George Clooney discusses everything from Jennifer Aniston to the Sultan of Brunei’s anti-LGBTQ laws during an appearance on Thursday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. Clooney, who has been busy promoting his new show “Catch-22”, reveals why he’s continuing to encourage a boycott against companies who conduct business with the Sultan of Brunei. It was recently announced that the country would not subject gay people to the death penalty after global backlash to the laws. The actor admits, “[Boycotting hotels] doesn’t matter so much to a rich guy. You can’t shame the bad guys, but you can shame the people that do business with him. “When the banks and the financial insitutions started saying ‘We’re out of the Brunei business,’ then he backed off. “It’s not fixed yet, there’s a lot of work to be done. But it’s a huge step forward.” RELATED: George Clooney Says Royal Baby Sussex ‘Stole His Thunder’, Delivers PSA To Donald Trump On ‘Kimmel’ Clooney’s interview also sees him call DeGeneres a “quitter” for leaving Jennifer Aniston’s recent birthday party at 8 p.m. (even though the talk-show host insists it was more like 11 p.m.) Clooney jokes, “You can tell all your friends here how cool you are, you left at 11. She left at 8!” RELATED: George Clooney Opens Up About His Twins, Wife Amal Clooney: ‘I Feel Like I Hit The Jackpot’ The duo then make a surprise visit to Clooney’s old office on the Warner Bros. lot. See more in the clip below.<doc-sep>While George Clooney may not be allowed to ride motorcycles anymore, Ellen DeGeneres had a hilarious surprise for the famous actor that might get him back on the road. Joining DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thursday morning — almost a year after his terrifying motorcycle accident last summer — Clooney, 57, opened up about the incident that sent him to the hospital and gave everyone quite the scare. “I was on a motorcycle scooter — but a big one — and a guy turned in front of me and I hit him at about 70 miles an hour,” the Oceans Eleven star recalled. “So I got launched, and I crushed his windshield in with my head and then I went flying up in the air afterward. It knocked me out of my shoes, I mean a proper accident.” RELATED: George Clooney Says Amal Banned Him from Motorcycles After ‘Bad Accident’ While Filming Catch-22 Michael Rozman/Warner Bros. The father of two was in Italy filming his upcoming Hulu show Catch-22 when the incident happened. He was rushed to the hospital and later released without serious injury, but the incident left Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney shaken. “I actually thought that was it,” he added. “Do that 100 times, 99 [of those] times I wouldn’t be around [after]. So I used up nine lives, and then my wife and I said, ‘Ok, I’m off two wheels.’ “ And DeGeneres explained she felt bad that the Oscar winner couldn’t ride on his motorcycle anymore, so she got him a special gift — a decked out, three-wheeled, senior scooter complete with flames racing up the sides and a copy of PEOPLE’s 1997 Sexiest Man Alive issue, featuring Clooney. “I’m now the AARP Sexiest Man Still Alive,” Clooney laughed as he got on the scooter to try it out. RELATED VIDEO: George Clooney Released from Hospital After Scooter Collides with Car in Italy: Reports “Oh, I like it, I like it,” he added while riding around the studio. “I’ve never felt more masculine, honestly. It’s a good thing I’m married because it’s over.” Police told NBC’s Claudio Lavanga at the time that the accident occurred around 8:15 a.m. local time. The driver of a car allegedly did not “respect the right of way,” cutting across the star’s path and hitting him. Clooney stars alongside Kyle Chandler and Christopher Abbott in Catch-22, which is set to premiere on Hulu May 17.<doc-sep>While George Clooney approves of the name of the new royal baby, he joked with Ellen DeGeneres that he's not sure he likes the idea of sharing a birthday with little Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Clooney turned 58 Monday, the same day Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan welcomed their son. When the talk show host brought up the issue on Thursday's show, Clooney deadpanned, "Yeah, I noticed that. That's stealin' my game, stealin' my thunder." The jokes kept coming once DeGeneres changed the subject to Harry and Meghan's name for their new baby: Archie. "It's a good name," Clooney said approvingly. "And it's better than Jughead, too..." The royal baby isn't the only famous one: Other well-known Archies: Harry and Meghan's baby Archie: How his birth – and name – break with tradition DeGeneres cracked, "Well, if they have a sibling, now you've ruined it." Using his signature wit, Clooney denied he and Amal have been named Archie's godparents at the premiere of "Catch-22" Tuesday. “Everybody loves their rumors. It's not true," he told Extra. "You don't want me to be a godparent of anybody. I'm barely a parent at this point. It's so hard. It's frightening.” The "ER" alum, who famously spoke out against paparazzi tactics following the 1997 death of Meghan's late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, has also steadfastly defended the new royal. Tuesday, Clooney, who attended Meghan's wedding to Harry last May, told The Associated Press that people should show her more benevolence, as “she’s a young woman who just had a baby.” Contributing: The Associated Press Hey, Duchess Meghan: Thank you for not hiding your postpartum baby bump Royal baby's name revealed: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor; see the photos<doc-sep>
“It’s not fixed yet, there’s a lot of work to be done," said the Catch-22 actor. George Clooney is not done fighting Brunei. The Catch-22 actor spoke to Ellen DeGeneres about the success of the recent boycott of the hotels owned by the country's sultan, including the Beverly Hills Hotel. The anti-LGBTQ leader recently announced that a law that would have required gay people to be stoned to death was put on a moratorium. “[Boycotting hotels] doesn’t matter so much to a rich guy. You can’t shame the bad guys, but you can shame the people that do business with him," Clooney said in a clip released Thursday by The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “When the banks and the financial institutions started saying ‘We’re out of the Brunei business,’ then he backed off," Clooney added of the sultan. However, the actor stressed that the victory is not complete. “It’s not fixed yet, there’s a lot of work to be done," Clooney said. "But it’s a huge step forward.” Brunei instituted its Sharia Penal Code Order in April, sparking an international outcry. Clooney and DeGeneres were among the most prominent celebrity voices to speak out against Brunei and advocate for a boycott of the Dorchester Collection, a company owned by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah that operates international hotels. While the stoning law is not currently being enforced, homosexuality among men still remains illegal and punishable by 10 years in jail in Brunei. And lesbian sex carries a different penalty of 40 lashes with a cane and 10 years in jail. Watch the interview below.