Most of us spent the weekend quietly freaking out about the news that Forever Bachelor George Clooney had gotten engaged to his girlfriend Amal Alamuddin. I might have gotten the dates wrong, and for that I apologize. It’s probably true that George and Amal have been together longer than four months. It’s probably closer to six months, although she didn’t get the big girlfriend roll-out until this year. As for the engagement… there’s new information.
LaineyGossip has some exclusive details about the engagement and what possibly motivated George to make a change at last – you can read her piece here. Lainey’s sources say that George was tired of “being seen as an older Leonardo DiCaprio… He was starting to become embarrassed by it.” Not that he was actually tired of dating former wrestlers, waitresses and Silvio Berlusconi’s party girls. He was just tired of having that reputation of only dating C-list ladies for two years, giving them some jewelry and making them sign a confidentiality agreement. Lainey also says that the ring is huge and that Amal has gotten the thumbs-up from his friends and family. Which doesn’t mean that much, because as far as I know, his friends and family always approve of Clooney’s latest girl.
People Magazine also has a lengthy breakdown of their whirlwind courtship. The first sighting of them together was October 2013. Amal spent Christmas with Clooney in Cabo. A “low profile” until February, when Amal came as George’s date to the White House. Then in March, the girlfriend roll-out started happening, with leaks to People and Us Weekly, plus vacations plus business trips to NYC. This is what one source says:
“George and Amal are trying to keep things very low-key but they also aren’t really trying to hide this, it doesn’t seem. I think it’s like they want the people they love to know that this is real, that they plan on being together forever.”
Forever? Ha. Yeah. I do appreciate that Amal is between a rock and a hard place now though. She has an exciting, challenging career based in London, where she is the star and the power-player. Will she give that up to live in LA with George and the dogs? And here’s a question: will there be babies? That would be interesting, wouldn’t it? At long last, seeing George become a father… and that he would have chosen a baby-mama with such a fast-track career. Would it be possible for George to do the stay-at-home dad thing?
Update: George’s mom confirms that her son is engaged. And Amal’s law firm sent out congratulations as well. So, the engagement is REAL.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet and Getty.
I feel like this is his response to Stacy’s marriage and pregnancy.
I’m guessing he couldn’t care less about Stacy.
Me too. I call Tina/Amys jokes at the GG being the defining moment. All his serious philanthropic/political/Oscar winning cred dissipating in a puff of smoke, when he was made to look like a superficial shallow sexist old goat who traded out newer model 20 somethings for other newer model 20 somethings. Everyone was laughing AT him, not with him (which he hates). He was a joke.
His choices were the following: 1) Find someone age appropriate to get serious about – which meant being with a woman mid 40s to early 50s. Or 2) Finding someone younger (mid/late 30s) but who has a seriously cerebral career which includes things he’s known to dabble in/care about, I.e. human rights/humanitarianism.
Thus we have him with the civilian Angelina-esque (her legal focus almost mirrors Angelina’s UN duties – wonder if they know each other…hmmm) though Anne Hathaway looking London barrister.
We see you George. Georges fiance can thank Tina for that ring. Lol
I feel like it’s a symbiotic relationship based on his need for attention. He’s forever taking the position of mouthpiece for various political causes, and it elevates his position in media. Now he has attached himself to an international political player to further that position. In turn, she elevates awareness of her causes/clients in the media (particularly the celebrity-rabid US media) via his celebrity. Color me cynical, but I don’t see it as “true love”. IDK.
+1000 it’s true
Yes yes yes.
I am so with you, Dinah. I know that he has done alot of good things, and I believe he does care about his causes. I also believe that he woke up (maybe after Amy & Tina slapped him in the balls at the Oscars) and realized he needed an image upgrade on the arm candy. I think he is very calculating-you have to be to stick around in H’wood.
Thanks, y’all. I feel the lurve ( a.k.a. glad I didn’t have to duck and run after that comment)!
This ^. This is the beginning of George the serious politician. This is win win for both of them. A career move for them both.
I totally agree with you Dinah. It is more a publicity stunt as far as I can see. He is attention hungry. And the older the Hollywood celebs get the more they get forgotten. So this is just a Hollywood stunt. No love maybe admiration. But that is it.
Aha…..and maybe Stacy isn’t as dumb as some think she is.
The question was asked if Amal would give up her career in London to move to LA with Clooney. Well, if she does wouldn’t that make her a C-Lister?
I still don’t get it when people (especially women) think so lowly of women like Stacy and Sarah Larson because of the careers they had but put Amal on a pedestal because she’s a lawyer. We don’t know any of these women IQ and just because they choose a different career path why is Amal considered so above them. What message is that sending to young women? If my husband is the CEO of a Fortune 500 company but I’m only an administrative assistant for let’s say Samsung does that mean I’m not good enough for him? I’m not on his level therfore he should be with someone of Amal’s stature? Jeez Louise!
Currently Larson is the director of a medical spa in New York. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to do that job but at least she’s standing on her own two feet.
I think it is the title “Lawyer” that is the appeal. Let’s be honest these Hollywood types like to play politics, causes, charities, etc. but the truth is a lot of them are really dumb. It’s like okay look at how smart we are together. We are like a powerhouse of brains here.
Who thinks she looks like Anthony Weiner wife and without me looking up aren’t the names similar? She has a lot of political cred being Hilary’s aide.
Basically George Clooney’s new political asset is seen as being smart, looks like Hilary’s aide and talks like Harry Potter. How cool is that?
I agree. BTW what is she wearing in that 2nd photo… those weird trouser things.
Be quiet, V4Real, you can’t be the voice of reason for people who want to ooh and aaah over somebody while putting down other women in the process! We need to stop criticizing and judging based on looks and personality and start criticizing and judging based on how smart we think a woman is! *smh*
@kcarp- Her name is Huma Abedin. Now there is a fine example of a woman who married for reasons of personal ambition. She thought she would wind up a Jackie and instead wound up a Hillary. And she’s still with him! Personally I think Huma is quite pretty and a very stylish dresser. Amal- not so much.
I agree, I’m totally astonished about the poor judgement people have about George’s former girlfriends … What’s wrong with being a waitress or a wrestler? Regarding Stacey, I think she is not dumb at all …
I agree with most of your post. I want to add that Larson stayed in the Vegas business for years (I think 10, too lazy to Google) after Clooney and her split. She (and Clooney’s other exes) did have ambitions that went beyond waitressing but I don’t think anyone of them actually achieved their real dreams. Most of them seemed to want to be models or at least fixed media figures and Clooney helped them but they couldn’t keep momentum once Clooney was out of the picture. Even Keibler went the ‘retired model’ route and picked up a rich guy because they can’t rely on any employable skills to finance the lifestyle they want.
For me, it’s clear these women wanted more, they had bigger aspirations and they didn’t fulfill them. If waitressing was something they were proud of or content then why did they all try to be more than that? Neither of these women went back to their studies (law) or worked on some skills during their relationship with GC. They relied on a rich man and they fell into the same career they had once that man left because I don’t know, there was no effort, connections or luck?
Amal imo wanted to be somebody in her life and worked for it and she is who she wanted to be. She has skills, ambitions and she doesn’t need GC. That makes her a better partner (not a better person!) for Clooney. Clooney doesn’t define her career, she did that for herself. She doesn’t have to worry about her life, she will always have a career she loves to fall back on and her lifestyle will not be compromised unlike GC exes.
You don’t need a high IQ to make something out of your life, to try and fulfill your aspirations. Everybody with an average intelligence can change their life.
And V, admin is still a job that requires transferable skill. It’s a very good job in many countries. If you’re a waitress who works that job because you gave up on your real dreams and you date a CEO, there is an imbalance that no money or love can repair. You have to be who you are or otherwise you rely too much on others to make your life and once that CEO leaves your ass, it’s back to your low wage, long hours and maybe soul-killing job.
@Artemis
Sarah was young when she dated Clooney and perhaps she did have ambition. What’s wrong with being a waitress while you chase your dreams, you still have to put food on the table and a roof over your head. I don’t think it’s fair for you to say if she was happy being a waitress why did she try being more than that. Maybe it’s not that she was happy being a waitress (BTW, you’re the only one claiming that she was content with being a waitress; I don’t know where you got that information from) and she was pursuing her dreams while she waitressed. Maybe she did have ambition but after chasing them for so long and they didn’t come true she gave them up. I was a bartender but now I have a college degree and a professional job. But what if my admiration had been to be an actress but I bartend to make ends meet. Years later I still didn’t meet my goal of becoming an actress so I went back to school and now I have a different career. This seems to be what happen with Sarah; she was attempting to be a model before Clooney came along. They met, he was attracted to her and they dated. You make it sound as if Sarah was standing on Hollywood boulevard flagging down whatever popular actor that drove by.
“Neither of these women went back to their studies (law) or worked on some skills during their relationship with GC. . She didn’t pursue Clooney, he went after her.”
Well neither did Matt Damon’s wife. He met her when she was a waitress/bartender and didn’t do much after she started dating Matt. She was lucky that Matt loved and wanted to marry her. If it hadn’t worked out that way would you be saying the same thing about Damon’s wife. Is she not on his level because he’s a big Hollywood star and she’s pretty much a housewife.
As for Stacy, she was already well known in the wrestling world before Clooney stepped into her life. She was already pursuing other ventures before Clooney as well. Therefore she was still working on her skills. She was trying to get into modeling before and during her time with Clooney.
Even Elisabetta Canalis was already working as some type of TV Host in Italy when Clooney met her. But you make it seems as if these women weren’t trying to advance their careers or was just sitting by twiddling their thumbs until GC came along and that wasn’t true at all.
Almost every celeb that has actually made it in Hollywood got their big break from somebody else; it just doesn’t work out for everybody.
“If you’re a waitress who works that job because you gave up on your real dreams and you date a CEO, there is an imbalance that no money or love can repair.”
Who said anybody gave up on their dreams? Like I said Sarah Larson is now a director at a medical spa. I’m willing to bet that there are a lot of women who probably had mediocre jobs such as a waitresses or bartenders but married well and was able to put that job in the past. This is probably not your intention but it really seems as if you are putting down people who waitress or bartend. It’s beneath a well educated person of a particular stature to date someone who do those types of jobs.
“You have to be who you are or otherwise you rely too much on others to make your life and once that CEO leaves your ass, it’s back to your low wage, long hours and maybe soul-killing job”
The same thing can be said about a lot of women who married well and gave up their career or their ambition and settled for being just a housewife. Some of these women may lack the skills needed to demand a high salary and that CEO had them to sign an airtight prenup.
This remind me of that movie Mad Money with Diane Keaton. She was a housewife who had to find work after her husband played by Ted Danson lost his job as the head of some profiable company. She had a college degree but because he wanted her to be a housewife and raise the kids, she never worked an outside job a day in her life. She could only find work as a cleaning lady.
Larson was entering her 30s when she dated Clooney and working as a nightclub waitress. As soon as GC took notice off her, she ditched her job and followed him around the world. During her GC time, she worked as a model and right before she got dumped she was featured in Harper’s Bazaar as an It-girl. After she got dumped she was his ‘model ex’ but nobody gave her offers anymore.
Before GC she did some semi-provocative promotional work in Europe and was a Fear Factor contestant. She was also a girl that liked to party and she went straight back to the nightclub scene after GC. 5min Google search. Based on that, she sounds like a party girl to me who only a few years ago took her life in a direction she really wanted or was ready for. It happens.
You make it sound as if Sarah was standing on Hollywood boulevard flagging down whatever popular actor that drove by.
How did I do that? That was certainly not my intention. If I was her, I would do the same if a man like GC would be attracted to me. But I would also be realistic and do something for my personal development so when a notorious bachelor gets sick of me, I don’t fall into a black hole or the same routine again. Which is what Keibler understood and Canalis to a lesser degree. And both those girls progressed to other rich men and neither had the career they wanted because 1. they are not model material 2. they are too old (28 for a model career?!) 3. most of them have a softcore/party past which is why Hollywood would group them with the C-lister: reality stars, attention seekers …. I don’t hold it against them but I’m certainly not blind to how they tried to give their career a boost. Now Keibler is sticking her belly out on the arm of her rich husband and god knows where Canalis is and honestly, who cares.
Matt Damon? You mean a guy who by all accounts is serious about his GFs and doesn’t date the same type of girl over and over like Clooney and Leo D? Yes, she was so lucky that he was so in love with her and came out with her publically asap and letting his friends and director spill the beans that they are the real deal and that she’s not interested in the red carpet life. He married that woman after 2 years, he didn’t date her for two years and replace her with the next bartender he laid eyes on. Also, she wasn’t trying to become a model by coasting on his fame. She was a single mom (divorced) who took a break from her designing career and started bartending when she met Damon. He started a family with her within 3 years of meeting her. She later took up designer jobs again so even if he would dump her, she had two careers to rely on. Sorry but your way off in your comparison here.
Actually nope, far from. I don’t care about a waitress dating a CEO like your example but if you’re really going to pretend that SOME girls wouldn’t heavily rely on these men then you’re being deliberately naive. Always take care of yourself, that’s my life motto (and I’m a student and cleaning part-time fyi). I would never drop everything for a man in hopes that he can further my career, it’s too dependable and insecure. Most of Clooney’s girls clearly had certain goals on their mind and it didn’t get them far because GC was the one with power and money, that’s the imbalance. It always is.
I agree 1000% with your second to last paragraph. Marrying somebody rich (when you aren’t born rich) is very tricky imo and especially when the rich man is also in a powerful business. I guess I’m just a guarded person when it comes to those things. I rather build a strong realistic career for myself.
Oh please, Sarah was a cocktail waitress in LV (read paid party girl), what waitress earns $100,000 plus per year (tax declared) unless they are serving more than drinks, probably double that with cash ‘tips’ not declared. She worked for Randy Gerber and had partied it up with George several years before they officially got together. Lots of her Vegas ‘friends’ spilled the beans on her ‘career’ at the time of the romance.
I cannot WAIT to see how this relationship develops.
I think Stacy’s marriage was a wake up call. Her interview in People magazine especially talking about love and trust usually leads to marriage. He now wants to be respectable. She needs to be careful and not be used as a trophy. She started out her life as a refugee running away from Lebanon, keep to human rights law and find a man who wants you to continue your work full time.
Or they could just be madly in love?
Maybe they should start adopting/popping out babies, so George can finally enjoy some good PR again (seriously, when did all the George hate happen??) Having babies usually excuses everything from adultery to drug abuse, so it should rehab his “evil” single and child-free/less ways.
I need an umbrella for all all that not so subtle shade you threw. Guess you just can’t help yourself.
My first thought was that the engagement was a reaction to Stacy as well. It just seems odd that he gets engaged to the first woman after the break-up, after knowing each other for a short time. To my knowledge Stacy was really the only ex who got married and did it quickly. I feel like George likes to think that his exes are wounded for life and can’t get over him. With her marriage and baby, I feel that it bruised his ego. Basically I feel that something is off. They will probably engaged forever.
Flounder, I thought the same thing! Also, just because they’re engaged doesn’t mean he’ll go through with it.
I was “engaged” to a late 40’s confirmed commitment phobe for a while and it never happened. Clooney seems to be the same. I’ll be surprised if they ever get married…
When i first heard he was engaged i thought she was pregnant but after reading this it sounds more like a business deal. I doubt they will actually get married. It will just be a very Long engagement.
I really don’t know what to think of these two together.
It seems like a PR stunt to me. She can do much better honestly.
Maybe he wants to run for congress or start a career in politics and having Amal as a wife would make a big difference. She is raising his profile already.
Or maybe he was just jelous of Brad Pitt. Angelina is so involved in helping people and visiting poor countries that he started to wonder what it felt like dating someone whose interests go beyond matching the clutch to the shoes.
How is she raising his profile? Who the heck ever heard of her? I still don’t know her name.
She’s a very successful, well-respected human rights attorney. Extremely intelligent, compassionate, ambitious and beautiful.
I’ve always thought he was secretly gay.
Me and you girl!
Absolutely.
Me too! Which is why this engagement is confusing me so much. What’s in it for her?
Emily – Thank you!! I was just about to comment and point out the majority of people seem to be acting like George isn’t getting anything out of these relationships.
I did too! But I started wondering since the story about him and Eva Longoria went public. I buy that his “girlfriends” were escorts and for PR, but why hide a relationship to hide that you’re gay?
When I rattle off my gay list (Matthew McConaghey, Leo DiCaprio, Hugh Jackman, Tom, George,) people usually tell me I’m nuts, except about Clooney. In that case, their eyes get really big as they slowly recognize how stunningly obvious the whole thing is. As for his “hidden” relationship, was it really hidden or was he just not being flashy about it? The press is going to find out, and he needed to stop looking like an escort for the latest nobody that he was always parading down the red carpet. Win-win for everyone.
LOL “why to hide a relationto hide that you’re gay”
We Are All Made of Stars….why do you think you can tell the sexuality of people that you dont know? That is some pretty obvious overreach going on there.
Still think he is. To me Amal is nothing more than a glamorized beard for him. Period.
+1
I have thought the same thing, Dorothy! Usually “confirmed bachelors” in their 50’s have “issues”. Seems to be a cold, dead fish that dates women but never gets too close and rarely spends time with them, like they may be…beards.
No Babies for Amal, and let’s face it, Her Lesser, The Lake Como Dauphin, shoot THAT Might have been a condition for the ring?
ha ha, you crack me up
When I first read this my reaction was a series of facial tics and squawks and big ol’ “Wha?”
It just seems so weird that he gets engaged all of a sudden when he’s gone through so many long term girlfriends. I’m gonna wait for his direct confirmation to believe this.
But then again, Johnny Depp was with Vanessa Paradis all those years look where he is now.
But Johnny committed to one lady for a decade, so we know it’s possible for him, but with George I’m just not sure?
She is very beautiful and intelligent. The type of woman any man would want to marry. I thought George Clooney was engaged back in the late 90’s, to a beautiful blonde school teacher, I think she was French??
Celine Balitran. I think she was a waitress back then. However, I don’t believe they were engaged.
She was a med student from what I recall and spoke several languages. He was engaged to her and his family supposedly adored her.
When People mag profiled her years ago, Celine was a French lawyer, curiously same profession as Amal.
He was married to the woman who plays Mona Sterling on Mad Men, Talia Balsam, in the 1990s. It’s not like he’s been a bachelor forever. By the way, Talia is now married in real life to her Mad Men “ex” John Slattery.
We need to get her alone! haha I love the “ex- Mrs. Sterling/real Mrs. Slattery.” As Roger and Mona Sterling, their chemistry on the show is palpable and fun.
Is anyone else feeling like me and is over clooney? Tbh I was never into him but I actively dislike him now. It’s just the same old nonsense. Every interview is the same, some polictics, some bitching, the same humor and jokes, its boring! don’t get how he’s been crowned some sort of unofficial king of Hollywood. I’m not even in the industry yet I feel uncomfortable with it just watching in the outside and be suffocated by it, everything has to be about him.
I dread to think the reaction when he goes to the oscars next year with her. It will all be about him. I wonder there are people in the industry who find him annoying as well. I will automatically love them.
Give me Hugh Jackman, Ewan Mcgregor, Mark Ruffalo any day, all smart, funny, warm, kind, genuinely good guys and humanatarians as well.
I agree to some degree. The charm started wearing off a little while, the shine is coming off the apple. But I still think he’s suave, fun and has flashes of great stories and personality.
I bet with her he needs to take this next step to show that it is really serious and he values her for all that she is, as opposed to the glory of having a bimbo on your arm as you get older. He dated all of them but she is different, so they get engaged.
I think for awhile George was kind of a throwback to old Hollywood. The days when there was ‘The Rat Pack’ and drinking and carousing seemed like it was fun. I think the shtick just wore thin.
Yep. He fell off his one trick pony a decade ago.
Yes. I have disliked him since he hijacked the conversation about race and Hollywood during an Oscar week round table last year. Ugh.
That’s what I don’t like about him. Period. I mean, in the end, I don’t hold the revolving door of girlfriends against him (I will snark though), because he’s not someone proclaiming that he wants to get married, have babies, or end up with his soul mate. He is who he is, and he doesn’t pretend to be anything different to the flavor of the month, let alone to the press.
But he ALWAYS has to be the center of attention whenever he’s in a group interview. Always. It’s so annoying. He completely monopolizes the conversation, and it’s always ME ME ME ME. If he brings up Kentucky ONE MORE TIME during an interview, I will scream.
His charm seems, to me, to be way too forced. Like that’s his ‘thing’–he’s charming, witty George. Women love him. Because he’s charming and witty.
This! When he smiles you almost expect to see a little diamond gleam on his teeth and hear an audible ‘ting!’
Ugh
Dame and Virgilia, you’ve said it beautifully.
I started disliking him when he started doing press conferences about the paparazzi after Princess Diana’s death. The investigation had barely started, and there he was holding court. For what? Is he a police investigator now too? Or did he just play one on TV?
The aging playboy thing had been getting steadily more ridiculous too.
And can they just stop with the “she’s at his level” crap? She’s WAY above his level.
Also, I never thought Stacy Keibler was stupid. I thought the way she worked her relationship with George was brilliant, actually. And then she ended up marrying someone she already had a strong friendship with. Good for her.
OK, I think I’m done commenting on this issue. I’m not sure I actually care about the engagement. Though I am curious to see a picture of the ring.
Izzy…I agree…SHE is way above Clooney’s level…He is an actor…he reads lines that other people wrote for him (and I don’t even think he is a good actor, he is always just Clooney to me) for large sums of money! He is nothing special…he is lucky…most famous actors are…after having small roles on The Facts of Life, and Roseanne, he could have faded away, but he lucked out and got on ER. He is not a lawyer, doctor, police officer, fireman, soldier….or any number of people I find to be in a much more worthy profession…just my opinion…
All my friends would swoon over him but I didn’t get it. Yes he’s nice looking but the earth shattering movement my friends felt for him just never reached my sensors , hahahahaha!
I can see how he’s attractive though.
@Simi: I couldn’t agree with you more. And am tired of reading Amal is so intelligent etc etc. Has she read stories about Clooney dating life? If she was so intelligent, would she date someone that has declared 100 times in public “no marriage” and “no kids” and everyone knows already that every woman who has been with him signs these confidentiality agreements (in this case, however, I am sure he did not make her sign something as he really wanted to “get” her for whatever reason). Unless she has been all of her life obsessed with him then I can see why she started dating him. Or, is the other thing that I read that she is very very ambitious so this is a huge PR for her as well.
I personally do not find him masculine at all. There is something about him as a man that is a huge turn off especially when you listen to him: too much overconfidence and trying too much to be funny all the times. Let’s not forget also that Clooney has created the impression that he “can date any young and beautiful woman and can dump her at any time he wants” This is a very bad example to young women and to men who have money who use women as just pure objects. For this alone, I do not have any respect at all for him and I cannot imagine that Amal “fell in love” for this guy unless other things are involved between the two.
Lainey has a really detailed description of the ring, from the cut to the type of band and everything. She didn’t just say “it was big.” Which makes me think a) her source is legit or b) she’s almost positive her source is legit. It’ll be easy enough for us to know when the ring appears if Lainey was right because of how detailed she was…..
And I completely, totally, 100 percent agree that the Tina Fey joke and the barrage of jokes after his split with Stacey influenced this. Even Sandra Bullock, queen of sweetness and beloved Hollywood figure, made a snarky joke about his dating habits. It happens in real life too, when old playboys wake up and get kind of embarrassed that they only date young, hot chicks when all their friends are settled down or with more age appropriate women. I”m not saying he doesn’t love this woman, because I think he does, but I think the public perception played a role in him settling down too…..
I’ve thought for a while that Lainey has an “in” with Clooney’s publicist as well as a few others.
When is that super secret Disney movie Tomorrowland opening? Could this engagement be part of his Oscar campaign? I get the impression that nothing in Clooneyland happens in a vacuum. There is a lot of planning and forethought that goes in to his public persona.
I do too. I don’t think the joke was why he proposed, but that it made an influence on him. Good for him. At least he realised that he was a joke.
Lets be honest…he’s in LUST…not LOVE. NOBODY falls in love so deeply, convinced it will last a lifetime…in six months time. It just isn’t realistic. I got married when I was 21. WHAT the hell was I thinking? What do you know of love at that young age? NOTHING. I wasn’t in love. I was nowhere near it. It’s infatuation at that stage…real love doesn’t come until the real tough times challenge the relationship…and you come out on the other side really caring, respecting and cherishing the union. THAT’s when LOVE proves to really be LOVE!
I guess I’ll have to change my posting name to Nobody. I met and married my husband within five months. That was 27 years ago.
I’m thinking that was more because you were 21, not due to the length of the relationship itself.
I met my husband when I was 22, we moved in together after a month. I’m going to be 42 this year, he’s 43, and we’re still as happy as ever. I knew plenty about love, and he did too.
Same here, Bluhare. My husband proposed 23 years ago, and we had met only a couple of weeks before.
@bluhare
I’m a Nothing too then! Engaged after five months, three months later already married. Still going great!
You guys rock!!
@suzanneg444
I had been engaged twice before meeting my husband, second relationship lasted 8 years and it went nowhere. Time between the meeting and getting married is irrelevant, sorry!!
She’s 36 years old, not 21. I knew I wanted to marry my husband in about four months, we got engaged after six and have been married for 17 years, very happily. I think it’s odd when people get married after two dates or something, but I think six months is perfectly reasonable. I just think you were too young to know what you would need for the rest of your life. I don’t mean that to sound judgmental, as I met my first husband at 22 and was too young to realize he was the wrong choice for me.
Eh. I got married at 21. Still going strong, 14 years later. And we’ve been through some awful crap, let me tell you. It isn’t always necessarily what age you are or how quickly you get into a relationship. I think it’s more your willingness to work through things.
@sighs
Yes, that was a dumb remark on my part. My parents were 19 and 21 when they got married and have had a wonderful marriage. I should have said “maybe” she was too young, as I was. Sorry.
I’m loving this great company I’ve been keeping and didn’t even know it!
Here’s to all the Nobody’s!!
I totally agree. A lust engagement which will probably come apart just as fast. It’s all way too fast, way too suspect IMO. I think it’s PR for him and a way to not look like she’s being George’s arm holder like the other ladies. Engagement makes the relationship look serious and keeps her looking like she’s not just George’s new girl.
I would know immediately if I wanted to marry someone. I have no idea about these two. I don’t think he’s secretly gay, he seems to have a preferred type. I DO think he got tired of being a joke and it possibly motivated him to consider someone different.
Oh no need to apologize, goodnames. I think most people probably shouldn’t get married at 21, believe me. The hubby and I just happened to be pretty mature and responsible early in life. The vast majority are not.
I met my husband when I was 19 and he was 22. He asked me to marry him two weeks later. We married 17 months after we met, when I was 21 and he was 23. We’re now 43 and 46, and happy as can be! We have a 19 year old daughter.
It’s definitely possible to meet the love of your life at a young age and stay together happily.
Me too, bluhare….Mr L and I went from hello to friends to dating to engaged and happy in a few months then married. It can happen in any amount of time. I was also zipping around w work and friends and escapades, happily, and living in EU and other places on projects. I had no idea of getting married. Then, boom. And here we still are. I am a believer in the lightning bolt, as my NY uncles called it.
However, …..this….my snarkdar says a lot about the situation but nothing to do with lightning.
This may have been your experience but don’t generalize or speak on behalf of all relationships. Love can take time or it can strike in an instant.
All I know is is that this woman has the absolute WORST taste in shoes. Every time I see her, her entire outfit is ruined because she has some hideous assed shoes on.
I lol’d at this. I just can’t even with those bowling shoes.
I actually love the bowling shoes! Those pants are cute too.
I agree. I liked her shoes/pants combo.
I think she has great style.
:). I feel like she’s a double set of shoulder pads away from making it a zoot suit ensemble!
I would have to see a good shot of the whole outfit to really decide, but I think either the pants or shoes could be fun pieces on the right person in the right circumstances. Now the cheap shapeless polyester dress with the shiny pantyhose and… boots? That is just horrible. I now see why they keep cropping that pic to make it look like it’s a floor-length gown. Geez.
I like her style too. It is unique with a hint of understated. The brogues are cool too, I am a big fan of interesting brogues and I haven’t seen any like hers yet.
As long as she’s not seen with plateau highheels I’m fine with her choice!
It’s very obvious to me this is about image rehab.
It’s crazy to me that so many people feel like there’s something “wrong” with not wanting to be married and/or have children. I guess there really is something about appealing to the so called mini van majority. Clooney is now going to be the hero to all those who were thinking he just needed the “right” woman to ground him. Hilarious.
Or maybe he just changed his mind later on in his life. What you want at 30 and 40 may not be what you want at 50.
He’s finally admitting to himself…that his looks are fading and the pickin’s are getting slimmer…He can either appear to be “good time Charlie” with a young bimbo on his arm…or he can settle down and accept the challenge of a real relationship based on mutual respect and compatibility. I think he knows people are tiring of his playboy party type image. He’s becoming a joke…and looking like an old perv…This chick better know what she’s in store for…or he’ll end up divorced twice…only this time she has the credentials to clean his clock and his bank account!
I think he knows he is past the leading man most desirable place (not that I was in that camp). Getting married won’t hurt his box office appeal, in that women will think , “Ah, shame that he is taken”. I highly doubt being mocked motivated this. If it did, then he has an extraordinarily fragile ego.
Good Morning, Kiddo.
Italics are so delightfully creepy! Oh, sorry I got distracted, carry on with this George stuff…
” Hello. My name is mimif, and I am a font abuser”
Hello, mimif.
First steps.
God help us all.
˙ʍou ʇɥbıɹ ǝsnqɐ ʇxǝʇ ɥʇıʍ puıɯ ɹnoʎ ʍoןq oʇ buıob ɯ,ı
Another toy for Kiddo!
@The Original Tiffany…KAPOWY-BOOM. How’d you do that? Is it the work of the devil?
What the ever living f-ck?! Who’s got the problem now, Kiddo?
*squeals*
Definitely the work of the devil…or this site. 😉
http://www.fliptext.org
Everyone needs that one last boom! in their arsenal of font weapons!
˙noʎ ǝʌoן ı ‘ʎuɐɟɟıʇ ןɐuıbıɹo ǝɥʇ@
But I’m not ready for rehab yet. I’ll have you know, I’m doing this on my phone as well. Not easy.
Addicts go to all lengths to get a font fix.
Denial.
*snickers* at your font riff.
I, for one, am not in denial!
Re: getting engaged b/c he was tired of being mocked: that’s a pretty shitty reason for entering into a partnership, presumably for life, with someone, no?
So very romantic! “Darling, please marry me, I’m tired of being laughed at”.
I agree.
Agree. I question whether he would have made this same decision just two or three years ago. People can change their minds, but this seems like some sort of knee-jerk relationship (not just the engagement).
LOL at Lainey. She had two blinds in recent weeks and none of them were about Clooney. Now her sources come crawling from under a rock saying he’s been talking about it all week? Why didn’t she take the exclusive then!? Or do her sources wait until real magazines break the news?
I can’t wait to see the ring because I think her sources are bullshitting her. I remember an ONTD member saying they send fake exclusives to Lainey last summer and she ran with it so not sure if I believe her sources now. The rest of her information is pretty generic. Of course people will be rooting more for Amal than his exes. Vox populi is saying for years he can do ‘better’ by dating a Moviestar like Bullock, Kidman or Zellweger. How on earth does she consider this new information :D?
I highly doubt that Clooney cared about the jokes. People do realise that Amal is in the same age group as all of his other girls right? The ‘redeeming’ quality it seems, is purely based on her profession. The age joke still applies (3 years older than Keibler). But she’s regarded as a classy lady so it’s ok now.
He’s not Dicaprio. He’s well respected in the business for years and does win Oscars. He’s at the top and none of his gfs ever affected that position (au contraire mon frère!). Fey and Poehler can joke all they want, they both now that older men in that business all do what Clooney does on the DL because they are married. At least Clooney treats his dates and he doesn’t hide them.
I love everything about this post. Lainey makes me want to stab my eyeballs out and George is no whimpering fool.
I like Lainey but sometimes question the legitimacy of her posts. She kept saying how “solid” Gwyneth and Chris were at the beginning of the year and how “together” they were at the awards parties and then two weeks later, BOOM, they’re getting a divorce.
@mimif: I follow her blog but she’s impossible sometimes and it’s getting worse since she got more exposure + her book. E.g. she calls herself a feminist but then goes on to link DrunkenStepfather and rags on women she doesn’t like (really low-blowing them, very classist).
@helvetica: Correct, she DID say that GP and CM were solid in 2013-2014 after some rocky years and now we know they were anything but. What kind of well-researched info? Mind blown.
She did have some dirt on HER affairs but then why did she say they were fine? Contradictions that even she can’t figure out I think.
Artemis, I agree. Like I said, I like her but her sources seem off. One thing I think is weird is how condescending she is about Aniston. Like what did Aniston do to her?
@Artemis & @Helvetica
Obviously she’s working with a few publicists. She’s become so inconsistent with her gossip angles, she’s all over the place. Thing is she’s started to work against her readers, playing them, which goes against everything the blog stood for when she first started it. Her thing was to expose the game playing, now she’s an active participant. She’s also a host on a show pretty much catering the MiniVan majority. And selling her personal life with a book. This is hilarious to me.
I think Lainey writes a lot of BS, but she’s still on the mark way more than say Blind Gossip or In Touch. She broke Will Arnett and Amy Poehler, for one, along with Uma Thurman being preggo. She also was insinuating about Alexa Chung way before anyone else, and I think that may be true too. ONTD hates on her because she likes Goopy (for all her faults) and they also claim to send false exclusives to everyone (I can buy that maybe somewhere like BG would run that, but I think 95% of tabloids make shit up or take something with a grain of truth/rumor from a random than fake info emailed in) .
The details on the ring as so detailed though that it will be easy enough to tell….
She outed alexa chung in same time than Alexa thing is out in the other medias.i remember her riddle on the “homeless joke” at Timberlake/Biel wedding is released the same day when the story was outed in Jezebel.
Amal showed her ring to Cindy Crawford at Nobu .I guess they were not alone in the restaurant and apparently the paps were there so someone talked.
LAMEy gets her info from tabloids and gossip sites.The Amy / Will story is the ONLY exclusive story she has had in years .
She evidently got direct word to her law firm all the way in London. She’s making sure this isn’t kept on the downlow. Haha
Yup. Lainey – a legend in her own mind.
She may have some good gossip from time to time but the shtick she frames it with is so tired. She thinks she’s clever and cutting – but I find her to be rather insipid and uninspired.
I really like Lainey and this sight. I find myself reading both sites more for the writing and analysis than the actual gossip. I learn a lot about things on this site and I like Kaiser, Bedheads and just forgot the other writer’s take on things. I think I also like Lainey because in some weird way she and I have many similarities that I think it is easy for me to like her.
I will say that I remember after on of those award shows in 2013 Lainey had a blind about Liam Hemsworth hooking up or flirting with Emma Watson and all the other sites were claiming it was January Jones. Lainey mentioned it several times and even stated that everyone was wrong about it being January Jones. Then in a post not too long ago, can’t rember which one, she mentions the January Jones/Liam Hemsworth hookup as if she had been stating it all along. I read every singe one of her posts every day so there is no way I could have missed her correcting herself. I don’t have a problem with someone being wrong but when you find out you were wrong or have decided to go with the established gossip I think you (she) should just admit it and fill us in on her thinking.
100% behind this take. Also I’ve never been comfortable with the remarks thrown at his past girlfriends for their professions. They got called low rent and escorts because they don’t have the same social status as Clooney. The only one that struck me as piece of work was Elisabetta Canalis and that’s due to her personality not her profession. Then again, I never understood the big whoop over who he was dating or why.
They didn’t get called escorts because they didn’t have the same social status, but because they had contracts with him.
I can’t with this PR stunt….. LOL!
I love her! I admire her humanitarian work. I think he’s very lucky to have her.
I do too.
Wouldn’t a human rights lawyer *want* Julian Assange to have to stand trial on rape charges?
Not when the charges appear to have been made up as a ploy to expedite him to the US to face charges. It could be avoided if Norway agreed not to expedite him to the US. Norway will not agree to that.
Um… you mean Sweden? Sweden has an extradition treaty with the US and cannot simply make an exception on behalf of Assange. The only person claiming that this is an international extradition rouse to get him to US soil is Assange. The Swedish authorities are taking the claims very seriously, and they are being handled in a court in the UK, not in America.
Um, I’m with SoCal gal on this. He published things on Wikileads and gets out of the blue accused of rape, so that he has to be extradite to Sweden and then probably to the US? Suspicious.
SoCal is right. The rape charge is a classic ‘dirty trick’ character assassination employed to discredit anyone who threatens the oligarchy’s status quo.
Yep my bad, I meant Sweden. Look I take rape seriously. If Sweden would come to the agreement that he won’t get sent to the US,
(and it’s something his team has asked for time and again) he should stand trial in Sweden. But whole case stinks. IMO, I think it is a way for the US to extradite him.
I still think for a political wife for George her representation of Assange makes her too controversial and by the time his detractors are done using her representation of an alleged Rapist and person wanted by the US government for leaking military secrets, Against George, she will look like damaged goods and will be used as a negative issue in George’s future campaign if he runs for an office.
Politics is dirty.
Getting engaged to change his image… What a great reason to keep a relationship. Business deal or not, congrats to them again!! As I said yesterday, he won the lottery with this one. Someone younger than him and accomplished. Anyway, someone mentioned Eva Longoria yesterday, poor Eva….
It’s been done and is still being done in Hollywood for years and years.
Poor Eva. Lucky Eva!
George is no catch. The guy’s got serious physical and mental health issues.
This is damage control/image rehab 101 for him.
There is nothing better to generate positive buzz than an engagement. He can be engaged to her for 20 years and still milk it – there are certainly celebs who do that who aren’t even close to being as famous as Clooney.
He had a run of bad publicity starting with Tina/Amy and then this last thing with Wynn. He’s been in the business since birth, he knows how and when to spin things to his advantage. He is a manipulator, just like everyone else in show business – becoming other people for profit is their business.
His new role? Adoring, loving, reformed marriage-phobe for as long as it takes to get whatever he wants out of it.
True. Engagement PR.
Lainey also posted a BBC video of Amal talking about Ukraine. She is really eloquent and has a very impressive client list (whether or not you think the people she represents are good or evil, they are still very high profile). She can do better than Clooney.
I’ve wondered if she’s slightly embarrassed that, out of all of her clients, the one that always gets mentioned is Julian Assange? You know – the guy who had so little faith in his legal team that he skipped bail and is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy, rather than have his day in court!
Maybe this relationship is as much good PR for her as it is for GC?
Quite possibly. Representing Assange is kind of a black mark. The guy is a asshat.
I had a little laugh about Slate’s write up on the engagement announcement: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/04/28/amal_alamuddin_london_lawyer_to_wed_actor.html
Representing Assange will be used negatively if George ever goes political and he is married to her.
She was his attorney for the extradition not the original charges.
I doubt Clooney cares what people think about him. It seems to me that his relationship with his fiancee is the real deal. But I also see divorce in his future too.
Yeah he may have tired of his rep but at the same time who says he can’t change. He is getting old and that makes people reflect on their life. Is he gonna date coacktail waitresses in his 60s and 70s? Kind of like when warren Beatty finally settled down with benning. It all happened very quickly. He went from being a notorious bachelor to family man within the space of a year.
I want to believe that she is as intelligent as the media are selling, but if she really accepted an engagement proposal of the biggest forever bachelor alive after such a short relationship time, then I will have to re-think that assumption. Good luck for them.
^This. I’m getting the star-struck vibe off of her. And I wish them well, too. My guess is that it’ll be either a very long engagement, or a very quick wedding.
Yes seems star struck.
Just because she is intelligent and accomplished doesn’t mean she is smart in love and private life. Smart women make fools of themselves over lesser men all the time I have known a number of accomplished women somehow falling for lazy unaccomplished men often because They are “bad boys” or they resort to mothering the guy( not saying that’s the case here of course) .
In my opinion, Stacy looks like the smart one. She walked away with a good settlement check from George and found a millionaire tech guy who is around her age, gets married and pregnant and perhaps has a possibility that she is going to build a life with this guy. While Amal, probably will give up her career to become a Beverly Hills Housewife and gets involved running George’s non profit foundation, which I am sure he will start for her. Amal is marrrying a guy who is around 16 years older than she and he is probably fixed, so there won’t be any children and he needs a pill to get it up. When Amal is George’s age and he is what almost seventy with some medical issues. She can push him around in a wheel chair in Lake Como. .
Bwahahahahahaha – mean but so true/funny.
LOL you are so fantastically snarky!
but she gets to keep lake como when he’s done. Fair trade.
You called it. Academic ability is only one type of intelligence and it isn’t predictive of other forms of intelligence…or of common sense, either.
Yup.
So true…Still, I wonder why would she expose herself like that. We all can fail in judgment, specially in love, but I would count that she would have the basic common sense (and would also be advised by her closed ones) to at least keep it quiet. We don’t know if it’s true, but if it is, my guess is that they leaked it on purpose. Why? Have no idea…Color me cynical.
Is anyone else somewhat freaked out by the fact that they look like brother and sister?
I read a study recently which claimed the longest lasting marriages are between partners who look alike, as we unconsciously look for our “other half”, and when we find it, we feel complete. So, in a way, we fall in love with ourselves. Don’t know that I buy the premise, but it’s an interesting theory.
Actually, (and this is total speculation on the lives of srtangers at a distance), I do wonder whether George thinks he might have had an alternative life as an activist, political player instead of as an actor? She may represent that alternative lifestyle?
I’ve heard that you either fall in love with people who look very similar to you or are the complete opposite.
Four months of dating is not that long.
I do wish him happiness though.
My theory all along has been that he has a separate romantic life apart from the latest “girlfriend” he brings to red carpets. Stacey and Co. were all business relationships. I think he may have had a much longer relationship with Amul behind the scenes–and when he started to think engagement, they slowly went public. Otherwise this just seems off.
You may be onto something. My grandmother (lol) has said the same thing about him. That he probably has relationships under the radar and on every different continent. Haha
He’s been free of Stacey for the better part of a year and been in Europe a lot last year. Who knows how long they’d been seeing each other before being photographed together?
Come to think of it, perhaps the conspicuous absence of successor to Stacey during awards season signalled that there was something serious going on behind the scenes?
hmmm…this bring up a host of interesting issues. Funny that in this day and age, a man like Clooney would still feel so much pressure to get married. However, whether or not he’s considering a run for office, he’s still in a position where he must present a fairly conservative image. I saw him speak once, at a function to raise awareness about Darfur. He had to schmooze with a lot of rich, old school people. Do you have to be married to be taken seriously in this world? If so, that’s sad. But I can see how it could hurt him, socially, to be single. We’re all guilty of asking these questions: is he secretly gay? Why is he dating all these bimbos? Is he going to live out his old age in a mansion filled with strippers? Anyway, these don’t bode well for a man trying to change the world. I do think this is partly a political decision on his part. That said, she seems like a catch, and they do have the “look of love.”
I really dont think he gives a f*** about the jokes. I like them as couple, I thinks she is beautiful, has a unique quirky style and of course very smart. They make a posh couple and maybe he really is happy and smitten, so congrats!. Im a faithfull reader of Lainney gossip but I agree that Lainey is very annoying and a snob sometimes.
I LOVE them as a couple and don’t think George is petty enough to get engaged because of some Tna Fey joke (that joke was a lot milder than the Leo one). I think he doesn’t give a cr*ap about Stacey either becasue whe was his escort girl and I don’t think he loved her.
Maybe, just maybe, he’s in love? Floored by this sexy intelligent woman?
Maybe he is rushing it because he sees life differently now. I think acting interesses him less now and he will use his platform for advocacy. Yes, she is a lawyer but they could also do social advocacy together and start programs etc… So he probably sees that this is the person he wants coming to the white house with him and sharing his life with.
I’m with you, Bella. Move over on the couch!
It’s interesting that he has done a complete 180in this choice of woman. It’s odd, frankly.
Her normal “type” is the kind that well, aren’t educated and/or very smart. That is why I can see it sounds like a PR stunt to most.
It’s very rare for people to just want to “class it up” all of a sudden with their choice in partners. If it’s true, then good. I have never understood his taste in women before.
My point also! I can understand you don’t want to be serious in your private life( no marriage,no kid, only girlfriend….) but you can find some “fun” women classy,smart and independent.
I did a 180 with Mr. bluhare. He was/is nothing that I thought I wanted and absolutely did not fit my pattern at all.
I’m feeling slow this morning. Can someone explain the picture of GC in the tshirt that Lainey posted? I don’t know who the blonde on the shirt is supposed to be.
I did not get that either
It’s A political ukrainian woman ioulia tymochenko http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko
Its Yulia Tymoshenko, the first female prime minister of Ukraine who was jailed for several years following a very close election loss to Viktor Yanukovich (the prime minister who was ousted recently). Her arrest and charges were considered politically driven and Amal was representing her case at the European Court of Human Rights. She was released a few weeks (months?) ago.
Yulia tymoshenko the former prime minister of Ukraine that was imprisoned for years by the newly ousted regime.Amal is tymoshenko lawyer.
It has more sense for me that he dates a lawyer and he’s engaged with her than when he was with his wannabe girlfriends.
I’ve thought this too. Based on how he lives his life, the causes he champions, the films he makes-she’s exactly the type of woman he should be with.
Lainey has a photo of George in a t-shirt with former Ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko on. Tymoshenko is amals client.
http://www.laineygossip.com/George-Clooney-and-Amal-Alamuddin-engaged/30061
On this blog there is also a video of her on bbc news.Somehow it wouldn’t surprise me if George isn’t the one pulling the strings in this relationship. She is obviously a catch for him.
For me, it’s a power couple thing. They have similar political interests and I’m sure there are prescribed rules to the relationship she will have to (gladly?) follow. If he did want a career in politics, it wouldn’t just be the ‘I’m married’ thing helping his causes if she is in humanitarian law.
I guess his Italian boyfriend dunped him.
Just kidding
Maybe just the opposite. Going well with the Italian boyfriend so George needs to get the world off his back about marriage.
Notice how Leo – known hetero – has NO issues with not getting married.
Only George. Because he is gay. And who cares anyway. It is HIS business not ours.
Yep, I actually think Leo just still feels he wants to mingle with the ladies and not settle down. I don’t think he really has an issue with marriage. I just think he’s having fun .
Whereas I think George has other issues.
I am a little ashamed to admit that these two are kind of growing on me. Yikes. Coming from someone who for the past few years has been convinced Georgy is gay. hmm…PR stunt working 😉
I’m going to repeat myself from yesterday. I’m really surprised by the some of the anger at Clooney and the need to put down all the waitresses in the world.
Me too. I think it’s as simple as he’s getting too old for his schtick; recognizes it (maybe with a little help), and got bowled over by someone with a life and career of her own.
I agree. I had no idea GC was persona non grata, a la Sean Penn, Leo, etc. It surprised me.
Did I miss something? He seems harmless, albeit with questionable taste in women, but maybe the fact that he has dated a variety of women- waitresses, TV presenters, civilians, wresters, and now a lawyer. I dunno, doesn’t that give him a little depth? Or is “depth” too big a word hehe.
Also, a 12 year age gap is not that big a deal. She seems like a mature, accomplished woman. Maybe the men her age are too immature for her.
Or maybe he is gay. Who knows. Just seems like the anger is a bit misplaced.
A 16-17 age gap as he is almost 53 and she is 36- don’t know her birthday. Definitely a bit of a gap although, not in Hollywood. Hate how the men rarely get called on this, but the women with younger men, and its the first thing out there. Heidi Klum who is 40 with her “boytoy” as they call him who is 27. Less than Amal and George, and Heidi looks as hot as George -if you ask me -so its not a looks thing. Just the gender.
I’m not angry with them more the media and his PR. They put him on a pedestal that is really ridiculous. Amal is respectable match for him because he needs a well educated and respected lawyer to fall in love? Really? The guy was on Facts of Life and Roseanne? Please shall we find him a debutante, I am sure Roseanne can help.
He’s managed his love life in a way that protects his assets, he’s never led anyone on and I’ve never heard anyone he’s been involved with say anything bad about him.
I don’t care about Clooney, but I feel that the way all the previous girlfriends are being targeted is just revolting. Nice that society values intelligence or apparent work success, still If she wouldn’t be that pretty, would the answers be the same? I kind of doubt. Plus, comparisons are unnecessary. Also, Clooney was a grown up man who chose his relationships and always kept them under control. It’s not like he was taken advantage by any of his ex’s.
Um-have you seen the quotes from his mom on the engagement? She was asked if Amal is like the other women he’s dated and she said “heavens no! She’s brilliant, a lawyer, at the top of her career!”
I still wonder about that quote. I just can’t see George’s mom talking.
Ick.
I feel bad for her honestly. A woman her age has needs I doubt he can satisfy. And if she does want a biological child it’s a lot riskier with geriatric sperm. Besides, she’ll lose a lot of professional credibility marrying a movie star. I hope she comes to her senses.
wow… “A woman her age has needs I doubt he can satisfy” – that’s a HUGE assumption. Not every woman wants a child. And even not every woman who wants a child wants a biological child. I think this whole discussion about “geriatric sperm” (he isn’t 80) is a bit far fetched.
Sorry, by “needs” I meant that she’s at her sexual peak and he’s past his prime. I’ll try to be less coy in the future.
Yeah, I think bettyrose was touching upon two topics. One is the need for good sex and the other is the ability to have children IF she wants them. But men Clooney’s age have children all the time. And they will have all the money in the world to spend on IVF treatments if she really wants to have a child.
Hey Bettyrose,
For what it’s worth I understood you to mean that he wouldn’t be able to satisfy her sexual appetite…
I think that was a factor in his relationship with Stacy.
She’s probably highly sexed and G had to keep popping the blue pill. He looked exhausted when he was with her
Wow. Lots of snarky, catty comments about George.
Personally I believe he finally fell in love. She makes him happy and he wants her in his life forever. I think he could care less about what people say about him.
Drinking kool aid. This is what George wants everyone to believe, he finally fell in love , but I think he’s no different than Simon Cowell.
Francis ITA but I still don’t see what she gets out of it. Can you imagine the fascinating attractive men she meets daily?
This comment is offensive.
Latest Clooney headline.
“George Clooney withdraws from UN peacekeeping role” -Telegraph
I had forgotten he had this appointment.
George Clooney has been made a UN Messenger of Peace to raise awareness of the world body’s peacekeeping efforts.
Already known for his efforts in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, Clooney is a human rights activist and will now join eight other internationally prominent individuals – including actor Michael Douglas and author Paolo Coelho – as messengers for the UN to concentrate the world’s attention on global crises, affecting the lives of billions.
Clooney said of his appointment: ‘I am deeply honoured to receive this appointment. I look forward to working with the United Nations in order to build public support for its critically important work in some of the most difficult, dangerous and dire places in the world.’
Read more at http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/world/174924/george-clooney-un-messenger-of-peace.html#v1I5OLhtZ6DuHHbV.99
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
what has he been doing on behalf of this. I don’t recall him traveling anywhere is quite some time.
Brownie hound? Is that like a brown noser or a schmoozer?
Business arrangement between two friends. Definitely. Must be to the benefit of both parties.
Rande and Cindy Crawford( and whoever else) must get tired of having to meet new women every 16 month cycle.lol
Someone once said Cindy rolled her eyes when George brought in a new love of his life! Hahahaha
I don’t think George cares too much about his image. Who knows where this proposal will lead, but at present I believe his motives are pure. As for political office, he’s said many times he’s not interested in any more than he does already.
This. George lives his life the way he wants. His career in producing, acting, directing, traveling to Darfur with his humanitarian issues took up a huge chunk of his drive, building his career and devoting himself to cause. He never worried about his image. He is hugely successful and likes being behind the camera more than in front even I think. He has said time and time again he doesn’t want to be in politics. They run you through the coals and it’s too constraining. George would never get engaged for a publicity stunt or for his image. I think he’s in his fifties and has accomplished a lot of what he wanted to do, and the women he dated fit his needs, always available when he was in Italy for his holidays and in town in America They didn’t require much from him and that suited him. He is in a different place in his life and met someone that he is infatuated with and fell in love hard. So he got engaged. He has said before in some relationships he felt incredibly lonely and some not. I think this woman has totally bowled him over. I just hope they don’t marry too quickly, because George is great at sweeping a woman off of their feet for a year or two and gaga over them and then loses interest.
All this gay stuff is so boring. My ex-boyfriend when I was in my early 20s was a womanizer and loved the chase. He was married once young and they had a child. He cheated on that wife and left her early on and had girlfriends all his life, never alone, some live-in, some not and never re-married. He wasn’t gay. The guy’s sex drive was off the wall. He just had something in him that he really wasn’t capable of being a one woman man, never loved deeply enough for the long term. He was a charmer like George and makes you believe he has never loved anyone like this before and you fall for it, me early 20s, him 40. But it doesn’t last and the other side starts coming out. We lasted three years. His law partner was the same way, had long-term girlfriends, a child out of wedlock with a girlfriend of a couple of years, but loved making women crazy with his womanizing, but had a meaner streak than my boyfriend.
So there are men that are not gay that always have female companionship and just don’t want to marry one woman. Many men are like that that are married. They just aren’t rich and get stuck married and kids and mortgage and stay married, but aren’t really in love with their wives and cheat on the side.
Maybe George after his health problems and lackluster dating with Stacy (so not into her, just filler) and in his 50s was ripe for meeting this very interesting woman he has a lot in common and it happened to be the right time in his life when he was looking for more and she knocked him over and he fell.
He was crazy about Celine Balitran and she was very sure of him in interviews. They lasted three years and I don’t think you could have told her the first two they weren’t forever. But he was younger and really chasing his career. Hopefully, this time he knows himself.
You know, all this could be true.
I have to say, though, that the dismissal of Stacy Keibler as filler really chaps my hide.
It’s not just you, thinks like that have been posted all over.
The joke at the Oscars was that Clooney is afraid to date a woman his own age.
These are the ages of Clooney’s exes and his current:
Sarah Larson – 35 years old
Elisabetta Canalis – 35 years old
Stacy Keibler – 34 years old
Amal Alamuddin – 36 years old
He is consistently dating women born between 1978 and 1979, approx 17 to 19 years his junior. Amal fits his previous pattern right on the nose. The Tina Fey joke still applies. George Clooney, by the way, will be 53 on May 6.
True.
But she LOOKS the same age as me and I’m 43
This. Nothing has changed except this woman has a law degree which elevates her as more educated and intellectual than his other women. While this may be true, that doesn’t mean what she wants from Clooney isn’t much different from his ex-girlfriends. Dating Clooney means automatic wealth and fame. And all of these women are significantly younger than him. I wonder if any of these women would date a normal guy in his 50s if he wasn’t a multi-millionaire. I doubt it!
Congratulations and Best Wishes!
Oh here we go. People want to point out that just because she’s a high-level attorney, that doesn’t mean she’s smarter than they are, just because they’re a secretary.
Please! Don’t embarrass yourself!
How insecure do you have to be to try to claim you’re as smart as she is. Prove it.
Hi dear, I think you got it wrong. You wanted to go to the Daily Mail (TMZ?) to post your comment. You’re welcome.
I would love to see the prenup between these two…
Oh yes indeedy.
Maybe he doesn’t want Simon Cowell upstaging him- the fabled Uber Bachelor Cowell had a kid- and getting married soon. Double whammy. If Simon can do it so can Clooney:) Lol
A few misconceptions.
The last time George got married it happened very quickly too. He married Talia balsam after a few months courtship.
Contrary to what some people here are saying Poehler/ fey did not make fun of him for the kind of women he dates. They made fun of him for dating much younger women. This Amal lady is in the same age bracket as all his ex’es so that can’t be it.
The romance supposedly started last summer so it’s much more than 4 months. It appear they went public 4 months ago. At the time when Stacey and George split itwas said they hadn’t actually been dating or been together for quite a few months so it seems as if they had finished the rs long before they announced it so I don’t think either of them moved on that quickly. Maybe it’s a little surprising that one year on both are engaged. We’ll especially in George’s case.
And finally Amal was reportedly in Africa or the Middle East (can’t remember where) for work recently so this assumption that she will give up work for George seem a little wrong.
Well her law firm says they were photographed together in Late 2013, I think that s about 6 mons.
He has not been dating her long, but neither was Simon Cowell when he got engaged after saying he didn’t want marriage for years. Maybe it will last maybe it won’t.
IMO she’s just as star struck as the other ladies were., which is fine,…lawyers “can and do” get starstruck too. George is a Big Catch for her,whoever heard of her before George started dating her? Not the general,public that’s for sure.
I think she seems as if she is the catch. Just because he is famous doesn’t mean he is the catch. I think you are projecting your own view on fame,
I think it’s odd that her law firm issued a public statement of congratulations for this engagement. It’s seems her law firm is star struck, too.
Yes I too found it odd she had her law firm releasing statements… And the firm does sound star struck.
Look, like I posted yesterday I want to believe in true love. But so much of this is just odd, and having her place of employment release a statement was just another really strange piece.
I didn’t find it that odd.The law firm would have been swamped with calls and potentially paps looking to get her pic after the rumor they wouldn’t have her number, she doesn’t have a publicist hence they would be contacting her place of work. They could have put out the statement to stop people from calling the office . His mum has made a statement too. She says she met Amal a year ago so it kinda seems like this is a longer relationship than people knew about.
Her law firm didn’t just release a statement, they made several almost gushing statements and indicated that she herself confirmed it, blabbed it to her law office group , yet George’s spokesman gave no word to the London press yet according to London AP.
His parents made a statement. Both his mum and dad are quoted as gushing over Amal. Neither of the two people have confirmed. But they don’t need to now.
@Sarah
To stop the law firm from getting inundated with calls, *she* could have made a statement, Clooney’s publicist could have made a statement, or Clooney himself could have confirmed.
It’s just ODD to have official word come from her place of business, and the tone of the statement was weird.
I like George always have, he’s a great actor and nice to look at too 🙂
I’m happy for them, they seem like a great couple.
Maybe George will get married and have babies, maybe he’ll stay engaged for the next ten years who knows? I don’t have any judgements for either of them and I choose to believe its not a PR stunt- why would he bother really? Unless if course he does want to go into politics she would help his image perhaps but time will tell…
I’m sorry but I can’t believe this relationship is legit, George’s ego has been severly bruised as of late, I believe him and his PR team have been working on a new plan to rehabilitate his damaged reputation by checking gossip sites, this is way too convenient , people have been saying for years he should date an accomplished woman and now out of nowhere here comes Amal.
I agree he is into reviving his image but I think it could have led him to consider expanding Clooney-world. Age is not the difference here although as I’ve pointed out, she looks my age and I’m 43.
She’s intelligent, well prepared, eloquent & a heck of a humanitarian (also beautiful, seriously. She’s freaking gorgeous). Seems like this time around George hit the jackpot; but that’s beside the point.
I truly do believe he’s an incredibly closeted gay man, nothing wrong with that if he chooses to keep it private -whatever- it’s his choice.
I, however believe that we might be in line for a political surprise for him and he’s actually thinking of running for office in California & having a wife with such an impressive resume solidifies his chances. Call me crazy, but I think he’s going for Governor of California.
Watch this space in 18months when the engagement goes bust.
I call you crazy LOL
Touché! lol
California has had single bachelors as Governor before, he doesn’t need to marry to run for Gov. Of Calif. #Jerry Brown
She released a statement she’s not leaving London, she’s going to be living there working. So maybe it’s best of both worlds for Clooney a wife who lives on another Continent.
That’s interesting. Her parents live in separate countries so she’s seen a married couple live separately. George will spend more time in Italy which is only a few hours away by plane.
This will add to the gay rumors tho, so it might not be what he’s hoping for PR wise.
I’d like to think Amal is also gay so this works for both. Apparently Mr. Clooney enjoys his male models at the Hotel Carlyle NYC. And maybe Amal wants to have a child and that is just fine with George.
Has anyone checked on Eva Longoria? Is no one thinking of Eva Longoria???!!
She ‘s curled up in a fetal position somewhere weeping about what could have been.
Tina Fey and a few others (Seth McFarlane) have used his dating much younger woman at major events such as the golden globes. George, when asked about it, said that they had ‘woken the bear’ or something. He wasn’t happy at all. I’m sure on some level it has motivated him, even just a little bit.
You realize this woman is 17 years younger than him right? She is the same age as his exes so doesn’t seem like those jokes have changed anything.
She LOOKS older and she looks like she dresses herself instead of having a hired stylist send her glitzy stuff courtesy of Clooney.
Yes, but she can give him more cred because (1) they’re getting married and (2) she has a background that’s perceived as being some what more respectable and intellectual.
He and Aniston will have a double wedding.
This is not for political reasons. I really don’t think he is going to run for office. He’s been pretty adamant that’s not what he wants in life. But, I don’t believe they will actually get married, just like I don’t believe brangelina ever will.
Angie and Brad have been engaged for years. They said they did it for the kids. How long does it take to plan a nice wedding with just close friends and your family? I think it is the silliest thing in the world when a long-term couple living together and with children get engaged and stay engaged for years. It really sounds so silly. Don’t bother announcing an engagement after being together as man and wife and six children for years and then not get married, just engaged. Just live together and then get married instead of a drawn out engagement with no wedding plans. Since they’ve never married after the big hoopla about their engagement, I liked them better when they just lived together like Kurt and Goldie.
Lena: “He’s been pretty adamant that’s not what he wants in life”
Wasn’t he pretty adamant that he will never marry?
Apparently Amal and her mom are well known famewhores, I knew there was something fishy with this relationship.
Thisss!!
Really …do tell more.
yes. this. sit back and watch the show.
I would not be surprised at this. Amal seems to be loving the attention and the cameras.
Lawyers can be gold diggers too! This chick might just be a more expensive beard, thus the ring as an added bauble. Georgie has lots of contacts for Amal to keep her in the chips after he’s dumped her too.
Exactly. She might be an accomplished lawyer with a comfortable lifestyle, but she isn’t filthy rich. Getting with Clooney will make her insanely wealthy so that she will never have to worry about money again if she chooses to quit the law firm track (which many lawyers do when they burn out or do not make partner). She can also become like Angelina Jolie and do more humanitarian projects without working full-time, get a lot of fame and attention for her work, and enjoy the good life, vacation all over the world. A lot of accomplished working women would not pass up the opportunity to be an overnight millionaire and on the arm of a handsome A-list star.
I can’t wait to hear what Tina and Amy have to say about George’s engagement
Well there certainly is a ton of speculation going on here isn’t there! I don’t think he is a closeted man at all. I think he finally found someone who stimulates his brain. I think he is very intelligent and I think he found someone who is giving him a run for his money. I hope its true and that they are very happy! But I like George and wish him well.
George’s dad has commented
“Meanwhile, the actor’s father, Nicholas Clooney, told the New York Daily News that rumors of an engagement were true.”
“It’s true, and we’re thrilled. We think Amal is a wonderful girl, and it’s wonderful news. We think it will be a great marriage,” he said.
Latest Clooney headline
“George Clooney withdraws from UN peacekeeping role” -Telegraph
Wonder what that’s about?
George’s mom gives an interview about the engagement and says a lot. She says she met her a year ago.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2614973/EXCLUSIVE-Im-extremely-happy-Amals-lovely-girl-George-Clooneys-mom-confirms-surprise-engagement.html
Daily Mail. Half of their stories are wrong.
Article about law firm says they first got together in Sept and have been engaged two weeks.
Either way this is a short dating engagement process, but hey whatever works for them is cool.
Also
She…..”has told colleagues that she will not give up her career and will continue to work as a barrister in London after she marries the actor.”
Telegraph
George’s mom said that they met her a year ago. Stacey got pregnant and just got married. I think George and Stacey ended their relationship close to one and a half years ago after he met Amal, but wanted to keep his new relationship quiet for a while, so he & Stacey just didn’t let the public know they had both moved on yet. Since BOTH of them have “quickly” rebounded with engagements, I believe its actually been longer than we were made aware of. Maybe he just actually fell in love with her and reflected on the direction his life was going and realized he was ready to settle down.
One of her colleagues said around Sept. It is believed to have started. She seems to be talking to someone in her law office who is allowed to talk evidently.
His mum met Amal a year ago. This colleague obviously didn’t know about her clooney association going that far back. I think Stacey and him ended long time it was made public as was implied at the time. It’s a bit like Emma Watson she didn’t make her break up with her ex public. Then he got in some trouble and sources quickly came out and said they had broken up last summer shortly after you see her with a new boyfriend.
Amal was probably invited to one or more of George’s parties over the summer. He has a history of wanting to get to know a “new girl” in the company of others. Then he started pursuing her in Sept. So both Nina’s story and Amal’s colleagues stories are true.
Here she is in this video talking: She comes on at 4:10 and goes to the end with her speaking on Egypt on this program. She is very attractive and impressive, She really looks like Ann Hathaway at times when Ann had long hair when you see her live.
http://www.people.com/article/amal-alamuddin-video-london-barrister-in-action
People, believe in true love!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if she’ll be able to stop him from drinking so much? He seems to drink more than he eats and it’s showing. I remember seeing videos of him feeling up young uns drunk off his you know what. That seems to be a common occurrence. All that said, I think this is the real deal. She seems like a lovely person. I hope she isn’t sorry.
I think she’ll be sorry and for the reason you mentioned. He’s a drunk and a lecher
No, he proposed because she is a brilliant and beautiful woman who DEFINITELY shares his passion for international human rights. I knew in the end IF he settled down, it would be with an equal-or in this case, a superior catch compared to him.
He’s been seeing her for six months-that’s long enough to know.
You finally redeemed yourself, Georgie. My bet is they’ll hardly ever see each other-Amal may even be busier than he is. I hope they can work around that; I am really excited for them as a couple!
“Amal Alamuddin, a human rights lawyer, has told colleagues that she will not give up her career and will continue to work as a barrister in London after she marries the actor.”
Sunday Morning Herald.
She’s going to stay in London working. I wonder if George will move there?
Maybe two weeks London, two weeks L.A?
This is going to be fun to watch anyway.
P.S. She sure is telling her work colleagues a lot of info, which they a releasing to the press.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/future-mrs-clooney-puts-her-foot-down-20140429-37ey3.html
What’s surprising about this is not that he picked her and is off the market but that she settled for him. She sounds pretty amazing -see the interview on Lainey’s web site but her move to go for Clooney is pretty strange. Brilliant move on Clooney’s side, not so bright on hers.
Any chance that this is on of his ‘infamous’ pranks on a larger scale…?
I really don’t think he’s with her to appease the masses .He never really cared before what anyone as ever thought of him so why would he care now.