Day-Lewis jokes about Clooney kiss
Academy Award winner Book of Daniel Day-Lewis has explained his fondling of George Clooney at the Oscars on Sunday nighttime.
MTV.com reports that when asked backstage why he had kissed Clooney on hearing that he had won the Oscar for 'There Will Be Blood', Day-Lewis replied: "I had to kiss somebody."
He continued: "I had kissed my wife, so in the interest of parity, I had to candy kiss George."
'There Will Be Blood' opens in Irish cinemas on Friday 29 February.
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