The victims of George Clooney's pranks

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In addition to being the perfect leading man (in every sense of the word), George Clooney has a reputation for being a notorious prankster. What follows are some pranks he's pulled on people through the years.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt challenged the producer to a drinking game on a flight. By the end of the flight, Weintraub was the only one of the three who was drunk and had lots of m&m's candies in his pants.

After they got to make a laugh at Clooney and friends' expense as hosts of the Golden Globes, the actresses received a letter from Matt Damon, which was actually written by Clooney. In the letter, Damon claimed he was offended by the actresses' comments. They sent him fruit baskets to apologize and included two letters: One was an actual apology, and the second said they were suspicious of the whole thing being a George Clooney antic.

The director gets to have all of the fun, which is what happened on the set of 'The Ides of March'. Clooney got close to Gosling to share some important information but in actuality was spraying Gosling's pants with water the whole time, making it look like the actor had wet his pants.

Pitt and Clooney have had an ongoing prank war for years. Once, Clooney set up a fake wedding ceremony for both Pitt and Angelina Jolie outside of his Italian home. For two weeks, paparazzi anxiously waited for the event that never happened.

'The Ides of March' actress admitted to liking Justin Bieber hit 'Baby'. She sang and danced to the song, and only upon leaving the room did Clooney tell her he recorded the whole thing.

In 1993, when Clooney moved in with his pal after a divorce, Kind's kitty litter box was in the guest room where Clooney was staying. Clooney voluntarily cleaned the litter box, and after a few weeks Kind believed his cat was severely constipated. He even took his animal to the vet before Clooney revealed the joke.

Matt Damon needed to lose weight for a role, and he made the mistake of letting George Clooney know. On days when Damon was out, Clooney arranged for someone to make Damon's pants an inch smaller each day. Damon had no clue how his trousers were getting tighter when he was supposed to be losing weight.

In need of a funny story for the late-night circuit, the actress went to her 'ER' co-star at the time for some inspiration. He told her to repeat an incident that happened to his mom but claim it as her own. It was great, except Clooney offered the same story to Kelly Preston two years earlier.

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In addition to being the perfect leading man (in every sense of the word), George Clooney has a reputation for being a notorious prankster. What follows are some pranks he's pulled on people through the years.

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