George Clooney Feels He Should Have Told Danny DeVito His Boozing Secret  12/2/06

George Clooney feels terrible for the booze controversy surrounding pal Danny DeVito because he didn't let him in on his secret to staying sober.

Pint-sized DeVito hit the headlines earlier this week (beg27NOV06) when he appeared on US magazine show The View still recovering from a heavy night out with Clooney.

And movie hunk Clooney has accepted he's partly to blame for his friend's slurring slip-up.

He says, "I got to the point where I was dumping the shots into a plant next to me and I don't think Danny saw me do that.

Speaking about the "brutal night" in a taped TV interview, which will appear on breakfast show Today on Monday (04DEC06), Clooney adds, "We were doing shots of limoncello and that's all I can really say on the subject... All I can remember."

"The funniest thing was... we were just at a restaurant. It wasn't like we were out drinking. We were at a restaurant, sitting down, drinking.

"I was in bed by 11.30 at night and I woke up at 7am and I was still drunk."