George Clooney is looking back on his past friendship with President Donald Trump. "I knew him very well," Clooney, 64, told Variety in an interview published on Tuesday, December 30. "He used to call me a lot, and he tried to help me get into a hospital once to see a back surgeon. I'd see him out at clubs and at restaurants." The Oscar-winner added that Trump's demeanor changed once politics came into his life. "He's a big goofball," he told the outlet. Well, he was. That all changed." (Trump was elected president in 2016 and again in 2024.