 In a New York Times op-ed, Clooney, a longtime Democrat, said he recently hosted a fundraiser for Biden and noted he was not the Joe Biden of 2010 or even the Joe Biden of 2020. He then referenced Biden's shaky debate performance, saying party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn't see what we just saw. Fellow Hollywood titan and Democrat backer Michael Douglas weighed in, telling The View he is concerned about Biden.