--- title: George Clooney on Trump Calling Meryl Streep Overrated description: The actor and former co-star with Streep sarcastically suggested that she was "overrated," as Donald Trump had described her in a tweet. canonical: https://time.com/4631679/george-clooney-on-trump-on-meryl-streep/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-11T18:26:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:13:20.657Z og:title: George Clooney's Sarcastic About Trump Calling Meryl Streep 'Overrated' og:description: The actor and Streep's former co-star joked about Streep's talents. og:url: https://time.com/4631679/george-clooney-on-trump-on-meryl-streep/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bc46ab32b772b8e/6988b51f428a9ef4b7cd570c/george-clooney-meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2264 og:image:height: 1274 og:image:alt: SeriousFun Children's Network 2015 New York Gala: An Evening Of SeriousFun Celebrating the Legacy Of Paul Newman - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George Clooney's Sarcastic About Trump Calling Meryl Streep 'Overrated' twitter:description: The actor and Streep's former co-star joked about Streep's talents. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bc46ab32b772b8e/6988b51f428a9ef4b7cd570c/george-clooney-meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George Clooney Has a Sarcastic Response to Trump Calling Meryl Streep 'Overrated' > Sponsored content. 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DeMille Award at Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, and used her speech as an opportunity to slam President-elect Donald Trump  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 11, 2017 6:26 PM UTC George Clooney acted alongside Meryl Streep for the stop-motion Wes Anderson [adaption of Roald Dahl’s _The Fantastic Mr. Fox_](http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1938838,00.html?iid=sr-link1), when the starry duo played crafty vulpines. So of course the actor had something to say in response to president-elect Donald Trump’s [tweet that Streep is “overrated” after she criticized him in her Golden Globes acceptance speech.](http://time.com/4628378/golden-globes-2017-donald-trump-meryl-streep/?iid=sr-link3) “I’ve always said that about Meryl,” [Clooney told PEOPLE](http://people.com/movies/george-clooney-donald-trump-meryl-streep/) with wry humor. “She’s maybe _the_ most overrated actress of all-time. She and I worked together on _Fantastic Mr. Fox_ as husband and wife, and I will tell you even as a fox, a female fox, she’s overrated,” he added. He did have a follow-up question for the president-elect whose [personal Twitter use](http://time.com/4585260/donald-trump-twitter-recount/?iid=sr-link1) has been questioned. “Aren’t you supposed to be running the country?” he told PEOPLE. Like Streep, Clooney was a [public Hillary Clinton supporter](http://time.com/4263871/hillary-clinton-george-amal-clooney-fundraiser/?iid=sr-link4) during the 2016 campaign. Although Trump said he had not seen Streep’s remarks, Trump told [_the New York Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/09/movies/trump-meryl-streep-golden-globes-speech.html?%5Fr=0) he was “not surprised” that he had come under attack from “liberal movie people.” \[[PEOPLE](http://people.com/movies/george-clooney-donald-trump-meryl-streep/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631679/george-clooney-on-trump-on-meryl-streep/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631679/george-clooney-on-trump-on-meryl-streep/"},"headline":"George Clooney Has a Sarcastic Response to Trump Calling Meryl Streep 'Overrated'","datePublished":"2017-01-11T18:26:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-07T07:13:20.657Z","description":"He had a tongue-in-cheek, fox-themed take","url":"https://time.com/4631679/george-clooney-on-trump-on-meryl-streep/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bc46ab32b772b8e/6988b51f428a9ef4b7cd570c/george-clooney-meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bc46ab32b772b8e/6988b51f428a9ef4b7cd570c/george-clooney-meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SeriousFun Children's Network 2015 New York Gala: An Evening Of SeriousFun Celebrating the Legacy Of Paul Newman - Inside","caption":"SeriousFun Children's Network 2015 New York Gala: An Evening Of SeriousFun Celebrating the Legacy Of Paul Newman - Inside","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4631679/george-clooney-on-trump-on-meryl-streep/","name":"George Clooney Has a Sarcastic Response to Trump Calling Meryl Streep 'Overrated'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meryl Streep Unloads on Trump in Powerful Golden Globes Speech","description":"Meryl Streep accepted the Cecil B. 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