidents like that to report- nothing even close. Haven't even had a speeding ticket in about 10 years!

Posted at 9:17PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Biker not to be messed with

36. Celebrities love them when they are promoting a movie and need a little PR but hate them the rest of the time.

Posted at 9:22PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Scotia

37. Jersey Boy, it did happen. The guy turned right in front of me while he was looking at me. I had to lock up both brakes and ended up skidding into a curb on in the inside of the road ( turning lane in the middle of the road) and dropped my bike. I was riding a barely legal XR- 600 Honda and it started right up and only had a few more scratches- no big deal. I whipped around and caught the a-hole stuck in traffic at a light. When I yelled at him about being cut off, he rolled up his window while his middle finger went up at the same time. I'm 6'2'' ( about 6'6'' geared up), 245#s, and was dressed in a full face moto helmet and wearing moto boots, so I looked like the Road Warrior a bit. I then kicked his window and dragged him out of his car and dropped a couple of decent punches which bloodied his nose and probably left him with a fat lip. I almost did more to him, but stopped with that. The whole time I was screaming various things at him about how cool he thought he was cutting me off and flipping me the bird! If he hadn't of flipped me off, I would have just yelled at him, but he pushed his luck ands lost that day. I also kicked a few massive dents in his pricey car as he left! Steel tipped moto-x boots do some major damage, I might add! Funny, but he had a passenger with him who was yelling something like ''See, I told you" kind of stuff! He never lifted a finger to help his buddy. I still can't believe that no one reported it to the cops and one of my good buddies, who is a lawyer, checked on warrants/reports and nothing was ever filed. I think the other motorists may have seen it as justice as sorts- seeing as I was screaming about him almost killing me the whole time. This really happened and I still don't regret doing it to this day! If I hadn't of chosen to hit the curb, it would have been a head-on that I probably wouldn't have walked away from. It took all my skill of almost 20 years of riding just to avoid him. I bet he NEVER cut another biker off again, so lesson learned. Clooney did a much better job controlling himself than I did. But then again, he wasn't forced into crashing! Stay safe out there! No further incidents like that to report- nothing even close. Haven't even had a speeding ticket in about 10 years!

Posted at 9:19PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Biker not to be messed with

38. Oh crap, I am so, so sorry about the multiple posts there! Really! I'm sorry!

Posted at 9:24PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Biker not to be messed with

39. George had every right to kick their ass, I'm a bike rider and have had the same thing happen with idiot driver's out there. The Paps are a pain in the ass, they should try getting a real job, but then again if they had no source of selling the pics they wouldn't have the jobs !

Posted at 6:18PM on Nov 20th 2007 by gene

40. Those paps DEFINITELY got what was coming to them, no doubt. I'm an aspiring actor (I'm 14), and I guess if I do become a celebrity then I should be aware that paparazzi would be everywhere... But GC's right, it was getting way out of hand. GO GEORGE! :-D

Posted at 10:28PM on Nov 19th 2007 by George Clooney Jr

41. dear 15.:

you've now proved my point in so many ways and i almost like you if this story is true.

the xr/xl 600 is basically a dirt bike, right? you were riding a dual-sport bike (the bikes that do neither street nor dirt well) and this all happened? well, good for you, i guess. this, of course, takes the focus way, WAY, WAY, WAY off of the topic, but you're certainly emphatic.

good luck wherever you are. if you live in los angeles, maybe i'll see you between the BH and LAX, passing me on the actual dividing line and maybe you'll flick me off and i'll think of george clooney and of these important e-mails and all you've given us!

xo,

jersey boy (i'm not from NJ and i really hate NJ guidos, btw.)

Posted at 10:56PM on Nov 19th 2007 by jersey boy

42. I love George but he seriously looks like he needs Anger Management classes of late. The way he completely dismisses the existence of his girlfriend in that alteracation is atrocious. What if he'd gotten in a scuffle? What's she supposed to do sitting there on the back of the bike? If he's going to be confrontational, smacking the camera at one point, he should do it when it's only his safety at risk. These paps would love a fistfight with someone as rich as George. His lawyers would settle out of court for half the cost of a trial, and that would make a pap rich compared to what they're used to living on so it's a win win deal to get smacked in the face by a rich person. Wise up, George, and don't take the bait when you have a woman with you.

Posted at 11:14PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Mariette

43. True the paps can be too much. True they often hunt people down. True they shouldn't be offensive in traffic. But this is all so fake. The only paps there were from TMZ. TMZ is owned by Time Warner/AOL. Clooney's production company is under the umbrella of Warner Independent. His publicist, Stan Rosenfield, admits in several articles to tipping off info on his clients directly to TMZ so they don't throw negative press or no press at all his clients' way. This is just too neatly packaged, folks. TMZ seems to know all Clooney's whereabouts an awful lot recently and it's all to keep him in the news for awards time. Follows the old adage that it's better to have negative press than no press at all. Hasn't anyone caught on to this all?? Today's little episode was to make it appear candid. It was simply another stupid PR trick. Only makes him look looney if you ask me. That and the whole middle finger thing. Like he just now is getting "pissed" about paps. People, he's been in show business for 20 some years and never acted like this. He even has bragged in the past that no one keeps up with him in LA when he's on his motorcycle. He's a master at outrunning them on his bike. Now suddenly today he's been sabotaged blocks from his home. It's PR!! IT's PR!!! He maybe was a little p.o.ed that they were a block and a half away from his house. But even still, he's just trying to get more face time. More face time = more hype = more film exposure = don't forget me at Oscar time. This self-created drama is so overbearing. It's not like him and is actually making him look desperate. Not that the pole-dancing bimbo with the ugly overbite is helping any either. That's just nasty. Can he pull it together already and quite going the desperate route? Besides, he should talk about danger in traffic. We're talking about a guy who actually thought it was legal to pass on the right side of the burm of a road that only had one lane to pass someone else who had the right-of-way. He not only endangered other people in that accident, he made the blame out to be on the guy who didn't see him pushing ahead of everyone else. That's just a sign that Clooney's been riding in LA traffic too long. He forgets that everyone here, including himself, drives like a self-righteous a-hole. Bite your tongue, Georgie boy. This PR crap is getting old and we're tired of seeing you get all Britney-dramatic on us recently. And ditch the prostitute.

Posted at 11:08PM on Nov 19th 2007 by What a gimmick!

44. Bike Not To Be Messed With - everyone reading this knows that you're 120lbs soaking wet, no taller than 5 foot 4, and ride, at best, a Vespa. Your insecure, blowhardary would be amusing if not so verbose. Ugh. Get a life.

Posted at 11:15PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Daniella

45. Let's not forget about when he was telling David Letterman the story of his accident in Jersey, he started laughing when he said "she" (meaning his pole dancer hooker) "flew off the bike". David responded by saying, "Well, I'm glad to see you can laugh at it now." So this is not the "serious" paparazzi chase. This isn't Princess Di. This is Clooney and Stan needing a little more PR "for your consideration". just remember that he does say he needs to "campaign" for the Oscars. Yeah right. This is not good campaigning, George. This is just stupid.

Posted at 11:36PM on Nov 19th 2007 by Also