Kelly Ripa goes make-up free to interview George Clooney after losing Super Bowl bet



When you're interviewing one of the most handsome celebrities on the planet you want to look your best.

And Kelly Ripa was not happy after she lost a Super Bowl bet with co-host Michael Strachan which meant she couldn't wear any make-up to interview George Clooney on their ABC talk show.

However, despite Kelly's fears, Clooney was a perfect gentleman telling the pretty blonde, 'I think you look beautiful, you look absolutely beautiful.'

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Hollywood hunk: Kelly Ripa was not impressed when she had to interview George Clooney make-up free after losing a Super Bowl bet



Flawless: Despite her lack of cosmetics, Kelly still looked beautiful on Good Morning With Kelly And Michael on Thursday

And Kelly – who ditched all cosmetics except for Vaseline on her lips - kept her sense of humour about the whole thing, saying: 'This really only punishes George Clooney who is a national treasure.'

In reply to a producer who was surprised that Kelly’s famous cheekbones are natural and not the

Glamorous: Kelly didn't relish having to ditch usual look for the show on Thursday

work of make-up, she quipped: 'Cheekbones and teeth are pretty much all I have left (sic).'

While Clooney was backstage, he was kept in a dressing room with a covered TV so he couldn’t catch a glimpse of Ripa before the show.

Cutting to George, Michael said: 'We have him backstage in seclusion, his TV is off. We want to make sure that George doesn’t see her before he comes on.'

And Kelly joked, 'We surrounded him with glam pictures of me – I wanted him to see the possibilities.'

While Ripa had backed the Denver Broncos to win Sunday's Super Bowl she had to pay the forfeit when the Seattle Seahawks were victorious.

While George was as charming and affable as ever, things turned sombre as they spoke about the death of his friend and Ides Of March co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman from heroin in New York on Sunday.

An emotional George said: 'It's so hard to even talk about it. I worked with him and was friends with him. It’s hard for us to understand.



Perfect gentleman: Kelly was thrilled when George told her she looked 'absolutely beautiful'

'He was an incredible talent and a good kind man and it's such a tragedy. It's hard to be in New York right now. Everyone in our community is reeling and it’s just so sad.'

However, the mood lightened when George was quizzed about his plans to get back at Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for cracking jokes about him being commitment phobic as they presented the Golden Globes last month.





Why me? Before George appeared on set, Kelly and Michael explained the forfeit and how she was feeling about it

The wise-cracking duo also referred to his pal Matt Damon as a 'garbage man'.

George explained: 'I've been in the process of getting them back. I did one already which is just the appetiser. I started with Tina. I got Matt Damon stationary and sent Tina a note saying, "I know it sounds hypocritical because I laughed at your George Clooney jokes but I thought the garbage man thing was a cheap joke. I don't want an apology but my kid calls me a garbage man now." 'So Tina sends him two giant baskets of fruit and two letters.

'One said "I’m so sorry, I thought you would be ok with it," 'and the other said' "This is a George Clooney joke, we're not some little starlets, we're on to him."’

Honest: George spoke about his new movie, playing practical jokes on his dad and famous friends and his sadness over the recent death of his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman from heroin



Hilarious: While Kelly was a good sport, Michael found the whole situation hilarious



And Matt didn’t escape George’s jokes, as he quipped that his Monuments Men co-star is a diva.

'It's not easy to direct Matt Damon,’ he said. 'I catch him stealing every once in a while. Sometimes he’ll come out of your trailer and your money is just gone. He also has temper tantrums.

'He wears these huge heels, he's tiny. He only wants to be called by his character name and you can't look him in the eye.'

Making the round: George also visited ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday in New York City

Family affair: George talked about the World War II movie opening on Friday

Another person who can’t escape Clooney’s practical jokes is his father Nick Clooney.

'My dad plays me in the Monuments Men,' he explained, 'so I screened it for him and put in In Loving Memory of Nick Clooney at the end and he said "what the hell" and I said "well it's a long time until the movie comes out and it’s cheaper to take it out than put it in."

The handsome star has been making the rounds promoting Monuments Men with an appearance on Thursday on Good Morning America and a guest spot on Wednesday on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.



Upset: George became emotional as she spoke about the recent death of his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman from heroin



Diva: Practical joker George quipped that Matt Damon is a diva who often steals from him

