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George Clooney's Downton Abbeysketch has finally aired, and just as he tells Lady Violet, he was as beautiful and charming as ever.
The two-part segment, which was part of British channel ITV's "Text Santa" charity, featured Clooney as Lord George Oceans Gravity, Marquis of Hollywood, who is married to Cora Crawley ( Elizabeth McGovern) in an alternate Scrooge-like dream sequence. Naturally, the whole clan is smitten with him, including Lady Violet ( Maggie Smith), who faints at the mere touch of his hand.
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Watch the skit below. Spoiler alert: Clooney's appearance begins at the very end of the first part -- which also features Jeremy Piven as his Mr. Selfridge character: