United Kingdom, Sept. 3 -- Brad Pitt has joked George Clooney is a "really bad dancer".

The 62-year-old star wasn't in attendance as his longtime friend received Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement on Wednesday (02.09.26), but Laura Dern read out a message from him as she introduced the Jay Kelly actor.

In his message, Brad quipped: "He can do, perform, accomplish, compete at most anything and does it better than any of us, but please, keep him off the dance floor. He doesn't know.

"And now, this pigeon-toed kid from Kentucky, elder statesman, who when you can't get Brad Pitt you know Clooney will show up because he never met an award he wouldn't run to, is getting a lifetime achievement awar...