Elisabetta Canalis has some competition for George Clooney’s affection — from a gay stripper! How’s a girl supposed to compete with that? The Oscar-nominated star got an eyeful from one male admirer while fielding questions during a televised press conference for his new movie, The Men Who Stare at Goats, at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday.

“I am gay, George, and I think I am in love with you…Please take me,” the crazed fan pleaded, all while stripping down to his underwear in plain view of everyone in the room. “May I kiss you, please. Just one kiss?”

George was tickled pink by the close encounter. “It’s hard when you take a big chance and it doesn’t really work,” he replied with a chuckle. “It’s always embarrassing when you take one real big swing for the fences and it just falls flat,” he added. “It was a good try, though.”