What do Hugh Jackman, Brad Pitt, and Channing Tatum have in common? Aside from their handsome good looks and successful careers, they all have a man-crush on George Clooney. While promoting his film “Pan” in 2015, Jackman revealed his “crush” on Clooney by naming him as the celebrity he would date if he were a woman. “Ps sorry Amal,” he tweeted referring to Clooney’s wife. Explaining why he chose the “ER” star, Jackman said, “I reckon George Clooney because he’s fine, and he’s naughty, and he’s kinda cheeky. And he just looks like fun.”
Jackman is in fact great friends with Clooney, despite the actors never having worked on a film together. In 2008, after he was named Sexiest Man Alive, Jackman jokingly told People that two-time winner Clooney “hazed” him over the coveted title. “George Clooney rang me at two in the morning. I was half asleep and I said to him, ‘Ah, George sweetie, good to hear from you,'” he recalled. “He goes, ‘Shut up, Jackman! I know what you did! You started this big campaign that’s been going on and [you] took the title away from me.’ I thought that was unnecessary.”
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At the time, the “Logan” actor also poked fun at Clooney as he talked about his campaign strategy as the then-new Sexiest Man Alive. “The theme of my campaign was definitely change. Because George Clooney’s won it for about 13 years in a row,” he said, in jest. “I think now 14 years, and that’s only because Brad decided not to run for many of them.”
