The OCEAN'S TWELVE star previously faced a scathing attack from GLADIATOR hunk RUSSELL CROWE, who slammed Clooney for such extra-curricular pursuits (JUNE06).

But Clooney has no problem making extra cash through advertising, insisting, "Why not do them? After all, they help fund the kind of movies I want to make.

"I'll keep doing them for as long as people ask me."

Source: WENN