Julia Roberts and George Clooney go way back, from teaming up on two Ocean’s movies to reuniting a few years back for their rom-com Ticket to Paradise. Even when they’re not working together, these two Hollywood stars support each other, like how Roberts enjoyed watching Clooney’s most recent movie, the Netflix subscription-exclusive Jay Kelly. She was especially taken with the movie’s cheesecake plot, as it made her think of her own similar experience as a celebrity.
During Jay Kelly, we learn there’s a rider in the contract of George Clooney’s title character that a slice of cheesecake be available to him wherever he goes. When Jay realizes this, he mentions that he doesn’t even like cheesecake, but his manager, Adam Sandler’s Ron Sukenick, assures him that he just doesn’t remember enjoying a slice wants. In an interview with Deadline tied to her latest movie, After the Hunt, Julia Roberts revealed that watching Jay Kelly made her realize she has a similar situation going with “either a huge bag or a huge bowl of raw almonds,” and she doesn’t know why. Roberts continued:
