LOS ANGELES: Hollywood heartthrob and rights activist George Clooney contracted malaria during his recent visit to Sudan for elections there, he said in comments to be aired Friday. “I guess the mosquito in Juba looked at me and thought I was the bar,” he quipped, according to an advance copy of excerpts of an interview with new CNN talk show host Piers Morgan. Clooney said he had suffered from malaria twice, but did not elaborate on what symptoms he had. Morgan, a media-savvy former British journalist turned talent show host and celebrity expert, later tweeted: “Clooney malaria update: now have 24,563 offers to nurse him. “But his rep says medication's worked and he's OK. Sorry, ladies,” Morgan added on micro-blogging site Twitter. The actor was working on a Google-powered mapping project aimed at preventing abuses in Sudan. – Agence France
