George Clooney had a surprise encounter with a male admirer at a press conference for his new movie The Men Who Stare at Goats at the Venice Film Festival.

The Hollywood star - who arrived at the festival with Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis - was propositioned by a male stripper posing as a reporter.

Ripping off his shirt, the man shouted to a bemused Geoge, "I am gay George...and I think I'm in love with you. George, please take me!”

The man managed to beg George for a kiss before his microphone was switched off, and he was eventually escorted out of the building by security.

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