Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis has explained his kissing of George Clooney at the Oscars on Sunday night.
MTV.com reports that when asked backstage why he had kissed Clooney on hearing that he had won the Oscar for 'There Will Be Blood', Day-Lewis replied: "I had to kiss someone."
He continued: "I had kissed my wife, so in the interest of parity, I had to kiss George."
'There Will Be Blood' opens in Irish cinemas on Friday 29 February.
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