BONUS: George Clooney & Julia Roberts: “It’s Like Kissing Your Best Friend”

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4.9 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In what Hoda calls one of her favorite interviews ever, she sits down with real life pals George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The two appear together on screen for the sixth time in the new romantic comedy “Ticket to Paradise,” (produced by Universal Pictures, owned by NBC’s parent company NBCUniversal). They touch on parenting twins, their 20-year friendship and the one thing they don’t see eye to eye on. Find out why Hoda calls their friendship pure magic.

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0:00.0	What do you've been on this journey with me for some time now or you're a new listener?
0:09.4	You probably know this about me.
0:11.2	I am a friendship person.
0:13.2	I value friendships.
0:14.5	I cherish my own.
0:15.9	And I want to know who your best friend is because that lets me in on who you are, which
0:21.6	is exactly why today's conversation is so much fun for me.
0:25.6	I feel like I have a front row seat during a coffee date with two friends.
0:29.8	But these aren't just any old friends.
0:31.1	I'm talking about George, Clooney, and Julia Roberts.
0:35.2	We met up here in New York to talk about ticket to paradise, their new romantic comedy.
0:40.1	In the film, they play a divorced couple, united in their quest to sabotage their daughter's
0:45.4	wedding.
0:46.5	This is the sixth time they've worked together.
0:49.1	The first was back in 2001 on Ocean's 11.
0:52.2	George also directed Julia in the 2002 film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
0:58.3	And he produced August Osage County, the 2013 drama that earned her an Academy Award
1:04.2	nomination.
1:05.9	But here's where the magic lies.
1:07.7	It's not about how charismatic George is or how incredibly endearing Julia is, but it's
1:13.2	the spark between them.
1:15.3	Their 20 year friendship is something special, man.
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