Brad Pitt lets Ellen DeGeneres in on the secret to getting George Clooney on her show during his Wednesday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show via satellite.

“We need George Clooney…We tried everything,” Ellen told The Curious Case of Benjamin Button star of her attempts to get his BFF on the long-running daytime series. “We’ve sent ‘Victoria’s Secret’ models over. We’ve sent Miss America over. We’ve sent Kate Hudson over…We decorated his bungalow for Halloween. I don’t know what more we can do.”

“This is your problem…Get a bunch of Chippendales…He’s yours. Three, four – no less than three…make one a blonde,” Brad explains.

“We’re going to do it and we’re going to say it’s from you,” Ellen declares.