George Clooney gifted 14 of his closest friends $1 million each
George Clooney, 56, reportedly once gifted his closest friends a
million dollars each for no reason other than the fact that they were
his friends.
One of his best friends Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s husband,
revealed this during an interview on US show Headliners. Gerber said
Clooney once decided to give back for all the good his friends had done
him with the incredible gesture.
The businessman said that Clooney had called the group and said:
"Hey, mark September 27th, 2013, on your calendar. Everyone’s going to
come to my house for dinner."
Gerber explained that when they arrived, they each received designer black luggage, which was waiting for them on the table.
He said: "George begins to say, 'Listen, I want you guys to know how
much you’ve meant to me and how much you mean to me in my life. I came
to L.A., I slept on your couch. I’m so fortunate in my life to have all
of you and I couldn’t be where I am today without all of you. So, it was
really important to me that while we’re still all here together, that I
give back. So I want you all to open your suitcases.'"
They opened their suitcases as instructed and what they found was a big stash of cash.
Gerber continued: "We open it up, and it’s a million dollars in $20
bills. Every one of us — 14 of us — got a million dollars. Every single
one of us. We’re in shock. Like, what is this? He goes, 'I know we’ve
all been through some hard times, some of you are still going through
it. You don’t have to worry about your kids, you don’t have to worry
about, you know, school, you don’t have to worry about paying your
mortgage.'"
The actor didn't stop there. He went on to announce that in addition
to the 1 million dollars, he had also paid all of their taxes so they
wouldn't need to pay tax on the money he gifted them.
Gerber said he was uncomfortable taking the money considering that he
was a billionaire himself so he pulled Clooney aside and told him he
couldn't take it and what Goerge did next was phenomenal.
George told them: "I’m just going to make one announcement. If Rande doesn’t take the million dollars, nobody gets it"
Gerber thought about one of the men in their midst who works in a bar
and rides a bicycle to work just to support his family, so he took the
money and gave it all to charity.
Now, who doesn't want friends like George Clooney!
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