THE always funny and very suave George Clooney was rooting for fellow Best Actor nominee Jeff Bridges at the Oscars this year, even though the two were competing in the same category. Don’t believe him? He’s got the proof!

George first mentioned voting for Jeff’s performance as country singer Bad Blake while on the Academy Awards red carpet, but with the actor, it is always hard to tell if he’s kidding around. But according to his representative, not only did he vote for Jeff instead of himself, he sent the eventual winner a picture of his ballot with a note saying, “If you don’t win, you can’t blame me.”

George called Jeff’s performance in Crazy Heart “amazing” and didn’t think twice about punching his ballot for the winner. The two starred together in last year’s Men Who Stare at Goats.

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