GEORGE CLOONEY - CLOONEY IGNORES FANS

Hollywood hunk GEORGE CLOONEY has found a new way to deal with over-zealous fans - he ignores them.

The former ER star has discovered by pretending not to see or hear attention-attracting admirers, he can make a swift escape from any situation.

Clooney explains, "The first thing you do is, you pretend you don't hear. You just keep walking, and your friends do it too, and people start to think that maybe they don't exist.

"Playing deaf buys you a little bit of escape time. Because the truth is, it's embarrassing."

But Clooney, 42, is quick to separate himself from the many stars who moan about the trappings of their fame and fortune: he quite enjoys his female-filled, jet-setting lifestyle.

He adds, "It's funny. You run toward that glaring spotlight as fast as you can, like a bug to a flame, and you can't possibly know, or think it through enough to say you know.

"But the funniest thing is, 'Well, there's some difficulties that come along with that.' And, by the way, that's fair. I get it... No one wants to hear you whine."