--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:40:06.457Z 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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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 11, 2017 6:26 PM UTC  George Clooney and Meryl Streep attend SeriousFun Children's Network 2015 New York Gala: An Evening Of SeriousFun Celebrating the Legacy Of Paul Newman at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. George Clooney and Meryl Streep attend SeriousFun Children's Network 2015 New York Gala: An Evening Of SeriousFun Celebrating the Legacy Of Paul Newman at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  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":"2026-04-13T07:40:06.457Z","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'"}}]}] ```