Celebrity Families
George Clooney Makes Rare Comments About His Kids & Life at Home With Amal
When it comes to his family, George Clooney is famously overprotective. His twins with his wife, Amal Clooney, Ella and Alexander, have been shielded from the public eye since their births in 2017.
In a new Esquire profile, the Jay Kelly star gives rare insight into his family life at home. The Oscar winner opened up about being a parent, and during the interview, had to help Alexander after he was stung by a bee.
George’s twins call him “papa,” and he gushed that he’s “very lucky” to have his family unit. “You know, we live on a farm in France. A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid I hated the whole idea of it,” George said. “But now, for them, it’s like—they’re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life.”
He continued, “I was worried about raising our kids in L.A., in the culture of Hollywood. I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life. France—they kind of don’t give a s**t about fame. I don’t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don’t want them being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”
During the sit-down interview at the family’s summer home in Italy, they were preparing for Amal’s extended family to arrive. Amal quipped that she “didn’t cook any” of the delicious food that had been prepared. George asked his twins what happens whenever Amal decides to cook. In unison, they shouted, “We all die!”
Later on, Alexander was stung by a bee, and George leapt into action. “He sat with Alexander, cradling him in his arms on one of the chairs by the pool. He pulled out the stinger, and his fingers grew cold from holding ice to his son’s throbbing foot,” the reporter wrote.
George, who is now 64, told his son to “never” say that his “dad’s not around anymore” because he’ll always be “in his chest.” He told the reporter, “That’s the legacy that I want. I want there to be this thing in their chest that says, ‘Papa.’ You know, ‘This would make Papa proud.'”
