• ABS-CBN, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:15 AM

Actor and tabloid staple George Clooney is apparently annoyed with questions on how he can criticize multinational corporations, while also appearing in ads for Nestle.

Clooney, at the Venice Film Festival to promote his latest film "Michael Clayton," where he is a "fixer" for a huge New York law firm, was asked at a news conference about ads for Nespresso. He claims he does not work for Nestle, but just does the ads.

"I'm not going to apologize to you for trying to make a living every once in a while," he says. "I find that an irritating question." Nestle, based in Switzerland, has been the target of criticism for the way it markets baby formula in the Third World, a campaign that once led to a boycott of its products.

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