Introducing his new movie, The Monuments Men, at the premiere in New York City on Tuesday night, George Clooney paid tribute to his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died from an apparent heroin overdose on Sunday (February 2).

Clooney has admitted he is struggling to deal with Hoffman’s death.

Before introducing the film at the Ziegfeld Theatre, the 52-year-old star said: ”I wanted to start by saying it’s very odd to be here in New York, particularly a couple of days after a good friend of ours has passed away. It makes it difficult, and I think it’s the elephant in the room for a lot of us here. It’s senseless and it’s sad, but he will be greatly missed. Phil will be greatly missed. It’s hard to be here tonight with that . . . weighing over us, but I wanted to say that.”

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