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Jack Abramoff's Dad Blasts George Clooney
The father of embattled lobbyist Jack Abramoff has lashed out against George Clooney for what he calls a "glib and ridiculous attack” on his son during the Golden Globe awards presentation. Clooney, during his acceptance speech for the best supporting actor award on Monday, thanked Jack Abramoff "just because” and made a comment about the lobbyist’s name. "Who would name their kid Jack with the last words ‘off’ at the end of your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up,” Clooney told the audience. Abramoff’s furious father Frank, in an open letter sent to the Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, Calif., said his son is named after Frank’s beloved father, and scolded Clooney for his "lapse in lucidity.”
Story Continues Below In a telephone interview with the Desert Sun, Frank Abramoff called Clooney "an idiot” and said his comments constituted "pure, unadulterated stupidity.” "You want to make fun. You can do that, but you don't make fun of someone else's hardships and misery,” 78-year-old Abramoff said. "We’ve gone through quite a bit in our family. But the political end of it and the media end of it and all the other areas are one thing. When you see something like that on a show for 500 million people, it was not only a slap in my son’s face but in my father’s.” The open letter to Clooney from Frank Abramoff reads in part: "Oh how far Hollywood has fallen. When you rose to accept the Golden Globes best actor award earlier this week, you decided to take a gratuitous slap at my son, my family and even my dear departed father. Is this the tradition of Gable, Bogart, Pacino and Burton? Are you the heir to the dignity and greatness of Hollywood’s past, or more likely a portent to a depressing and horrific future?
"Your glib and ridiculous attack on my son, Jack, coupled with your obscene query as to the choice his mother and I made in naming him brought shame and dishonor on you and your profession. What drove you to this lapse in lucidity, I can never know ... "The fact that you would spend those few moments accorded to you, as an honor for your work as an actor, bashing [Jack Abramoff’s] name and his family, is astonishing. How do you sleep at night, other than, perhaps with the drink which you lamented not having at that early hour ... "The worst part of your tirade is that it played out in front of many young people, including my sweet 12-year-old granddaughter, one of Jack’s five children. Jack did not waste his time watching the garbage spewing from your mouth, but his daughter did. You drove her to a fit of tears. Are you proud of that? ...
"One wonders whether your children would delight in someone lampooning your name and besmirching your reputation. You have brought yourself to a low unparalleled by the greats of your profession. Shame on you.”
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