ELLEN BARKIN - BARKIN INSISTS CLOONEY ROMP WAS A JOKE

BARKIN INSISTS CLOONEY ROMP WAS A JOKE

ELLEN BARKIN insists she was joking when she declared she had had sex with her Ocean's Thirteen co-star GEORGE CLOONEY. Barkin's humour backfired in the media when she declared, "Yes, I have f**ked George Clooney," at the American Cinematheque Awards last October (06). Months later, Barkin is stunned so many people took her joke seriously and she is still being asked about her reported romance with the acting hunk. She says, "Clearly (it was a joke). I think you had to be in the room and hear the peals of laughter. Certainly, I think, if it wasn't a joke, I wouldn't have said it."