George Clooney has just started promoting Tomorrowland, and I guess the first day of his junket was Thursday, because there are so many new quotes from George! Surprisingly, very few of the new quotes are about Tomorrowland. Mr. Clooney has become the kind of guy who gushes about his wife’s fashion in interviews. He’s also the guy complaining about how his wife doesn’t get sports! You know who got sports? Stacy Keibler. I wonder if he misses her. Some assorted quotes for George:
Why he fell in love with Amal: “She’s an amazing human being. And she’s caring. And she also happens to be one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. And she’s got a great sense of humor. There’s a number of reasons why.”
He’s proud of her lawyer skills: “I’m always very proud of her when I see her speaking at the International Court of Appeals in Strasbourg, you know, with her robe on. It’s very impressive. It’s a nice looking robe. They could spice that robe up a little bit.”
On her fashion: “It’s amazing, because she’s always — since the day I met her — she’s always had this insanely … it’s eccentric but it’s fun, sense of fashion. How she does it while she’s got 11 cases she’s working on, and she was teaching at Columbia, and she’s still like, ‘I want to wear that dress.’ It’s crazy. It has been sort of fascinating to watch, because she has such great taste.”
She doesn’t get sports: “I watch sports and it kills her because I got her into March Madness a little. She got into that, but it was enough, so the next week was the Masters, and I’m watching that and she goes, ‘So every weekend we’re gonna be watching a sporting event.’ I’m like, ‘Actually, that’s how it works.’ ”
He also says that he had to convert a bedroom into a closet for all of Amal’s clothes, and that he “doesn’t remember” much about his 54th birthday celebrations. And apparently, Amal did not get him a Porsche. Probably because of the bucket seats, right? He also says didn’t get a blender either. Damn, George… are you reading Celebitchy?!
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
He doesn’t get out much, does he?
:-). Agree.
George is looking a bit old in these pics. Yikes!!! His father looks younger than him
Yes. ANCIENT!
I don’t think he looks older than his dad, but he has aged quickly these last few years. Chronic pain will do that to you; he also has some sun damage. He’d look a lot better with a little concealer and something to even out his skin tone, but to George’s credit, he never wears make-up… on-screen or off. I’m quite a bit younger than him and if I don’t wear concealer, I look awful.
It’s mostly sun damage imo. All that time spent in Cabo.
It’s hard for me to picture her having much a sense of humor that would be compatible with George’s but he knows her better than I do.
Agreed. I just don’t see any chemistry between them, and a shared sense of humor is an important part of this equation, even if their interests are different.
He’s put her on a pedestal (she’s smart and fashionable…yeah, we get it), but I doubt they’re in any way truly compatible. By talking about her in this way, he almost seems to be telling us that this is the case.
Me thinks the lady, George, doth protest too much. And when their time in NYC is over, they’ll drift apart and eventually go their separate ways.
I believe that George is just saying how smart that he thinks that he is…amazing, and compassionate and caring.
I don’t get sports either. It’s all boring.
You don’t get sports. It’s all boring. Wow. Finger, I like you and you seem like a good person but I don’t feel I know you. I need some time to process this. ;).
I tease my husband that sports are exactly like celebrity gossip. He follows his favorites, he reads about what is going on in their work and personal lives, they basically play around for a living and make ridiculous amounts of money for it, etc etc etc. We even ended up watching a hockey reality show a couple of years ago (which I totally got into, because the players just became celebrities to me!). He does not like the comparison (because sports are “serious business”), but he will grudgingly agree that I am right.
‘One of the smartest people I know’…does he have a spreadsheet of his friends and lovers in descending order of IQ?
She probably IS the smartest person he knows. He hangs with actors and cocktail waitresses.
Thanks for the laugh, Jenna!
Ha! Right!?
Just because you are an entertainer doesn’t mean you aren’t smart. I don’t know why people assume that. You don’t have to go to college to be an actor. But being an actor doesn’t mean you are dumb or uneducated. You chose a care in entertainment. Amal wanted to be a lawyer. That takes more schooling.. but being a lawyer doesn’t make you better than other people in different professions. She has gone to well established schools. Well so do a lot of people. She speaks several languages. Well so do many. I applaud her for her accomplishments. That being said why are people acting as if they have never come across a woman that has brains. Comparing her to people that are entainers is silly. She is not a celebrity. She is not an actor or anything like that. So why hold her up as superior to others.
Maybe some peoples’ world is so small they don’t meet people that have accomplished a great deal educationally or professionally. In that case George is not the only one that needs to get out more.
I’m still digesting Howard Stern’s take on Amal…”she’s fascinating”. I guess if Howard considers her smart…than she must be…because he’s certainly smarter than George! Funny part is…Amal may just have this “impress the hell out of em” schtick she puts on each and every time she meets someone new to dazzle them with her legal status….but she may be a total BORE on any other topic. Who knows. I think she’s attractive, probably damn smart…and certainly totally smitten with George and his “Hollywood” status and celebrity. She obviously LOOKS all over the place for a camera to notice her…so she’s not over that part of the relationship yet…but trust me…having been in a longterm relationship where EVERY night and EVERY waking hour..it was football or playing and/or watching golf on TV..which BORED ME TO TEARS. Like George’s attitude toward it and Amal…you either accepted it or walked. I walked. She appears to be rounding off the edges of the newly enforced rules and regs of marriage to GC. She’ll either tire of him…or his lifestyle…or his confining terms of marriage. In any event…she won’t miss a daily pap walk in the meantime.
As IF with a bit of a side-eye… *to this whole interview*
Amal was interviewed and spoke softly and appeared to be very well informed. She also is quite charming in her soft spoken voice and way of expressing herself. Don’t underestimate her.
I have met several well read, very educated people, so well spoken and able to converse on most any topic and not be boring at all. One is a lawyer that has the gift of memorizing what he reads and then is able to recall facts, statistics and history and present information as if he just finished reading the currently discussed topic.. . Off topic here: Bill Clinton has this gift more so. He can read and while reading memorize pages of information and run the facts back, and be a most interesting guest speaker and conversationalist. In these three examples, they are all attorneys, very well educated, well read, etc. Not putting any one other career down, it is just the circle that I happen to have traveled in and am most familiar with.
I can empathize and understand why George is so impressed with Amal, especially after dating gregarious women wrestlers.
OK, Amal. I am surrounded by Academic/intellectual people, that’s why I don’t get impressed easily. By the way, my comment was about George Clooney who was the one interviewed.
ps: at least he already has an excuse for the divorce. She doesn’t like watching sports on Sundays, lol.
He reminds me of my dad. Ew.
Weird comments. Why does George feel the need to support her wannabe fashion maven-ness? What grown heterosexual man cares? Bizarre comments. Maybe her worldwide ridicule over the golden globes white gloves set them back.
Connections to the fashion industry (or more specifically Anna Wintour) provide favorable media coverage and image building, some fundraising opportunities, and fairly successful political campaigns. Sounds like some back scratching there.
I know people here have it in for her but I think shes awesome. And she must be super sharp if shes able to maneuver the PR aspect (which more seasoned celebs who do nothing all day still fail at fyi) while still killing it at work. I want whatever brand of coffee shes on.
Me too, Rocket. I like her quite a bit and think a lot of the criticism is unfair.
I like her too. I like that she is an example of a successful professional woman who is also interested in things people would consider “trivial” (fashion, red carpets, etc). Women can be more than one thing at a time… I say this as a lawyer sitting at my desk reading celebrity gossip over lunch!!! 🙂
I am amazed that people believe every little detail written about them or analyze and pick apart every comment he makes and look for negativity in them….weird. I do think he found a wonderful person to be his wife. She’s far too smart for him, but at least he seems to know and appreciate that. They’ll be together for a while….I’d give it 10 years.
AC may be book smart but not street smart, IMO. How could such an intelligent woman fall for a man 16 years her SR. With a long standing back pain, how long is she going to put up with, not tonight dear. I read he also has a drinking problem. GC change out his former GF every two years, and now head over heels with this person, AC. In my opinion he’s fascinated by her because she may be smarter than he is and that’s a turn on for him. Btw, GC appears to be up on all the gossip that’s out there about them and he believes he must set straight.
lol. “Shes just smart in school but shes as dumb as me in the rest of the things” *pops bubble gum
I always have to give raise a serious eyebrow to people who know in such detail about the rumors about them. They either read or are told about them, which is kind of creepy. It just gives tabloids more power when they know the subjects of their stories actually pay attention. Also, a room for a closet?!? Not feeling the whole emphasis on clothing, but hey, to each his/her own, he can afford it.
I noticed how he threw in words like fun and eccentric to describe her fashion style.
I really don’t understand why he still feels the need to go into such detail about his wife and their marriage. He’s promoting this neverending production instead of the movie he is supposed to be hawking. It’s comical, really.
Yes. Why are we constantly being bombarded with the inane details of their boring-ass lives? The most interesting thing was the Porsche story and that wasn’t even true.
This is why I never click on these threads. I have no problem with either of these people I just don’t get why they’re being marketed as this Exciting Celebrity Couple (!)
I’d seriously rather watch my cat sleeping than read about these two.
To be fair, I’m pretty sure he was specifically asked in the interview about the blender and Porsche Amal supposedly gave him.
He’s been wanting to dethrone Brangelina from their human rights advocates status since the beginning. Apparently he tried to date some other human right activist but it didn’t work out. Amal was probably much more eager to promote the hell out of it. (yes, why do we need to know so much about her? And her fashion choices?) George needs to see a therapist about separating his identity as a public figure and a private person.
Well, compared to the likes of Stacey Kiebler and Elizabeta ??, I’m sure Amal is the smarted woman he’s ever met. That doesn’t mean much coming from George.
Right, I mean his old girlfriends aren’t exactly forming a Think Tank.
Neither is anyone here..most did have 4yr degrees, however. Enough of this Scarecrow and Mr King show already..the more he talks and weekly pap shots are staged, the more it sounds like a very desperate sales pitch..
I hear her hair’s ensured for $10,000. One time, I saw Amal wearing army pants and flip flops, so I bought army pants and flip flops. She punched me in the face once. It. Was. Awesome.
I hear she does car commercials… in Japan.
Her favorite movie is Varsity Blues.
One time she met John Stamos on a plane… and he told her she was pretty.
Varsity Blues!
Jonesy ilysm.
Get in loser, we’re going shopping.
I don’t dislike Amal either, I think she probably is smart and i don’t mind at all when people have fun with fashion, great! I just have a hard time buying this mushy stuff from George because them as a match does not make sense to me. Like at all.
The biggest problem is that George is trying to oversell her to the public. If she’s all these wonderful things, then people will see those without him having to say much of anything.
Yes, they’ve an agenda and everyone knows it. Trying too hard. Try Marketing 101 where they teach you the soft sell.
His idea of an “amazing” and “caring and compassionate” woman is one who defends terrorists and human rights violators, hangs with her illegal arms dealing uncle, her cousin and his ties to the Bulgarian mob, praises Hamas, and wears $12K snakeskin boots. She’s a charmer. Sooner they go back to Europe the better.
She’s a ‘humanitarian’ or haven’t you read the false pr spiel 😉 Excellent post.
You can be caring and compassionate and legally defend unsavoury people, it’s part of due process, right to representation and a fair trial. In fact it can demonstrate a higher level of compassion because regardless of her personally feelings/morality she works her ass off to ensure their human rights are protected. The key word being human. Not “nice-people” rights. And she represented Armenia in the ECHR, so it’s not like she goes running after terrible people to represent because she’s sadist. Jeez. And how is she responsible for the dealings of other family members ? We elect into government people with worse family/business ties than her!
I’m not even a fan, but International and Human Rights Law isn’t exactly a pretty playground and it’s a shame to see an accomplished woman in that field being crapped all over for doing her job.
Yes, you are right, but George’s PR are working very hard to present her as a humanitarian and almost saint. Anyone, who had any contact with lawyers, knows that to be successful in this field, you can’t have any remorse or scruples.
@ Gretchen Amen!
Plus I give points to George for bragging about her smarts. There’s nothing that turns me on more than an intelligent mind and double so when a man isn’t threatened by it!
Aga, that’s really not true. I have several lawyer friends whom I love dearly who are both successful (not on a global stage, but well-respected in their fields), and good, ethical people.
She didn’t represent Armenia. She was part of a team which represented Armenia, and it seems her bit involved simply reading out a speech.
Ok Sara no, she wasn’t the sole legal representative of an entire country in regards to a free speech vs genocide denial case, the point is she doesn’t just represent perpetrators of human rights abuses.
Aga, like The Other Katherine I know a few lawyers and many people involved in Human Rights law and they have immense integrity and strong moral compasses – hence why they do what they do.
I really don’t get why people are so keen to minimise her accomplishments or say that because her focus is defence rather than prosecution she must be as bad as her clients. Clearly she believes in the law and the right to representation, which is a cornerstone of human rights, and for a field dominated by men I think that’s pretty awesome.
Me too AnnieFannie! It’s recognition for something that women frequently get overlooked for, and it’s hot.
In my Law Circle, she is seen as an International Criminal Lawyer, not a Human Rights Lawyer, big difference, That is how the Clooney PR machine wants to sell her as a Human Rights Lawyer.
@cody, she has a number of cases in front of the European Court of Human Rights. They are Human Rights cases not international law cases. Most lawyers working in this field in Europe handle both international law and human rights cases. It would be rare to find one who only deals in one type.
Thank you, Shelly and The Other Katherine. As a lawyer I understand the concept of representing people with whom you might personally disagree or who have been accused of heinous, reprehensible conduct. I do not have a problem with that. But I do have a problem with her carefully crafted image and resulting lionization as a defender of human rights and the downtrodden when that really is not her gig. And it is a fundamental principle of professional responsibility that an attorney should never agree to represent someone unless s/he can be a competent and zealous advocate for the client. It would be flat out unethical for her to get paid to defend human rights violators if she is not committed to their cases and dedicated to advocating for their interests and goals.
Amal is no doubt a bright, well-connected attorney who appears to be working on some important matters. But she has not genuinely used her recent high profile and media savvy to meaningfully call attention to human rights issues. It is disappointing to those of us who slog it out in the trenches every day trying to protect our clients from persecution, discrimination, torture, and even death when her main focuses seem to be wearing expensive designer clothes and getting papped everywhere.
I obviously fell into that PR trap of viewing her as a Human Rights Lawyer as well as International Criminal lawyer. But in regards to Shelly’s initial comment, I don’t agree with her being demonized for doing her job properly, even if it does involve zealously advocating for horrendous people, it’s a necessary job for justice.
As for her not advocating for human rights issues, I understand the frustrations and even disgust at her enjoying the celebrity side of her life, but I also think she’s in a tricky spot. I remember when the (declined) invitation of her being involved in a war crimes investigation in Gaza circulated a number of right-wing commentators went bananas on the internet accusing her of being an anti-semite, a supporter of terrorism (see also Shelly’s above accusation of her praising Hamas) and a whole number of other things which seemed very much linked to Islamophobic and anti-Arab sentiment.
Because of her origins and the work she’s involved in I can imagine she would have to be so careful about not doing PR damage to herself, her husband and not creating conflicts of interest in her work/potential work.
SHELLY thank you! This is why I cringe when people talk about how professional she is. You can be professional and unlikeable at the same time. Don’t people understand her clients? That she is on the wrong side of human rights? Is someone forcing her to represent Assange for his sexual misconduct charges? What about her pro-Palestine, anti-Israel bias? And the errors she has made on her cases? We don’t have to turn her into a hero just because she’s a professional woman. Seems like her biggest contribution to her cases now is to show up and shut up.
What did she say about Israel/Palestine? And what cases did she f-up?
There are two sides to every case and some people get politically upset when someone presents a case that is not carte-blance in favor of Israel.
Is that necessarily anti-Israel? No Why does someone have to follow one belief that only Israelis are victims? Being professional and an attorney such as Amal, her job and duty is to present facts and try to be more objective.
Their are unfortunately, intolerant right wing emotional reacters presenting their emotional islamic phobia as fact. One cannot choose their relatives, why paint everyone by what their uncle and relatives do? smh
Right.
The woman is an opportunist.
Not a humanitarian–that is such a farce.
she’s only a humanitarian to someone who works for nestle
I like Amal. There, I said it.
Thank you. I like her, too, and I haven’t read a single criticism of her that makes sense to me. I mean, people are entitled to think whatever they do, but I don’t have a problem with any of the complaints about her. She smiles for the camera? Good for her. She takes too much vacation? Good for her. Her parents are rich? Good for her. I don’t see the issue.
Yeah, if she was pissed off or groused at cameras, people would say ‘what a bitch’.
I don’t know whether the relationship is real or whatever, but she doesn’t seem like a harmful soul and she doesn’t have a reality show, which is always a plus in my book. lol. I think sometimes George makes statements about her since there is so much criticism.
I like the fairy tale idea of Amal, long time bachelor sheds his womanizing ways for smart career woman. I don’t like George’s PR that he finally married his equal belittling all the other women before her, and that she is the most accomplished human rights lawyer fighting for all the great causes- not really what she does. Not Amal’s fault, but it does make me wonder if we really know her at all.
As far as celebritydom and gossip goes though she is very interesting. There is always something just slightly off about most of her outings. Either she has dishwashing gloves on at the GG, or she has disgraced designer Galiano design her Met ball gown, or she seems to be posing and calling paps, she is a gossip blogs dream.
I wanna know about the heating in their house. Is it forced air? Radiant? Geothermal heat pump???
What about Amal’s hair? Does she use Obagi? Coconut oil? how often does she wash and condition it???
Paper towels. What kind do they use? Bounty? Viva? Scott?? I hope not Sparkle because that’s some cheap sh*t right there.
How often do they have breakfast in bed? Does George massage her feet? How many pairs of shoes does Amal own? How many times does George poop in a day? What brand of bottled water do they drink???????????????
SO MANY QUESTIONS.
@kitten: lol
@ Kitten. The movie does not come out for three weeks in the US, (I think), then with European promotion as well, even more time. I am sure we will know the answers to all your questions soon enough.
KITTEN you are a riot. At least we don’t have to ask any questions about her cooking!
Having dated a few lawyers (and almost married one) I think it’s fair to say that not every lawyer is unethical, unprincipled or fame seeking. No different than many other professionals. Some folk are honorable, others not so much so. End of story.
I don’t mind Amal. It’s George I find a little weird — probably because I’m not used to this version of him.
He said sweet things about his wife, who he obviously admires. How dare he? What a schmuck.
He is looking older.
How often is she arguing before the International Court of Appeals?
Also, if she is surprised that he plans to watch sports every weekend, it sounds like they don’t know each other well
When they need the PR machine to fly in for a push. That’s when she “works”…otherwise she’s off in Kardashian 2.0 land.
+1
So he flies the entire Alameddine family around the world for a photo op, taking them all to dinner without Amal for these shots, but in LA for his birthday celebration with balloons and friends in a restaurant per Cindy Crawford’s Instagram, nada? Okay. He brought up her Armenian genocide case, too…another one tied to her family, plus his “100 lives” initiative which is more political than humanitarian and neither one had anything to say on the 24th to commemorate it and/or advocate Obama to recognize it? Politics, nepotism, not humanitarian.
Matt Damon obviously adores his wife but never felt the need to push her into the limelight and try to make a ‘celebrity’ out of her (and she doesn’t seek it either). This is what I don’t understand about George, why does a man who claims to desire privacy push his wife into the public like this? Why would any sane person want to be famous for marrying a famous person? They’re like an upmarket version of the Kardiashians.
It presents as so fake, the huge pr campaign and started upon their engagement has me wondering whether it’s a real marriage at all.
Matt Damon never said that he was going to be a lifetime confirmed bachelor and George is more famous to begin with. I’m not saying there isn’t a PR push, but at the same time, the paps were up George’s butt for years, taking long lens shots at his Villa and so on. My point is that the Damon comparison isn’t apples to apples.
this!!!!!!!!
THIS +2!! Why did she do this?
Is it to raise her career profile, love of attention, to throw herself on the sacrificial altar as an offering to the Gods of human rights? I seriously and truly wonder.
No, Matt just uses the fact that he married a “civilian” to promote his ” he just a regular guy” image shtick in every interview he does.
I like lawyer amal way better than Matt damon’s wife
“I’m always very proud of her when I see her speaking at the International Court of Appeals in Strasbourg,” He’s court name-dropping here. RME.
LOL At least he made me laugh while cringing.
A fine example of court name-dropping.
So while he’s watching sports, she’s studying the gossip sites?? He seems to know a lot of rumors for a man who not so long ago stated that social media is for morons (by the way, Cindy Crawford does have a twitter account), and that he NEVER follows tabloid stories. And what are the 11 cases Amal is supposed to be on? According to her chamber’s website, there’s no news since the Fahmy case…Sometimes I wonder if he really knows anything concrete about her work, or if he’s even interested. Maybe she lives in her closet room, and only comes out when there’s an appointment with the paps;-)
For what it’s worth, I watched the interview these quotes (some of them) came from. And Mario Lopez is the one who told him about the blender rumor. That’s when he denied it. Im sure he hears things but he obviously doesn’t read every single thing written about him.
His publicists know every rumor, they deny all, even the most absurd one in “Cop gossip”.
I watched it, too, George knew about the blender when Lopez mentioned it next to the Porsche. He’s well informed about what’s going on on the internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dext-dMG4es
It appears as if her main role these days is to read out speeches prepared by Geoffrey Robertson at the commencement of each case. Her reward is then to fly off to NYC or Cabo and vacation for months, while promoting haute couture that’s been handpicked by Anna Wintour.
100% on the money comment!
This gives me the strangest gagging feeling. To hear George Clooney rave about his wife’s style. Ugh it’s just gross.
This is like Tom and Katie but with bigger words.
Nailed it!
I want this put in perspective. She is privileged with great opportunity and probably a great,great dose of natural smart. George is an actor. He is not a rocket scientist. He is probably not as smart.
He also does look old next to her. It is a reminder of a glaring double standard.
He looks like her grandpa old.
Ever since D-Listed’s (and others’) mention of the Dancing Emoji, it’s all I can visualize when I see pics of her Met Gala dress! hee hee
I get a weird vibe from all of this and I can’t pinpoint exactly why. I’m all for focusing on someone’s brains instead of looks, but this feels so… It’s like there seems to be a need to prove some point maybe? Why would someone like George Clooney who was always quite private change that strategy now? This seems all very fishy to me.
How can we focus on her ‘brains’ (of which I’ve seen very little thus far other than reading from speeches) when she’s flaunting her body on a daily basis and practically begging for people to focus solely on her looks, her clothes, her legs, her hair, etc.? The woman wore haute couture to a freshman workshop, where most students were likely dressed in comfortable rags lol…
I think you can be smart and love dressing up, I think (I’m still trying to figure this out) the fishy side of this is why someone like her would agree to be part of the celebrity side of her partner life. It’s like they want to be an “it” couple and I don’t see why someone smart, with strong opinions, ethics and good sense would choose it. But being intelligent doesn’t mean you’ll have integrity or high ethical standards…
^^^This^^^
I don’t have a problem with her, but I do have a problem with him. For someone who proclaimed to be so private he now shares everything. It is all image with George, and he is enjoying the pap attention. His only problem is, trying to control it. I am sure anytime a ‘source’ close to the couple is quoted, it’s George.
Honestly reading these threads about Amal gives me such rage. All the hate she gets, really makes me wonder how some people can call themselves feminists. Really, tearing down someone else who actually is accomplished in hollywood isn’t going to make you better. I wish I could post a whole rant on it.
Hate? I think people just question why all of this considering George Clooney’s way of dealing with the media and why is she part of this. Maybe I passed some heated comment, but it seems to me that no one really questions her capacities and achievements, just why are they trying so hard to prove something I guess. She can totally love dressing up and be smart, that’s not the point, it’s Clooney’s connection.
I don’t see hate either, although I see a bit of snark. My question is what is wrong with her real accomplishments? The PR has inflated her to make her more palatable to the masses. Making it seem like she is working for the little guy against human rights violations, and really that isn’t the case, and that she is the smartest lawyer ever. Just wondering why?
I can’t see hate, just people questioning why a professional woman would be willing to participate in, and enjoy, this kind of media and PR circus. There are other celebrities with accomplished spouses- you don’t see them waving from a boat for three days, or taking walks in NY every other day, fully styled in insanely expensive cloth, looking out for the cameras, acting like royalty. If I think of feminism, Amal Clooney does not spring to mind, but I guess it is- and stays- a matter of perception. I have a few lawyer friends, and can honestly say, they don’t have time for this. Nor would they be interested in marrying Clooney;-)
I agree 100% with what you wrote. It’s all about the circus she accepted to be part of almost toning down her real accomplishments. In the beginning I thought that she would be discreet not to taint her work but then it was the opposite approach. And George is totally engaging with it and that yes, I find suspicious.
To me she seems very young, unworldly wise, with an innocence about her; and George is almost like a mentor. He seems almost paternal with her (and very, very proud). Just because she is smart doesn’t mean that she knows “men” very well.
Amal’s mother seems impressed with George, however.
@wolfpup: True, there is a certain ‘mentoring’ quality to it, but it could very well just be George’s need to control everything in a relationship. Also, I’m not sure if I would call it innocence on her part. I think she’s not very experienced with men, and people outside of her legal circles in general. But for a 37 year old woman who is supposed to ‘meet and greet’ plenty of high powered people, that would not be such a good sign…But I have to say that most of the time, the expression on her face is rather coy than shy. If there is any innocence about her, she’s loosing it fast with George. She’s adapting to his lifestyle quite well.
You could just read something else.
Her fashion sense was non-existent prior to this charade, erm, marriage. Second, she’s hardly the smartest person he’s ever met, but quite possibly the smartest person who’s ever given him the time of day. I remember thinking how childish he was during many of his press conferences, seemingly unable to sit still and answer questions with a straight face without making a fart sound even in his 50s. As to the mention of Columbia, etc. it’s embarrassing. Did he mention the fact that she’s leading a freshman workshop for the woman who offered her the gig? And that even such a modest position would not have been offered had she not married Clooney? Or the plain manner in which her law firm is using her as a marketing tool these days? It’s truly degrading, imo, but then I never found fart sounds fascinating…
I’m not buying what he’s selling…
Never got out much , huh George ?
This is what is going to happen with the sports watching every weekend.
First, if you can’t beat em so join him.
or You end up having your own life on the weekend and maybe see him on Saturday night
or You end up having many arguments on this weekend watching “Is that all you do every weekend is watch sports? We never go anywhere or do anything together anymore.”
Then you start to realize why did I marry this guy?
If she is one of the smartest people you ever met then why did she marry you George? Yeah I’d marry you too for the lifestyles of the rich and famous, only working when you feel like it, wearing thousand dollar designer clothes and bags every day, always travelling first class and everyone Is always nice and will do anything you want when your married to George Clooney.
Amal is getting way more out of this marriage than George is, honestly. Yes, people made jokes about his perpetual bachelor ways, but it’s not like he wasn’t still being nominated for awards, and he was still near the top of the a list, was still getting sent scripts from reputable directors, etc. his career was hardly floundering before they met. She, on the other hand, has been given a significant increase in her public profile, which probably made her a more desirable person to associate with as a defendant or plaintiff for the publicity she could bring to ones cause, and a PR makeover+ invites to fun Hollywood events, which she seems to enjoy. Even if love were not at all a factor here (and I make no assumptions one way or another at the moment) it’s pretty easy to see why she would marry him.
“Amal is getting way more out of this marriage than George is, honestly.”
Apparently this includes a monthly clothing budget worth tens of thousands of dollars.
When one can afford their own clothes, vacations etc., or her family can, I doubt that this is her draw to George. I really wonder if she is actually in love with him – look how gently he treats her (with “courtly love”). The truth is that sometimes one’s personal life takes precedent over one’s work (although George would never tell it that way because she’s his hero).
Wheeze..according to a site whose blinds on her have turned out to be amazingly accurate, their contract gives her $$25,000 a month for clothes. She was a grown woman who lived with her mommy, owning no property, and now her holdings are in the tens of millions.
I have a strange feeling (based only on my intuition) that Amal will look back on her marriage to George as the worst mistake of her life.
“happens to be one of the smartest people I’ve ever met”
Except for the fact that she married you, George.
So it’s hard for her to pick out a dress when she’s working? That’s what I took away from that interview. lol I must be smart because it’s not difficult at all for me to pick out clothes. Jeans and a shirt are pretty easy. lol
George doesn’t seem to understand that he’s getting more unbelievable with every single interview. They sound as rehearsed as his marriage-announcing ‘love speech’ about a year ago, or his speech at the GG. In another forum, somebody postet this interview from the Critic’s Choice Awards 2006. I’m not gonna comment on it, just have a close look at George’s face till about 1:12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tSpvkSrN2k
Obviously, there’s some doubt about her intelligence. My theory is that Clooney purchased her, had her brain scooped out and hung a lantern in there.
So she didn’t know George likes to watch sports on the weekend. How well do they really know each other?
anyway I think she looked beautiful in that dress.
George Clooney talks all the time about Amal. The only other celebrity who talked about his wife so constantly that you’d want to claw your ears right off was John Lennon and Yoko. Makes you wonder if- when they get back home to their secluded castle- Amal has charms and amulets and a cauldron and foggy bats along with a dungeon library like on The Munsters.. Yiipes.
Not sure if a truly worldly, smart woman would marry George. Looks, money, fame and all, he still lacks refinement and intellectual depth.
Heartily agree!!! (while still wishing them well).
Me too. I wish them well. 🙂
No, she wouldn’t. Which means, in many ways, they suit each other.
Who cares about refinement and intellectual depth when there’s all those SHOES AND BAGS!
I wonder when she will make a statement about her love for him.
Not unless it’s in the contract.
What contract?? They should both win Oscars if that’s the case.