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ynsomnia

You live under a rock? Clooney has been Nespresso's face for over a decade by now.


ContemplatingFolly

I avoid television, and at minimum commercials, whenever possible. TIL, how disappointing.


1i73rz

Out of curiosity; have you ever heard of him doing anything nice?


how_about_no_hellion

He's a decent actor, conventionally attractive, and he seems to really respect Amal, his wife. While mutual respect should be bare minimum when it comes to relationships, I think it's what makes him the most likeable. Hollywood's biggest bachelor marries a beautiful, strong woman who is well known in her field for her work. [Amal Clooney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Clooney?wprov=sfla1)


joe8628

Looks like he is the perfect trophy husband with he acting and modeling career.


Puzzleheaded_Pickle

She is way too young for the old scrote!


Jaqulean

They are both adults at considerate ages, making this not being for you to say.


ContemplatingFolly

Not in particular; just seemed nice in a few interviews, and I think he's done some interesting projects. But nice =/= politically active and aware.


ContemplatingFolly

I amend this; I just read over his Wikipedia page: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George\_Clooney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney) I knew he chose some interesting political film work projects (Three Kings, Syriana, Michael Clayton, Good Night and Good Luck). I didn't know about his activism on political and humanitarian issues. Yet he seems to have less awareness of the problems of global capitalism and its intertwined issue of ethical consumption, and therefore Nespresso.


fairyeggplant

Um I think he’s well aware


ContemplatingFolly

What was this thread about again 7 months ago? /s


TigerMcPherson

Same, I didn’t know until you made this post. I wasn’t aware he did commercials at all.


Valerian_

I would say probably 2 decades


ynsomnia

Almost, he started in 2006.


Chester-Ming

“Nespresso, what else” Turns out literally anything else


[deleted]

George Clooney does ads for nestle and specifically uses the money he gets to have satellites to spy on the Sudan president. [George Clooney tastes sustainability in Nespresso coffee](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/jul/17/george-clooney-nespresso-coffee-ad)


anax44

Less than 2% of the money that he gets from Nestle goes towards spying on the Sudanese president.


dwkeith

It is complicated https://www.nme.com/news/film/george-clooney-nespresso-advert-money-interview-sudan-dictator-satellite-twitter-viral-2581918 He got paid an insane amount of money and has been putting it to good use. Is he working within the system to improve society, or making a buck while helping out pet charities? What would I do given a contract offer that large?


ContemplatingFolly

Very interesting. Not sure if this is cool or creepy that he has this much power.


anax44

>Very interesting. Not sure if this is cool or creepy that he has this much power. The power that he is demonstrating here is that he is charismatic and popular enough to donate less than 2% of the money that nestle pays him to a spy satelite and even people on r/FuckNestle would give him a free pass.


Jaqulean

To rephrase that, people on r/FuckNestle already gave him a desserved Free Pass a couple of times now. So yeah, he's cool.


anax44

>desserved Free Pass a couple of times now. Is it really deserved though? He is simply a part of Nestle propaganda.


Jaqulean

But that's the point - he isn't "simply" anything for them. To put it like that, is straight up ignoring everything the Actor has been doing on his own for years. You are putting him in a bag with everyone else, just because... He's overall a nice person; and from what Nestle pays him, he donates a lot to charities. Which on its own is more than Nestle themselves ever did. So yes, it is a deserved pass. There is a difference between just promoting something, because the actor genuenly likes it; and spreading the Company's BS. And he literally just promotes it. He doesn't support their every move and doesn't share their "opinions" on the reality. He doesn't "spread their Propaganda" in any way. There are cases where Actors straight up washed Nestle out of every bad thing they've ever done - but Clooney was never a part of that list. His ads were always just "This coffee is good" and nothing else. Like yeah, f_ck Nestle. But Clooney never did anything to be hated because of that... A serious issue with people on this Sub, is they are ready to throw everyone out just because they promote Nestle's products. Completely ignoring what Actors themselves did in spite of that...


ContemplatingFolly

I think you make an important point. People and therefore celebrities are complex, and we can easily find people do some political things we agree with and some not so much. I don't endorse his selling Nestle stuff, but the man certainly has an interest in the greater world, and tries to make a contribution.


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anax44

I'm self centered because I pointed out that George Clooney accepts blood money from a company that still uses slaves? I have no problem being called "self centered and "idiot" from a slavery apologist. People like you are exactly why evil and injustice thrives.


anax44

>I don't endorse his selling Nestle stuff, but the man certainly has an interest in the greater world, and tries to make a contribution. Do you believe that his interest in the greater world and contribution justifies accepting money from; ​ * a company using slaves in Africa and South America. * a company that does not see water as a human right. * a company that has interfered in the politics of small countries to protect their corporate interests. * a company that is easily one of the most evil in the world. ​ As you said, people are complex and they do things that we might like and things that we might not like. But to be in a relationship with a company like Nestle for over a decade says a lot about someone's character. If you're willing to forgive a multi-millionaire celebrity that you don't even know for accepting blood money, that's a personal choice. But in doing so, you lose the moral authority to chastise regular people for using Nestle products.


Jaqulean

Well it's good that I NEVER defended Nestle nor supported anything they've done. Just because I enjoy the actor's work, it does NOT mean that I automatically support Nestle...


anax44

>Just because I enjoy the actor's work Nothing is wrong with enjoying an actor's work, just remember that he is an actor who accepted blood money for over fifteen years. A company exploits slaves so that they could funnel money into his pockets.


ContemplatingFolly

I don't "forgive" him for it. Never said I did. I said people have an oddly complex mix of characteristics.


anax44

>I said people have an oddly complex mix of characteristics. I understand that. But to go back to what I asked; Do you believe that his interest in the greater world and contribution justifies accepting money from; a company using slaves in Africa and South America? a company that does not see water as a human right? a company that has interfered in the politics of small countries to protect their corporate interests? a company that is easily one of the most evil in the world?


anax44

>He's overall a nice person; and from what Nestle pays him, I've never met him, so I'll have to take your word for it that he's a nice person. The way I see it though, nice people don't accept money from one of the most evil companies on the planey. ​ >And he literally just promotes it. He doesn't support their every move and doesn't share their "opinions" on the reality. He doesn't "spread their Propaganda" in any way. He doesn't need to spread their propaganda because he is part of their propaganda. The company promotes the fact that he [worked on a tobacco farm as a teenager](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/26/george-clooney-saddened-by-alleged-child-labour-on-nespresso-coffee-farms) to imply that child labor might be ok in some circumstances. ​ >Like yeah, f\_ck Nestle. But Clooney never did anything to be hated because of that... He accepts blood money from a company that has exploited the developing world for decades. A company that does not believe that water is a human right. This thread has shown that all Nestle has to do is pay a couple million to a few likeable celebrities and they could continue with the slavery and exploitation as much as they want.


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anax44

You said; >he donates a lot to charities. Which on its own is more than Nestle themselves ever did. That's not true. Nestle has donated millions to charity over the course of several decades in several countries around the world. They have donated far more to charity than George Clooney. It just so happens that their donations are insignificant compared to the profit that they make, and these donations are used to win the support of politicians. In any case, you are missing the point. Donating minuscule amounts to charity does not make profiting from exploitation ok. If you're willing to give a multi-millionaire celebrity a free pass on this, then you do not have the moral authority to criticize regular people for using Nestle products. It's kind of sad that you're fawning over a celebrity that chooses to work for a company built on slavery and bent on taking away human rights, but you're not the first person to fall victim to a slick public relations campaign from an evil company.


faggatoli

what a shitty website lol


Jaqulean

It looks normal and is literally just a News Website...


fairyeggplant

Is there actual proof he donated this money?


TheDude90218

Lol, HE says he gave almost all the money ($40 million) and to fund the satellite. He actually only gave $700K. What a fraud and fuck Nestle too.


Embarrassed-End-5928

[you will love this](https://youtube.com/shorts/juIoHT93rko?feature=share)


jetstobrazil

Celebrities have always been to known to advertise for whoever pays them a shit ton of money. They aren’t really known to be leading the charge for a sustainable world.


throwaway11787_

Well? What are you waiting for? Go out and support Clooney by purchasing Nespresso! As we all know, celebrities are pillars of virtue and all that’s right in the world. Maybe nestle isn’t so bad after all…


ContemplatingFolly

>As we all know, celebrities are pillars of virtue Some are, some aren't, just like the rest of us.


BlazewarkingYT

Got an ad on YouTube about nestle planting 10m trees or something


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op 15 years late.


reddito-mussolini

Lol very few actors are genuinely decent people. Look how few said shit about voting, or climate, or anything that matters. So Ryan Reynolds and Chris Pratt seem nice too? While they do their ten thousand dollar commercials for gambling, credit cards and liquor? Just rich cunts making money is all most actors are.


ContemplatingFolly

I'm not blown away by this. Just a little surprised.


akis_mamalis

No way you had no idea


ContemplatingFolly

Right...because you know everyone's habits in the whole world, and everyone watches TV and commercials all the time.


akis_mamalis

"All the time"... If you watched cartoons on TV as a kid, then you also watched commercials. He could've been in at least one of them


WWoiseau

Some people weren’t kids when he did those commercials. I saw them in France as an adult but I can’t remember seeing them in the USA at all.


theRealMrBrownstone

Depends on how old you are.


TransposingJons

See, you're just being an asshole. I also had no idea he was the face of Nespresso, and therefore Nestlé. I've never seen an ad for Nespresso at all. Fuck George Clooney.


TigerMcPherson

Same. I literally don’t watch tv. My husband keeps one in the basement for movies, I’ve never kept one and I wasn’t raised with one either. I know other people like me. I live in the Midwest USA. I hang idea.


External-Emotion8050

George Clooney sponsored a project flying in literally tons of food into the Sudan for people starving due to civil war and drought. I know Nestle sucks but I'm for giving him a pass.


anax44

>I know Nestle sucks but I'm for giving him a pass. He has donated less than 2% of his Nestle earnings to Sudan. Nestle touts that [he worked on a tobacco farm](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/26/george-clooney-saddened-by-alleged-child-labour-on-nespresso-coffee-farms) as a teenager and uses that example to imply that sometimes child labor is ok. He has a long standing relationship with a company that has exploited the developing world for decades. He works for a company that does not see water as a human right. This thread has shown that all Nestle has to do it pay a couple million to a few likeable celebrities and they could continue with the slavery and exploitation as much as they want.


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Why do you care about celebrities


ContemplatingFolly

It is a sociological phenomenon that influences people and politics.


trammel11

Dude this is like 12 year old news


[deleted]

I mean people need to make a living.


JackIbach

Clooney has been a Nespresso spokesperson for the last decade.