Never gave any interview to Hello! magazine: Clooney

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Apr 02 2016 | 5:22 PM IST
Hollywood superstar George Clooney says the 'exclusive interview' that Hello! magazine published with him never actually took place.
The actor issued a statement to deny that he gave an interview to the magazine where he spoke about his wife Amal.
"Hello Magazine has printed an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with me that has been widely picked up and reprinted. The problem is that I have not given an interview to Hello Magazine and the quotes attributed to me are not accurate.
"In my experience, being misquoted is not unusual but to have an 'exclusive interview' completely fabricated is something new. And a very disturbing trend," Clooney, 54, said in a statement.
The magazine said it was "dismayed" to learn that the interview was fake as they had bought the interview from a "respectable independent agent."
"Hello! Magazine and the Hello! Group are very dismayed by Mr George Clooney's statement that an interview with him that was published by the Hello! Group is not authentic," the statement read.
"The Hello! Group bought the interview in good faith from a respectable independent agent, Famous, with whom it has dealt for many years and the agency and its writer were both credited at the end of the article in Hello! Magazine as is customary," the magazine said, adding they purchased the interview on the "unquestionable understanding" that it was "correct and accurate in all respects."
"In the meantime, the Hello! Group can only express its deepest respect for both Mr Clooney and his wife, Amal, and its sincere commitment to respectable and accurate journalism.
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First Published: Apr 02 2016 | 5:22 PM IST

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