George Clooney Once Gave 1M Each To His 14 Closest Friends

When The Boys arrived at Clooney’s place for dinner, they found black (designer, natch) bags on 14 places at the table. By way of explanation, Clooney addressed the group: You can probably guess what was inside – a million dollars, in $20 bills. Clooney paid all the necessary taxes on the gifts as well, and lest you think this was just a bunch of rich jerks getting richer on a friend’s generosity, some of The Boys were in typical financial straits at the time, living paycheck to paycheck according to Gerber. As for Gerber himself, he was and is doing fine, but when he attempted to refuse the gift, Clooney responded like this: It just goes to show, if you know any suspiciously handsome and charismatic people with family showbiz connections who haven’t made it big yet, make sure they know your couch is available to them. It could pay off big time down the road.