This is the Pitts.
To serve as his best man at Saturday’s wedding, George Clooney turned not to famous buddy Brad, but to Rande Gerber, a titan of the night-life world who really does spell his first name like that.
Gerber, who runs a string of high-end cocktail lounges, including New York’s the Roof and Living Room, first met Clooney some 20 years ago at his Paramount Hotel hot spot, the Whiskey.
Gerber and his wife, supermodel Cindy Crawford, are among Clooney’s closest friends, and they often vacation together. The group was on a 2002 getaway in Italy when Clooney spotted a house for sale in the Lake Como region. He later bought it.
Not content to just travel together, Clooney and Gerber also live together — in a manner of speaking. The two own adjoining houses in Los Cabos, Mexico.
The bros also jointly own a tequila company, Casamigos. Cases of the stuff were reportedly flown to Italy for the wedding reception.
Clooney even tapped Gerber to decorate his LA house. The bar magnate tricked out the (then) bachelor pad with dark woods, chandeliers and a large photograph of Steve McQueen.
The two buds like to ride motorcycles together, and Gerber has called Clooney the funniest person he knows. Quit sucking up. He made you best man already.