George Clooney says his racy text message exchanges with Obama aren’t ‘Scaramucci-racy’

Published September 7, 2017 12:37am ET



Actor and activist George Clooney shared insight into his relationship with former President Barack Obama on Wednesday, saying he once dominated him on the basketball court but that the pair continues to exchange risque text messages.

“I shot the lights out that day,” Clooney told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday, recalling a night in which Obama stayed at Clooney’s home in England in June. “I think it really bothered him.”

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