“He’s a liar. All he does is put out statements in the press and they fawn all over him," Rudy Giuliani (pictured) said about Michael Avenatti. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Giuliani says he wouldn’t debate Avenatti 'if they paid me $10 million'

Rudy Giuliani is having none of a debate challenge issued by one of his most outspoken critics, Michael Avenatti.

“I wouldn’t debate that guy if they paid me $10 million,” Giuliani, a new lawyer for President Donald Trump, told POLITICO in an interview on Friday. “He’s a liar. All he does is put out statements in the press and they fawn all over him.”


Avenatti, the attorney for Stormy Daniels, has become a cable mainstay in the saga over hush money longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen paid to the adult film actress before the 2016 presidential election to keep her silent about an alleged affair a decade earlier with Trump.

On Twitter on Tuesday, Avenatti upped the ante by suggesting he go head-to-head with Giuliani over key parts of the scandal.

“It would be very helpful for the public to witness a discussion between Mr. Giuliani and me concerning the facts of the case, etc. I am willing to participate on any network provided both sides are provided a fair shake. I am also willing to do it on 12-hrs notice,” Avenatti wrote.

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But Giuliani said he’s not biting.

“I don’t debate people like him. I’m not going to give him all that time on television,” the former New York mayor said. “What did he ever run for? What public service did he ever do? I’m going to debate him? This guy is a clown. He wants to do a debate like Billy Jean King and Bobby Riggs?”

