George Clooney & Angelina Jolie VS. Daily Mail - Clooney Refuses Apology & Jolie Takes Legal Action
The Daily Mail hasn't been enjoying the greatest week and whatever relationship the British tabloid had with Hollywood darlings George Clooney and Angelina Jolie is now in tatters. On the up side for the paper, readership will no doubt have increased owing to the scandalous articles the editors saw fit to publish.
The Mail, of course, entirely missed the point. Clooney refused to accept the apology and claimed the Mail had not shown any true contrition but simply attempted to cover up their blunder. In a second response, also published on USA Today, Clooney wrote "The Daily Mail has printed an apology for insinuating religious tensions where there are none. In the apology, managing editor Charles Garside claims that the article was 'not a fabrication,' but "based the story on conversations with senior members of the Lebanese community." He added "The problem is that none of that is true."
Whilst the second scandal of the week revolves around a video the Mail published which shows Angelina Jolie, during the 1990s, in a supposed drug addled state. The footage was reportedly taken by Jolie's drug dealer, a Franklin Meyer, who claims he shot the video whilst supplying drugs to the Maleficent actress at her New York apartment.
Jolie has previously discussed her drug use in numerous interviews but The Times reports she considers the publication of the video as an invasion of privacy and is seeking legal action against the tabloid. The 16 minute video also includes a private family conversation in which Jolie is apparently talking to her father Jon Voight about her brother, James Haven, and late mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
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