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| - A rumor was circulating online in early December 2024 that actor George Clooney left the U.S. permanently because he said he "can't take the red wave anymore."
For example, the Facebook account SpaceX Fanclub posted the claim (archived) on Dec. 8, linking to a July 2024 article that alleged:
Breaking: George Clooney Vows to Leave America Soon: "I Just Can't Take it Anymore"
In an unexpected twist, George Clooney came out of the blue with a bombshell announcement that he's fed up with America while he was gesturing to his perfectly chiseled hairline. Yes, folks, you have read it right, this silver fox himself is vowing to leave the country he's grown tired of. He declared, "I just can't take it anymore."
Variations of the rumor spread on other social media platforms, including Threads.
Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as being true. However, there was no evidence of Clooney leaving the U.S. because he purportedly "can't take the red wave anymore," nor were there any credible reports by news outlets about him making the alleged comment.
Rather, the claim originated with the Facebook account SpaceX Fanclub — a profile that describes its output as satirical in nature. Its bio states: "We post SATIRE, nothing on this page is real."
The account is associated with Esspots.com, which carries the following disclaimer:
Welcome to Esspots.com, a website that specializes in satire, parody, and humor. Before you proceed to read our content, we would like to emphasize that nothing on this website is real. All of the articles, stories, and commentary found on Esspots.com are entirely fictitious and created for the purpose of entertainment only.
Although there was no evidence of Clooney leaving the U.S. because of a "red wave," the actor and his wife, Amal Clooney (a British international human rights lawyer), have owned property outside the U.S. since they married in 2014. One 2015 article in Elle Magazine reported that he gave up his Los Angeles lifestyle for a "permanent base in the UK."
SpaceX Fanclub has a history of making up stories for shares and comments, sometimes relying on artificial intelligence (AI) writing software to do its storytelling.
Snopes has addressed similar claims about celebrities supposedly leaving the U.S. following President-elect Donald Trump's 2024 election victory, including Ellen DeGeneres, Whoopi Goldberg and Megan Rapinoe.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.
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