Ha, you knew this was going to happen. I’m shocked that it took four long months after the Wedding of the Year for one of the tabloids to claim that George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin-Clooney are totally headed for divorce. To be fair, I’ve been quietly noting the harbingers of doom as well (like, I can’t believe George made Amal spend their first Christmas as a married couple with Rande and Cindy), but as we saw at the Golden Globes, George married Amal for a reason. She is “his equal” and he’s still selling her to all of us. She is the Unicorn. Now, George has spent the last decade in relationships that ended around the two year mark, so let’s just give George and Amal some time, shall we? Meanwhile, what does In Touch have to say?
According to In Touch, the Clooneys’ marriage is “beset with jealousy, arguments and other relationship-wrecking behavior.”
The magazine says “Amal’s disdain for Hollywood and many of George’s pals, her increasingly diva-like behavior, as well as fights over starting a family, have friends convinced it’s all gone wrong for the couple.” One alleged “insider” tells the outlet, “I think they’ll divorce. There’s no way it can last. And it’s going to be very expensive for George.”
“He’s trying hard,” a friend tells In Touch, with reference to Clooney’s very public expression of love to his wife during the Golden Globes. “But behind the scenes, he and Amal are fighting.”
A so-called “source” explains that Amal has been “trying to control George’s every move” since their wedding, annoying him about everything from his clothes to his friends to his career choices. The magazine portrays her as a nagging diva causing endless arguments.
“Everyone thought they were the perfect couple, but it’s all blowing up in George’s face,” the “insider” tells the tabloid. “The fairy tale is over.”
Gossip Cop also spoke to Clooney’s rep, who said: “These stories are made up for the sole purpose of selling magazines.” Yes, but what if even a slice of this is true? What do you believe? I think George married Amal without really getting to know her. I wouldn’t be surprised if she IS a drama queen, just because that what those stupid white gloves at the Globes said to me: LOOK AT ME GLOVES GLOVES I AM SO HIGH FASHION I AM DRAMA. And here’s something else I believe: IF Amal and George ever split, it will be a mess. Never divorce a lawyer. They have a lot of lawyer friends. They will hire the best divorce lawyer ever and it will be a huge mess.
Let’s see, what else? Some random sources claim that Anna Wintour is desperate to put Amal on the cover of Vogue. Anna is trying to “secure an interview and cover shoot with Mrs C for an upcoming edition.” Amal already did a photoshoot with Vogue just before her wedding – she allowed Vogue into her wedding gown fitting with Oscar de la Renta. Plus, Anna was in Venice for their wedding. So… yeah, this wouldn’t surprise me at all. Then again, Amal’s most powerful asset these days is that she’s an enigma wrapped in a mystery, wearing crap gloves. If we actually read an interview with her, would we still find her fascinating?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Lol, that was quick!!! only just married and the tabloids have pounced on the divorce gossip bandwagon
Divorces sell magazines!
The real test will be when George’s father dies. I believe that Nick is the person GC loves, admires and needs approval from the most. It’s all over their astrology charts. George should have married his dad 🙂
Anyway, it was Nick who said to George “Amal is different then the others, you can’t treat her the same” (I’m paraphrasing) in the People Mag engagement roll-out. GC obviously gave permission for that and all People Mag articles. It’s likely that Nick’s words are the real reason George proposed.
So Nick is key in their relationship. When he dies, I predict within 5 years, Amal will have to be a very loving supportive wife or GC will go elsewhere for comfort.
Yeah Clooney is a Daddys boy. Never misses a chance to tell everyone who his dad is and what he did, ie, reporter. Didn’t know that Daddy pushed Clooney to treat AA differently. That may be it. Clooney felt he had to go thru with marriage.
I always thought GC was close to his parents, and wonder if his new wife truly clicks with them.
It’s one thing to go through the high points of the engagement and wedding, but to support and maintain a relationship afterwards is sometimes a bit different.
Amal will be long gone by the time Nick Clooney passes.
IMO I give this fake marriage two years.
George is bi…., I still believe.
I think George will get HIS SIDE out first that SHE’S the problem.
One thing those SONY Emails showed was that George is Extremely concerned with how he is perceived by the public and his image.
@starbrite: Did you notice he didn’t thank his parents/father during his acceptance speech? But I agree, he was always looking for approval from dad. And he seems very insecure in some way, perhaps even cultivating some ‘cultural inferiority complex’- so Amal’s resume’ impressed him a bit too much. For real, she didn’t accomplish anything extraordinary so far.
God I love Nick Clooney too. He used to be a host on AMC, back when it was a channel that actually played classic films. I had such a crush on Nick. So I can hardly hold the daddy’s boy thing against George. I’d be super pissed off at him if he didn’t do what Nick said. Hell, I’ll do what Nick says.
@starbrite
i can’t believe people still believe in astrology…jeez…seriously?? you predict? he should have married his father cause it’s in their charts? do you hear yourself???
it’s 2015!!! don’t tell me you believe the earth is flat too…
and the poor schlubs who fall for this crap
Does it hurt you in some way that they have a belief in it? If you choose to believe in what some call “sky fairies” (ie. any form of a divine as defined by humankind), that’s your business. As long as you aren’t killing me or limiting my freedoms in the name of your version of God or religion, go right ahead and believe.
Jasmine, are you referring to the “I was born June 1st so I’m a Gemini and I’m a social butterfly!” kind of astrology or real astrology? What I find most interesting are the patterns that emerge when examining the planetary placements and aspects during historical events, wars, tragedies, natural disasters, etc. In my experience, the people who most ardently rail against astrology are the ones who think it’s nothing more than natal sun signs and magazine horoscopes.
Jasmine, your comment was really rude and uncalled for…
haha, what a joke…
…gonna say the same thing! LOL!
The marriage was all for George’s PR imo , I don’t see any connection between these two. Looks like a business deal. They barely knew each other when they married.
Not sure when divorce will happen, but imo it will happen eventually.
I support that and second it. They have nothing in common – career-wise, hobbies, culturally, personality, nothing. Aside from both having egos too big to be in the same room together, I don’t see anywhere they jibe. She isn’t even his type body-wise. She was never his equal. He is an actor, not an intellectual by any means. He didn’t go to college and study hard. He didn’t expand his repetoir by getting an education in a foreign country. He didn’t do anything but look pretty and go to casting calls and made it on the Rosanne Show. That’s it. The only thing they seem on the same page about is philanthropy and let’s face it, when you’re rich, it’s a have to, not because you’re any kind of humanitarian. They’re all tax write-offs and they didn’t have that incentive, most wouldn’t do it at all let alone to the extent they do – that’s all about money and bragging rights. I will never understand why some women think they can land a womanizer. Don’t know why you’d want one and don’t know why any person would think they are so much better than his past conquests, that they’d be viewed or treated any different in their eyes. This was a disaster from the start. I think he just wanted to get married for the attention and big parties where he’s the honoree. There’s no way they know eachother well enough to be in love – I don’t even see “in lust” with these two. No chemistry.
All I think of when I see those stupid gloves are – opera.
this marriage is absolutely a PR move.
did anyone see george accepting his award at the golden globes where he thanked amal?
for someone so sincere and genuine, his words to and for amal were so, so awkward and fake.
i have always believed he married her after publicly being ridiculed by tina fey and amy poehler at the golden globes 2 years ago and for the first time he felt the backlash for his playboy ways and that interferes with his goal to run for political office.
he needed himself a “respectable” wife asap to boost him image to help with his political run.
so i say the marriage will last at least through a run for office.
Honestly if it wasn’t out of love I feel it was both for their gain but still with some mutual support of one another.
Agreed. It was hard for me to appreciate much about their engagement and wedding, because I literally sense no chemistry between them at all. Here are two pretty people who married in order to raise both of their profiles, and they look it. Nothing more.
Or it could be a lifetime contract like Travolta and Kelly Preston.
Was really holding off on commenting on this, but . . it seems that GC has been trolling for a “girl” lawyer type since 2013 when that blurb broke about that Nicole chick in CA who is an attorney. GC was pursuing her and even Liz Smith mentioned it at the time as the new girl. There was never a retraction about that.
Always felt as long as the parents are alive, there will be denial. Still feel this is about a political future. Let’s hope the tantrums over the Sony hack and the unpopular petition will put a stop to that.
It was either going to be a divorce magazine cover, or they’re having a baby cover. Give it a few weeks, we’ll get the “they’re having a baby!” cover.
Agreed.
And this apropos of nothing but every time I see a picture of Amal it totally creeps me out. She is the spitting image of my ex-mother-in-law. A colder, more calculating woman I never met. *shudder*
IMO George’s exit strategy and future PR surrounding it ,was planned out way before he ever proposed.
I think divorce will happen but just not this soon.
NYPost said the GoldenGlobes joke about Amal’s accomplishments was untrue. She didn’t do the things they stated.
“Fey’s assertion that the woman who married George Clooney, had been selected to serve on a commission investigating war crimes in Gaza, allegedly committed by Israeli forces, caused me to gasp. Didn’t she refuse the assignment?
Fey’s publicist told me that the comedian was just making a joke at George Clooney’s expense, but would not say why Fey chose to go there. A rep for Poehler did not respond to my email, and George Clooney’s publicist said he passed my questions on to the missus, who did not get back to me.
NYP..page six
Now that is interesting.
Well…yes, she refused to take that assignment because of her “busy schedule”. The UN had announced it already on their website, so it seems that she had originally agreed , only to release a statement later, that she’s not gonna be part of this special commission. I think George talked her out of it. I thought the same when listening to Poehler/Fey. It’s a pitty they are so desinterested, and uninformed, but still talk about it.
Personally, it always felt like their marriage was more of a mutually beneficial business arrangement than a real love match. They’re both trophies to the other. It wouldn’t surprise me if they eventually divorced, but I’d be surprised if it happened that quickly.
Yes, it looks like business, but that doesn’t rule out that she might actually be a diva. It takes some balls and self-confidence for a woman to reach that position. Her dress sense is more diva than low-maintenance lawyer, who only cares about justice. I don’t imply that every stylish woman is a diva, but her choices (George being one of them) give me this impression.
Actually, if you look at her style before Clooney and in the early days, it seems mch more nonprofit lawyer.
Agreed. She seems in it for the “acheivement” and she is high-acheiver. Her motivation is the question. She’s watched too much Law & Order where all the DAs and ADAs are former models. That’s not what’s it’s reall like in court or big law firms. In fact, most women in those arenas purposely do not dress femine because they want to be seen and treated as equals to their male counterparts.
I think this was a business marriage, but that doesn’t make it any less hard to get along with someone you dont’ really know and may not even really like when you do get to know them. The only way business marriages work is when the couples live separate lives and do their own thing. But they’re trying desperately to be percieved as true love, so they are living together and spending their time together and that’s going to get old quickly.
Despite her haughty attitude, I believe she secretly loves all the attention.
She just plays it off like she doesn’t so she will still be viewed by the public as an intellect rather than someone who is superficial, which by marrying George, says it all, now doesn’t it?
I have to say, I DO love her more conservative fashion sense. It’s kind of wonderful that she is so chic yet not flaunting anything in your face. Other than what we all have heard about Amal, I know nothing about her personality or whether she is a diva. She may very well not be so suited to Clooney’s friends or lifestyle, but I’m hesitant to take this entirely for truth. However, I often thought wow, that they married so very soon!! And I hope they do not have children right away and give their marriage some settling in time.
I wish this was true because I cannot stand Amug.
However, feelings that aside, I agree with you, it will be a little while longer, and possibly a child later, before they will split. They need to keep the charade up for a respectable amount of time.
If they divorce, Amal will initiate it. George is stubborn and getting older and sicker by the hour. She’ll get bored with him.
They most likely will live apart instead of divorcing. Just like her parents do. It’s what Amal has seen for most of her life. Married couple living in separate countries. He’ll pay her well to keep quiet.
I think 2 yrs divorce, but the real rumblings will start by this summer and I think George will get HIS SIDE out first that SHE’S the problem.
One thing those SONY Emails showed was that George is Extremely concerned with how he is perceived by the public and his image.
Plus, no doubt, she will have a baby to continue the perception and walk away with more money in the end. I know she already has her own money and is successful in her own right, but most rich people are always looking for ways to get richer. It seems to never be enough. I hope they dont’ have any kids. Please don’t drag innocent children into your fake fairy tale.
Exactly right, Jennifer.
I also think she will have a child to give the arrangement cred and to allow her to get more money on the way out.
Starbrite, many normal couples live separate lives and are only married to save face and avoid a nasty divorce and the judgment that comes with it. However, it is much harder to maintain a charade when you are constantly under the lens of the media and the entire world, which is what Amal and Geroge will have to put up with for as long as they are married. It’s hard to hide anger and resentment when everyone is dissecting every single photograph and moment together.
I agree with Mata. It would´t happen so soon, because Amal runs a serious business, not a 72 days business.
I never believed that this was a love match, but more of a public relations marriage for George and for Amal she gets International fame, yes I think she’d want that, despite her supposed smarts. No one really knew her before Clooney, now the entire world knows her.
I don’t think George or she really knew each other very well before they married, it will end in divorce IMO, it may take two years down the road, but no way this relationship last.
George seems happier sitting on holiday hanging with Cindy and Randi Gerber than he does with Amal.
Divorce is coming, just not sure when.
any newly married couple of less than 6 months who goes off on vacation with another couple is very strange. u can be great friends but having the focus on your wife or husband sd always come first esp during the honeymoon phase. after the wedding he went off somewhere and she went off somewhere else – it seems to be a pattern – to each their own but he just looks so uncomfortable
It was the gloves..
Ha! The straw that broke the camel’s back.
Yes she is a drama queen because she wore gloves. That is the only explanation .
Indeed. It’s not like she ever dressed in a really odd and idiosyncratic style before she landed GC. Oh wait, she did. She has pretty wacky taste, actually.
I actually liked the white gloves, and thought her simple black dress popped with the gloves!! I don’t think she was dressing for drama at all. Let us not forget that she’s from Britain and certain fashions, like hat and gloves, may be more commonly worn there than here……
“she’s an enigma wrapped in a mystery, wearing crap gloves”
HAHAHAHAHA
I know! So funny!
Yeah, I loved that, too! Kudos to Kaiser!
Ugh… Those gloves. I can’t believe she was on some best dressed lists.
That first picture of her and Clooney at the Globes is the first time that I’ve ever thought that she was beautiful.
No comment about the story.
Beautiful? She looks like George Clooney in Drag for Christsakes!
KITTEN! Kisses, girl…I’ve missed ya!
She looks like Conchitta Wurst.
Also her hair was extension city at the GGlobes. Looked awful in several NBC Closeup shots from behind, could clearly see the extensions added under, it was a mess.
She reminded me of Cruella DeVille with the eyebrows!
I agree Kitten. I think she looks beautiful in those photos also.
Anyone else think their body language looks awkward in these photos?
I’m with you, Kitten.
And I even liked the gloves, although they’d have been better over the elbow.
I agree. I think she’s very striking. I think the gloves would’ve looked much better if they’d fit. I loved the idea of them.
If one of these two is a drama queen then it is difinetely George and not Amal.
From what I have noticed over years – the women who are with George are the ones who adjusted to his way of living. Not the other way around.
I agree. If there is a problem – and come on: let’s give them longer than 4 months, hey? George is still a LITTLE classier than a Kardashian – isn’t it more likely the fact that Amal has an actual real-world JOB and can’t bend to exactly what he wants, when he wants?
I agree…George is the diva…Remember how he would “makeover” his newest girlfriends to fit HIS style…I’ll bet the gloves were George’s idea! I think he likes to think of himself as “old world” Hollywood. Like Cary Grant…I would say, if there was any problem between them, it’s Amal looking at George holding up the lastest outfit he wants her to wear and her saying “OH, HELL NO!’
I’ve always gotten the Cary Grant vibe from George, trying to be a throw back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.
LOL Oh hell NO or in the words of Hamilton Burger “i object”
I agree, but I get a much stronger Clark Gable impression (Exhibit A: “Oh Brother…”) despite the fact that I think he’s trying to do Cary Grant. To which I say, “You, sir, are no Cary Grant.”
I truly think they were going for a Cary and Audrey vibe. However, Cary and Audrey would have had the correct length for their pants and dresses (not to mention gloves).
… Cary Grant was an a$$hole, too …
Yeah, Cary was hardly a gem. Dyan Cannon has pretty much laid that to rest.
Agreed Maya.
He was very sure of what he was doing when he chose them. He could carry on with his life, and they could be a *2/3 year* part of his world.
Not so with Amal. She is clearly the prize here between the two. She has her own very successful world where… (this is where I’m going to shock most of hollywood)
Her colleagues get up and work and contribute to the world without one camera on them… NOT. ONE! And these people actually matter.
I think Amal loves the attention, I think she really loves all of the glitz, whereas George is over it. I do also think that Amal thinks of herself as more of a ‘pop culture star’ than is presented. I don’t think she’s bored to tears by Cindy Crawford/Harvey Weinstein and all of them, I think she’s super in love with all of it. She enjoys dressing up, taking vacations, going to the globes and the cameras flashing on her. I think she was raised as a prize, and she wants to be appreciated as the prize.
+10000
@Bangersandmash: I agree 100%. She digs the attention and being around the Hollywood crew right now. If she’s truly as intellectual as they say, she’ll be bored in no time with all of them.
> From what I have noticed over years – the women who are with George are the ones who adjusted to his way of living. Not the other way around.
Yes, that is an excellent observation.
I am expecting there to be some sort of a conflict over this since Amal is more mature and actually has a career and things she should be doing. He can’t just drop everything for George.
I don’t think she is the type to give it all up and be stay at home mom. If she were, George wouldn’t have been intrested in her.
He could ‘ve married any of the socialites instead if he just wanted someone stay at home, promote his status and shmooze. I personally think this is what he should’ve done. But it looks like this is not what he wanted.
Yup. She did a stupid thing in marrying him so quickly, but what’s done is done, and now I almost feel sorry for her having to holiday with Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber – not because there is anything wrong with them. But come on – Amal is a high-profile attorney with a huge law firm other attorneys would give their right arm to be a part of and she’s a partner I do beleive. What must they talk about? She and Cindy, or Rande? Restaurants, fashion and celebrity gossip? Amal is probably going insane. What did she expect?
High profile attorney, married George Clooney, serial dater, of wrestlers, waitresses, etc well one med student.. But Amal chased this dream and went for it, I don’t think she’s bored by the Gerber’s at all, I think she’d just love if it were Angie and Brad instead. I think she totally loves schmoozing with these celebrities.
She’s obviously NOT above it she married one.
She’s not a partner in her chamber- she’s a junior counsel. There’s far too much hype about her importance, really. So far, she has only been part of counselling/advisory teams, and if you look at Assange, the jailed Canadian-Egyptian journalist, or the marbles, she wasn’t anything near successful. I believe she wanted exactly that kind of life in celebrity land. A woman more concerned about her wardrobe/hair than anything else, dressing up in a $3000+ frock while accompanying her husband to a medical appointment. Besides, I don’t think the only thing Crawford &Co can talk about is fashion/restaurants etc.
Well, Cindy has always told us how smart she is–high school class valedictorian, dontcha know–so maybe she’s hoping for some better conversation with Amal.
Yeah….. but he made a bad george mistake this time…he didn’t pick his typical young, naive “i need george” type. she isn’t like a lot of his former girlfriends. She won’t just fade like the others type.
She’ll lose in a PR game against George. He has the 30 yr friendship with People and 30 yr relationships with the best PR Hollywood can buy. He also has deep pockets and he’s willing to spend it to get his side out but he’ll do it in a way where he says kind things about Amal, all the while his Exit strategy was probably planned before the engagement took place with his PR.
The thing was Cary Grant really did not cultivate his own image, that was all the studio’s doing. I do believe he was cool and was effortless with it because he just did not care. When there were rumors about his sexuality he just let it roll off his back and just kept on keeping on.
Clooney is just not cool and puts in too much effort to try and be. There was so much overcompensation that his personal life became a punch line and while he has been known to laugh at himself, this relationship just did not come out of no where.
He wants to be this centuries Cary Grant and that just is not happening. Now or ever.
@ sug1. Anyone who reference Perry Mason get automatic love now and forever :).
Perry Mason. I love it! Lol
She’s beautiful and the dress was fine but those effing gloves haunt my dreams. Who the hell told her those were a good idea?
Someone from the Mett.
wth In Touch!! they’re not even married for a year yet. and they look okay at their latest public outing.
shouldn’t we wait until we see George burping a fake baby on a strategically positioned balcony, at least?
This coming from the same magazine that photoshopped a pic of Bruce Jenner on Stephanie Beacham’s body and has said Jennifer Aniston been pregnant for the last ten years?
What?? Do you want to say that In Touch is not as crédible as NY Times? ;P
i bought one a week or so ago, same sort of headline, but my favourite part was (lolololol) how she is jealous of him spending time with women friends..like angelina jolie! because they spend soooooooooo much time together, doing shots of tequila while hang gliding to mexico…i mean, i am bummed. i loved all those pics of the two best friends hanging out everywhere, never. lolololol. these mags are a riot.
Just can’t with these two. She looks super shallow and an attention wh*re and I never thought he was attractive or that great as an actor. Both too self-absorbed and their wedding was a distasteful display of vulgarity.
Perfectly stated.
They sound like a perfect match when you put it this way.
I think they are indeed. The perfect match of idiots. Even I don’t like them I don’t wish anyone a divorce so hope this is just the typical In Touch BS
Absolutely agree! I never got his charm. At all. And there are far better actors out there.
It was only a matter of time. When they didn’t look over the moon at the Globes and try to oversell their happiness, instead opting to look…you know, like a normal couple, I knew someone would start on the “they’re fighting” angle.
Celebrity couples have to be all smiles with each other in public all the time or otherwise they run the risk of being accused of falling apart in the tabloids. Remember the whole brouhaha about Brad and Angelina in the balcony fighting (except that they hugged at the end lol)?
I would agree except for the non stop mugging they did all over venice for their wedding-a-palooza. You cannot go from that to the coolness we saw since without raising eyebrows.
But if the did look utterly over the moon at the globes, they would be saying they were faking to cover up “trouble in paradise.”
I agree, celebrity couples can’t do anything right. They’ll be judged anyway.
Only one comment comes to my mind: AHAHAH
im usually totally against gossip rags making up stuff to destory marriages. but if you sell your marriage as a product like George did the customers (the gossip press) can have a bad opionion about the product.
still i dont believe it, its InTouch.
Oh well, we’ll always have Venice!!
Ha!
On gloves: My boyfriend said the other day that she probably just wore gloves because she couldn’t bother with manicure. He’s the practical type.
Yes, but the gloves must be taken off at the table.
There goes his theory 😀
I expect to be reading headlines like this for the next 5-10 years. I mean how many times have Brad and Angelina divorced by now?
Her eyebrows spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E. I believe this story but don’t think they’ll divorce just yet. And yes, those gloves were her insisting she’ll do it her own way even if she did wear a Dior gown.
Love this. Watch the Eyebrow Meter! At the GG she kept trying to arrange her face into an “aw shucks love ya honey” expression – but the eyebrows would NOT cooperate. She ending up looking like she had a sour gummy candy in her mouth.
Ha!
Yawn. So predictable, break-up, pregnancy stories. Then next will be back together or miscarriage, on and on.
The cover photos are hilarious! I love when they find photos that perfectly mirror whatever they want the story to be. Her photo screams, ‘I’m a diva, so what?’ and his definitely says, ‘I’m walking!’.
Real-life “Intolerable Cruelty” for George, minus the happy ending, heh heh.
That movie was on today, It was so funny. LOL
Haha, yes, of course!! She should make friends with Angelina Jolie so they can be EVIL together!!
Oh, gossip magazines…
Say what, they even look somewhat similar – long black hair, big eyes and skinny ! Lol. You are so right. Tabloids would have material for the next 5 years.
Angelina’s looks are in Hollywoods history books as iconic. Angelina looked stunning in her white dress.
Amal looks like a drag queen.
She’s not even pretty. If she weren’t standing next to George, cameras wouldn’t even look her way. Too hard looking.
This is a marriage of convenience, people! George gets to continue pretending he’s straight, Amal gets to be the one who snagged the most eligible bachelor (hahaha) in Hollywood. They won’t split yet. Maybe they’ll have kids. His gushy awards speech reminded me of Tom Cruise’s weird sofa jumping episode. These closet gays are trying so hard :-(((
George is so desperate to stay relevant but the ironic thing is if he came out that would make him look way cooler than this big silly shenanigan. Sad.
Hopefully they both went into this marriage with their eyes open and agreed on what to expect.
It does seem like a marriage of convinience, but I have no problem with that. If it is what they want (they both seem to be pretty egocentric and not good marriage material ), then they can make it work and be happy.
But may she served her purpose already for him.
He will win the press war, in this if there is a divorce. He can make her seem as if she’s the problem and much of the public will believe it.
OMG!!!!!!! I thought I was the only one who flashed on Tom Cruise during that speech!!!!
Here are 2 stories for you I read through online comments:
Allegedly, for their wedding in Venice, she insisted that only Hotel Amman should be booked because Tala, her sister works for the resort (in Singapore?) and also she demanded that a particular expensive Painting should be hung in her suite. Eventually it was bought for her by GC, shipped to UK.
She almost got a waiter fired in LA restaurant because she said she was not treated/respected well by this waiter and demanded that he should be fired but manager “talked” to him, waiter was not fired.
Don’t know if these are true, but sounds possible for a grown woman acting like a princess. She wears $6000 outfit when she accompanies her husband’s Radiology appointment, stops for camera while he running away to get into his car!
I feel bad for GC, he is going to get hurt emotionally and financially for this one. After all this said and done, he is OUR own boy, dear old Kentucky water fall 🙁
I feel bad you believe these stories and feel bad for poor George. LOL
Lol! 😀
My friend work for Aman in another country and he says that is probably true
and the bill was probably paid by Aman, they do that in case of high profile people events like the wedding of tennis no.1
Without knowing any of that, it was pretty much a given that they were receiving some hefty discounts on the hotels given the publicist the wedding generated.
Every single update told you how la di dah the hotels were, their star rating etc.
Major discount for such free publicity.
Infact, I bet they were comped pretty much everything that was public in the wedding, because that’s pretty standard operating procedure for these things.
A Italian gossipy magazine said basically everything was free for George, even down to the cellphone-camera’s with chips that if you sold a photo could be tracked back to you.
And so it begins. I suppose the tabloids got tired of the Kimye union death watch?
“disdain for Hollywood”? that right there tells me this story is fake. she LOVES the spotlight and what marrying a Hollywood bigshot did for her.
They look like brother and sister.
more man and beard IMO
LMAO
I know enough educated “intellectuals” to know that they can be insufferable in their superiority. So I might believe the part about her not liking his friends.
Hey, I’m more interested in the In Touch side bar “Jen’s Secret Revenge on Angie”. Come on, nobody did anything wrong, right? Get the Dalai Lama.
I want to read “Theresa Falls Apart in Prison”!
All this cr@@ for only 2.99?
Geez, couldn’t the media wow us for a year or two with their glamorous love and life together, before coming out with divorce stories? Glamour is dead these days
I think vogue would be too cheap for someone so educated after they put kartrashian on the cover.
I will say this ‘bro’ group lifestyle would fry my butt that’s for sure. Cindy Crawford (and Julia Roberts, etc) have secured thier place in George’s life and probably act like wicked step-mothers to Amal. She may be well heeled with her education and in business but she is very young. Maybe that comes out emotionally. Who knows but I wish them the best.
She’s almost 40. I don’t consider that very young.
Clooney has never struck me as overly-mature, so the age difference may be negligible personality-wise.
Sorry, I cant stand her. She looks like a bitchy drag queen!
No doubt she is a Diva. Poor Clooney 🙁
BTW – that picture of Theresa Guiduci on the top left of that cover totally made my day. It’s like if sasquatches were real and groomed like us, but we get to see one without it’s makeup on.
That is a seriously low forehead, isn’t it? I just marvel at that. What would it be like to have hair all the way down to the middle of my forehead?! No need for bangs!
I guess I am the only one that loved the gloves for a dramatic effect, smirk.
I think GC would pay her to pretend everything is fine and they would quietly divorce and no one would know it. She would still accompany him to events etc.
I don’t see him wanting the whole divorce hype in the media & on the gossip blogs.
So this is what In Touch says but yet on the cover of Hello Canada their cover story is how much in love they are and how they are so ready to have and or adopt a baby. I just think all of these magazine just recycle the same old stories hoping that one of these days they will eventually get it right.
Like they say, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” I suspect there is some kind of discord going on in this relationship. Maybe they both miscalculated on how much they could control things. I would bet that George is winning on control, based on the amount of time that is spent in Cabo, LA, Italy versus Amal’s territory.
The other thing that is clear from their photo history is that there is no chemistry between those two…in early days of romance, lovers can’t keep they’re hands off each other & this is so missing from photos of Amal & George.
Where there’s smoke, there’s more smoke. How many breakup stories did the tabloids run on Brad and Angie before they got married? All the tabs were guilty but In Touch was far and away the worst.
“Where there’s smoke, there’s more smoke.”
+1
Well, the tabloids raised Amal up to be The Unicorn. Now they have to tear her down.
Is it just me or does the gossip story-line around Amal seem….. kind of disrespectful? I know that people are people and that all people should be treated equally, and that she knew what she was getting into when she married George Clooney but…. I can’t help but feel like tearing down the reputation of a lawyer and human right’s activist and turning her into another “hysterical woman” is just wrong. I guess I feel that way because I think Amal’s reputation and ability to be respected in her work is so much more important to the world than say… Angelina Jolies’. Anyway, I know it sounds bad so… have at me.
“human right’s activist”? She’s one of the lawyers keeping Assange from facing his rape accuser in court. If he isn’t guilty, go and prove it – stop standing in the way of justice.
Exactly and she is reportedly defending Muammar Gaddafi’s notorious spy chief. Her politics are terrible, I am so sick of people acting as if this woman is a saint and it really makes me question Clooney’s judgement.
I know, the Whitewashing of her disgusting client list is appalling.
I know that this sounds difficult, but a lawyer who represents people who are accused of violating human rights is still a human rights lawyer. Just as a defense lawyer who defends a murderer is doing his or her job – so is Amal. It might not feel great, but it makes the legal system, and society, work.
Actually I have University degree from NY and no it’s not difficult to understand at all.
but……it’s amazing how George’s PR and Magazines manage to leave Muammar Gaddafi’s henchmen off her list of clients when they write about her.
The man murdered hundreds of people, blew up an airplane. She has a disgusting client list.
It will be brought out if George ever runs for anything. I noticed the NYPost is already writing articles about Clooney’s , AMAL Problem, if he were to run for something.
I agree completely. One of the reasons the Amal hate makes me uncomfortable is because a lot of it seems so bitter and unfounded. Everyone hates a successful woman, but inferring that she’s a bitch because she wanted to wear long white gloves to an awards ceremony or because she appeared to be enjoying her wedding… It’s uncomfortable and problematic.
Not everyone hates a successful woman, at least I don’t. But Amal ISN’T that succesful, only in the media she is. When you take a closer look at her career, you’ll find that the work she can actually be credited for falls significantly short of the work she is BEING credited for by the media. Amal has allowed this discrepancy to shape her image. I wonder about her collegues, and how they deal with the ‘inflated’ version of Amal’s work achievements.
So far all she’s really known for is marrying George Clooney.
Even the NYPOST said many of her achievements are overstated and she does nothing to correct it.
The Golden Globes gave her credit for things she never participated in.
Could someone please explain to me what exactly Amal has done for the cause of “human rights.” Because I don’t understand how accused rapist Assange, Gaddafi associates and the Elgin Marbles fit into this category. Also, isn’t Amal a mid-level barrister, part of a team, and not even the team leader? In my immediate circle of family, friends, acquaintances and business associates there are many educated, accomplished professional women, and unlike Amal they don’t come from a background of wealth and privilege. In my opinion she’s one big “meh!”
I think she’s really pretty and I don’t mind the gloves. Not something I would wear but to each their own. No comment on this story.
……wasn’t there a blind about her and Julian Assange breaking the attorney-client morality conflict of interest code?
This is why you should get to know someone for more than a few months before making a marriage commitment.
So the perpetual bachelor is getting divorced. I’m shocked! Shocked I tell ya!
This is an opinion from another lawyer:
http://www.delcotimes.com/opinion/20150117/christine-flowers-finding-fault-with-mrs-clooney
I don’t think they will divorce soon, since it’s not a love match anyway. I also believe they are BOTH divas, and that might be the problem in their arrangement in the long run. But so far, George has been up the roof to please his wife by even closing his acceptance speech without thanking his own parents, or friends- people who actually helped him become the person he is today. He instead made sure once more, how lucky he feels of having such a brilliant woman as his partner. I almost felt sorry for him, acting like a college boy. It was supposed to be HIS evening. He seems to ask the whole world for approval of his wife- why? His legitimate achievements as an actor, director, producer were laughed at while Fey/Poehler felt they need to remind us of Amal’s many cases… so at the moment, it looks like Amal is the (drama)queen.
But George wouldn’t be George if he didn’t think there was something in it for himself…so this will probably become very interesting in the near future.
Siri:
Thanks for the article you posted. The author/attorney speaks eloquently, but bluntly on Amal. She has it exactly right!
I agree that because it is a business agreement more than a love match, they will not get divorced right away. A lot of marriages that end in a quick divorce start off as relationships with intense chemistry and amazing sex which clouds people’s judgment for each other. Divorce happens once the rose colored glasses come off. The rose colored glasses never were put on with these two, they both wanted something more than love from this marriage. That is what will sustain them once whatever love or mutual respect for each other is gone.
+1
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire…or more smoke.
Although In Touch is usually totally Out Of Touch, I think there may be some truth to the fighting rumors.
At the GGs, Amal could barely muster a smile when she otherwise had no problem doing so throughout their wedding extravaganza. She looked uncomfortable, and why is it that George can’t seem to be alone with her – without Rande and Cindy always there, too?
Even so, I don’t think they’ll divorce anytime soon, unless Amal initiates it (as someone else suggested above).
And the reason given will be…fraud?
Well, that was faster than expected.
Oh please. Don’t let the gloves be the cause of their divorce. She was just trying to look like Audrey Hepburn and failed. So what’s the big deal. Lay off on her gloves okay?
I just realized Amal looks like GC in drag. How did I not see that before?
They do look alike. I think George might be prettier.
I find it odd that a lot of comments on here refer to her (alleged) lack of looks, “manliness”, diva behaviour. Then you see stories decrying body shaming (what about face shaming?) or the transphobic treatment of Bruce Jenner and the unfair labelling/protrayal of women as bitches and divas when they gain any measure of success (however you wish to measure it).
All well and good to dislike her if she did something offensive/problematic, but so much hypocracy abounds in a lot of the criticism she receives. Poking and prodding at her womanhood as though it’s fair game. It isn’t.
Criticising any maliciousness on her part is all well in good, but where has this been proven?
macheath, Brovo!
Kathy Griffin called those “bovine insemination gloves.”
I can see it now, as clear as day: When this marriage eventually ends, and it WILL end, whether or not they manage to turkey-baste a kid or two into the deal, they will publicly part as “the closest of friends who remain committed to their children/foundations/whatever.” Nevertheless, Georgie will make sure to make it known via the appropriate kiss-ass publications that the split is all about “Amaleficent” — her f-ed up, codependent relationship with the sister and the mother (and I actually do believe that the latter did much to orchestrate the rush-rush courtship and marriage), her “workaholic” tendencies that make it “impossible” for her to have and/or parent a kid, and perhaps a subtle hint or two that she was getting “too close” to one or more of her high-profile clients. George may resemble a cartoon character at this point, but he’s a master of manipulation and –as we saw from his whiny, narcissistic Sony emails — will sacrifice anything or anyone before the altar of His Image. Not that I feel sorry for Amal — she’s a smart woman who ought to have known what she’s in for with this guy.
You can’t be more right about this! George acting the smitten, love-sick puppy right now is part of the plan. I truly wonder what his parents think about this…”Her workaholic tendencies”, haha….I wish she would actually show THEM instead of floating around in overexpensive dresses for every bus ride.
I agree 1000% with this -we all knew it was a sham but I must admit the speed of this has surprised me. Nevertheless behind the PR ther are ‘real’ people involved here and it scares me to think people can be so ruthless as to use or abuse others to their own ends. I hope this mess ends quickly and there are no children involved.
George would do ANYTHING to save or build his image. That Somy email was very revealing insight into just how much he cares.
IMO Th entire marriage was about his becoming a Worldwide Joke on the Golden Globes the year before. He had to do something quick to repair his image, also he was drunk fighting in Las Vegas with Steve Wynn, his personal life was becoming a big joke.
Yes, George would marry this woman to repair his image or to build his image in the public eye. Yes he is that ruthless.
Look how he put down and made press-roadkill out of every other woman he ever dated, to Promote this marriage.
Amal should take a good long look at what he did to those other women in the press, because it will be the same for her when he’s done.
I don”t even believe GC is attracted to Amal. I think the whole thing is all business, all PR. I think he’s bi, ,I really do.
@Someonestolemyname: I agree, George IS that ruthless, and I still wonder how anyone can still like a man who basically dismissed all his former partners, contract, or not, as ‘unequal’. It served HIM well for a long time, and only when the public started making jokes about him, and certainly after the Poehler/Fey gig, he and his PR team decided it was time for a serious turn. I was surprised it took them so long to notice. But when they did, boy, they were fast. No, I also don’t believe George is in any way attracted to Amal, it’s easy to see. He simply is on a ‘repair mission’. But he didn’t pick wisely, I think. She will not just disappear. Both seem to be extremely egocentric, and both expect the other to lift up their image- I doubt this will work in the long run. Children…I truly can’t picture them with any. I wonder if he is much into women at all- or into any serious intimacy for that matter, with whomever. Seems like his focus is on his work. Reminds me a little of Obama- ‘working on his legacy’…
The speed of this whole thing is what caught my attention. If he wanted to do the two-year girlfriend routine, and the women were well aware of his aversion to marriage, then that seemed the norm for him. He was taking quite a bit of flak over his rent-a-date lifestyle, and then, boom!
Now, he’s not only married after an extravagant, drawn-out wedding, but he didn’t mention his parents in his lifetime award acceptance speech.
Something is really odd here. I could have halfway believed a change of heart that led to marriage, had it not been for the tear-down of his past women (the “on his level” commentary).
“an enigma wrapped in a mystery wearing crap gloves”…:)
He seems very frat boyish and shallow. Likable, but shallow. I imagine his life is pretty simple and, honestly, he has been in full control of all aspects of his life for a very long time. Even the women he dated were these maybe not so bright but fun for awhile companions he could dictate to. He decided when the relationship started (obviously guessing here) and he decided when it would end. They became an accessory to HIS life and George changed nothing. Now he is with this woman who couldn’t be more different. I think he loves the image of it, but I doubt Amal really has any interest in being an accessory to his already established life. IMO he would have been better off marrying one of the “fun” gals. Yeah, it may have grown boring, but he’s older now, he’s got that crap back, and it would have guaranteed a companion without having to change anything. And it would of stopped the teasing about his love life, which I believe REALLY REALLY embarrassed him. I think George may be in for a world of misery with “crap gloves” lady. Oh well. Maybe it’s karma. Poor bastard.
If they divorce, it’s going to be quick and surgical. With GC’s previous GF’s and wife, there was no drama, they were paid and went off quietly into the night to never be heard from again. I would find it shocking if the divorce terms were not already fully hashed out in minute detail in a pre-nup. There’s no way this would be left to chance, and I’d guess the whole thing was tied up with a watertight NDA.
But it’s way too soon. I give them five years… or whenever GC’s run for office happens.
Amal is not really good for his politically in the US, no matter how much ass kissing was done at the Golden Globes. The NYPost is already hinting that she is not all that has been promoted and some of it is hype.
I don’t believe it’s for a political run. I think the whole thing was to change how he was being percieved in his personal life. He was a worldwide joke and I think it really bothered him. The world laughed at him, the world got Tina Fey’s joke last year and unless than a year he was married at back at the Golden Globes receiving an award with his wife.
I can’t get too interested in any story about the Clooney partnership….in 2 month’s time they’ll be trotting out an “Our Baby Joy!” cover.
Of course a “source”, “pal” and “insider” are all codewords for PR team-generated stories….
Call me naive… and I don’t think they’ve done a good job at being ‘genuine’ about their relationship… but I believe that they’re the real deal. Sure they didn’t know each other for very long, and they don’t have a lot in common, but my god if that’s the barometer for a ‘real’ and stable relationship then my husband and I must be faking it – I’m a makeup artist and he’s an egineer, when we met our friends couldn’t more different, AND we only knew each other for 3 months before getting engaged and 8 months before getting married. People fall in love with all sorts of other people – there is not set equation for a happy and healthy relationship. I call bullsh*t on this entire story (OBVIOUSLY) and wish them nothing but the best!
Ruth Dunbar, I too used to watch Nick on AMC. I was disappointed when the channel changed.
George’s allegiance to his parents was an attraction for me. I was happy to see a man not be afraid to show it. But when he started bad mouthing his exes, whom he picked, I wondered what happened. From reading about her jealousy I guess he had to say those things. But did he need to? If he’s going to get out of this marriage do it now. I think a lot of things are going to come out about her. He needs to distance himself.
Clooney married Amal because he wants to pull a ‘Schwarzenegger” (i.e run for office eventually) and in order to do so, he needs to look respectably married – and Amal is a highly educated lawyer. Getting into and graduating from Oxford is not a joke. Neither is becoming a human rights lawyer and working with the likes of Julian Assange. She is the ultimate modern-day trophy wife and the definition of trophy wife has changed substantially over the years.
In the 80s or 90s, you could get away with a white-trash, trailer park beauty pageant queen pick-up from Nebrexlohoma, blonde, buxom but thin, Barbie-doll type who doesn’t talk a lot but can sit pretty. The usual Las Vegas cocktail waitress type that Clooney did date. That’s very, very passe now, particularly among the jet-set, uber-wealthy and the global intelligentsia. You do that now, you’ll look like a hick. Now , in order to be taken seriously you need a Tiger Wife and it was Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendy Deng which set the new standard. Now the wife needs to be Ivy League educated, have a graduate degree, speaks multiple languages, ideally be some kind of an exotic beauty, has impossible hobbies like flying her own plane or played piano or violin because they entered musical conservatory at age 10 but gave it up to pursue doing an MBA at Harvard.
The truth is, they probably are both using each other for something. A player who has been a player as long as Clooney has just doesn’t give it up suddenly to become some loyal, dutiful husband. My guess is Amal is using Clooney to further her career and her own interests. Practically all Hollywood marriages are shams, not all, but most – it just goes with the territory.
Very nicely summed up, Dana. I tend to agree.
Oh please. Amal will be Roadkill when the U.S. Political press are done with her Terrorist client list connections and I’m a solid Democrat.
I wouldn’t walk across the street to give George my vote. A fake marriage to a British, Oxford educated Lawyer with no warmth, no years of building a solid connection to the US Public, means Squat to the Democrats.
The US Government is loaded with Highly educated American-women lawyers. Amal is not so impressive, except to George’s Hollywood circle, who I think know the deal on the charade.
The US Government does not need Amal who represented a Terrorist who blew up an airplane full of people. She will be GOP roadkill for George, she’s really NOT an asset.
The Hollywood entertainment media and the Biting US political media look at things quite differently. Just watch what they do to Amal’s Humanitarian Lawyer image.
It was so clear when his bestie rande described them “they’ll do great things together”..it was with the same when Ben merged with Jerry..it was and is business. A woman who before was a nobody who owned nothing is now the love of Britain, has a 14mill$ home, and spends a reported 200 grand monthly on clothes and her resume and face have been revamped. I don’t believe the article..they’ll stick it out at least a year..but they haven’t..and won’t..spend much time together. No need.
If nothing else, there were lots of red flags going in. That whirlwind romance, indeed! A two career couple to the extreme: both ambitious, at the top of their game, and in her case, intellectually brilliant. The kicker, of course, is the careers are each based in cities thousands of miles apart geographically and culturally.
VERY different backgrounds in terms of culture, family and upbringing.
Attitudes about money? I don’t know about these two, but that’s a HUGE factor in marital breakups.
Children-They could have them if they are raised by nannies because I doubt either one is going to give an inch in his/her career. Why not just enjoy each other during the short moments of time they have together? My opinion has always been -for anyone-that NOT having kids is a great choice too, especially for these two.
Well, at least the honeymoon is over. It would have been better if they had worked all these things out before marriage. Maybe they did, although the fast pace to the altar-it was almost like a shotgun wedding-makes me think they didn’t do much but take nice trips, shop, have lovely dinners, and gaze romantically into each other’s eyes.
That’s not marriage…
If she weren’t a drama queen, she would have settled down sooner. But George also comes with a lot of baggage. I think, for this reason, they will make this last a while. He is obviously the weak and insecure one in the relationship.
It may be naivete on my part, but I think that George and Amal’s marriage, which may have been contracted as more of a mutually advantageous professional and social arrangement rather than a passionate love match, may not end in divorce as “In Touch” is trumpeting and so many commentators are predicting (or rather, hoping.) Divas they may be, but both are intelligent, sophisticated, charming, high achievers, and well bred. Amal’s long white gloves speak to that and her British upper class social standing; while George is a world class superstar from an upper class Kentucky family whose father is a well known, well liked and admired reporter and TV personality. If not in love, they at least must have charmed each other enough to agree to undertake an intimate, legal relationship with their eyes wide open. So that may put them ahead of a couple which marries for love with their vision of the undertaking clouded by their rose colored glasses. More often than is reported, marriages entered into for convenience turn out to be surprisingly enduring. If George and Amal are in reality still strangers to each other, like any close partnership, they may argue and each try to control the other, or become exasperated with the other’s annoying habits or attitudes, and clash in anger and frustration when things are not going as each assumed they would. But in the process they may gain respect for the other’s stamina, integrity, intelligence, and kind heartedness. They may learn to be friends, and from friendship they may grow to liking and trusting that each has the other’s back. From that improbable but possible point, the seeds of a love, each for the other may take root and grow. I predict these possibilities because they do happen time and again. But I’m not ignoring the problems the Press which was courted so outrageously during their quick courtship and fairytale marriage celebration, will undoubtedly cause them by now attacking their marriage, their reputations and credibility. Bad news does sell more tabloids and magazines. But as often as not, when two intelligent people, even Divas, are attacked in the press or their reputations besmirched, and accomplishments discredited, rather than being destroyed personally or as a couple, out of kindness or empathetic concern, each for the other’s pain, they will circle the wagons, hunker down and defend their union and each other, though until trouble came knocking at their door, they hadn’t realized they had come to deeply value, if not truly love, each other. And the negative press, which seems inevitable even at this early stage, rather than destroying their union, may actually bring them closer, and make them even more committed to their marriage and each other. Or, as nearly all of the preceding comments predict, this marriage, so grandly celebrated, could end up as just one more failed celebrity marriage within an embarrassingly short period time. But something, perhaps it’s merely “Hope”, tells me not to write Amal and George off so soon; that this is a couple who may pull off the near impossible trick of remaining married (and happily so) till death does them part.
She allowed Vogue or did Vogue pay her (or them)?