Clooney vs. O’Reilly: "I'll Debate Him Right Here, Right Now"…

George Clooney seems to be using Fox News' Bill O'Reilly to promote his movies. In a taping of CNBC's "The Abrams Report" airing today, Clooney brought up his contretemps with O'Reilly over 9/11 charity money and challenged him to have it out on Dan Abrams' show. "I'll debate him right here, right now," railed Clooney. O'Reilly, who criticizes stars for lending their names to charity events just for the publicity, told PAGE SIX yesterday, "After my dust-up with Clooney over 9/11, we had invited him on the show and he wouldn't accept or debate me anywhere else." But the issue comes up every time Clooney is on a promo tour. O'Reilly said, "I saw him in the lobby after 'Good Night, and Good Luck' and told him I liked the movie. We had a nice conversation and shook hands, but the next day he was trashing me in order to get press. Now he's got a new movie and he's doing it again. He brings it up all the time. A source close to his p.r. told me this is his strategy. Clooney is not a quality guy." But Clooney's rep, Stan Rosenfield, says it's the other way around: "O'Reilly is the one who brings it up. He says George's career is in trouble because of his politics. We don't need any more press."

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