By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:02 BST, 22 May 2019 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 22 May 2019
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He's lucky to be alive after a terrifying motorcycle collision last summer in Italy.
And George Clooney admitted to The Hollywood Reporter that his riding days are over following the incident where he was hit head-on while traveling at '70 miles an hour' in Sardinia in July.
When asked his 'favorite Italy memory,' the 58-year-old actor casually replied that he learned he 'cannot fly' after the accident which 'knocked him out of his shoes.'
Tough: George Clooney admitted to The Hollywood Reporter that his riding days are over following the incident where he was hit head-on while traveling at '70 miles an hour' in Sardinia in July; seen in London last week
'I crashed a motorcycle. That was a really fun time,' he said. 'I've learned that I really, actually, cannot fly. I learned that lesson really well.'
Clooney was reportedly struck by a Mercedes that 'pulled in front of him' while he was traveling through the country on his motorcycle between filming his new drama Catch-22.
'Well, you did fly, actually,' co-star Kyle Chandler said. 'You did a pretty good job of it. That was a great wreck in