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George Clooney has been dating Italian “personality” Elizabetta Canalis for several months now, and he’s still selling her to us. Seriously, how many times do we have to play this game? She’s not going to be around in another year! Granted, she might be slightly smarter than Sarah Larson, so maybe Elisabetta will be able to make it work for a little longer than expected. When Hello Magazine sat down with Clooney in Toronto, he seemed to be very cryptic about any long-term relationship plans. If it was any other guy, I would give him the benefit of the doubt and say “Oh, they only started dating, he doesn’t have to have it figured out.” But since it’s Clooney, I just think “Ha, he doesn’t even want a future with this girl in a completely fake scenario.” He also basically calls Elisabetta a very nice “co-pilot” on the journey of life, but also acknowledges that she might only be a temp co-pilot. And yes, I think “co-pilot” is their safe word.
Is Hollywood’s eternal bachelor getting ready to settle down at last?
George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis have been seen strolling the streets of Venice hand-in-hand during the city’s film festival, sipping champagne and canoodling at the screening of his new comedy The Men Who Stare At Goats, and swaying sexily together on the dance floor of the Hotel Cipriani, Elisabetta’s hand most firmly placed on the Clooney rear.
George admitted at the Toronto film festival that life in the romantic department was going pretty well for him.
“I’m doing fine… If like’s a journey, then right now I’ve got a very nice co-pilot. I’m not going to project into the future and say I’ve found a co-pilot for life, because I don’t want to jinx things… but I will say that at the moment, I’m having a very nice time being a frequent flyer on Alitalia.”
“I’m well aware that there are things that people will see as shortcomings in my life, and I’m unapologetic about them.”
“People keep asking me if I worry about being alone – but listen, I’ve been in some relationships where I’ve felt terribly alone… Just because you’re with someone in a couple doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re incredibly happy and complete – sometimes the opposite.”
“I’m just trying to live my life the way I choose to live it here and hope it all works out, but I’m also aware that certain things you can do which are cute when you do them at 20 become less cute when you’re still doing them at 48.”
Clooney on Lake Como villa: “Buying that place was the best think I ever did… I bought it more or less as an investment, but living in it and getting to know Italy has had a real effect on my life. I love the place.”
On his hand injury: “I slammed my hand in a minivan… I was getting out and someone slammed the door on it. I knew immediately it was broken because a bone was sticking up out of it. So the Italian guy who does the driving for me says, ‘Get in the car, I’ll take care of you.’ He drives me into town… and he takes me to the dentist. Dentist’s chair, dentist’s lamp, everything. The guy comes in, pulls the dentist’s lamp down onto my hand. He starts pulling on my fingers, which really hurts. At last he says, ’Hmmm… I think it’s broken…’ I’m saying, ’Is there a real doctor anywhere in here?’ In the end, they got me into a hospital in Lugano, the hand was x-rayed and I was in and out in 20 minutes. It’s doing fine now.”
[From Hello Magazine, print edition, September 28 2009]
EW. God, I hate when people tell stories about their broken bones. The worst words in the English language are “the bone was sticking out”. Does that make anyone else nauseous? And I’m still not buying the whole “hand slammed on a minivan door”… is Clooney trying to appeal to the minivan-driving suburban-mom fanbase with that? Personally, I think suburban moms would love to hear “I broke my hand doing something involving a whip, nipple clamps, a silk scarf, a dildo and the safe word ‘co-pilot’.”
Here’s Canalis grabbing Clooney’s butt on the dancefloor of the Hotel Cipriani in Venice on 9/16/09. Credit: Fame Pictures
Written by Kaiser
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He’s gay and this charade is becoming obvious even to the delusional fangirls.
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“People keep asking me if I worry about being alone – but listen, I’ve been in some relationships where I’ve felt terribly alone”
maybe if you stopped dating beards……..
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For “co-pilot” read beard.
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ok im in denial. I dont see gay! I see a successful man who is happy dating random girls? How does that=gay? Im blind really
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Did anyone ever consider that staying with one woman forever & breeding is NOT everyone’s idea of a good time? Ever think that when a guy has cash, he also has OPTIONS, wants variety & possibly doesn’t want to share his life with screaming, drooling, poopy diapers & a henpecking wife???
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Girl of the month club subscriber = )
Hey, he chose a passionate Italian, possible the relationship lasts two months.
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“I’m just trying to live my life the way I choose to live it”…and i don’t see where is the problem with that!
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grabbing his ass on the dance floor? klassy. doesn’t matter, though – as kaiser pointed out, she’ll be gone in a year.
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Clooney stories are just the color beige to me.
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I know George prefers bimbettes barely over legal age but he generally picks ones who comply with the “No PDA” rule than this one. Grabbing his ass on the dancefloor and having the pictures published worldwide doesn’t seem to me like she’d be on George’s boink-buddy list for long. Great one to take home for Thanksgiving with his mom and dad. Classy pic – 3 dressed up as a 9 material. Just goes to prove you can dress a ho’ up but you can’t take her anywhere LOL!
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George is never getting hitched. Why should he? He’s has a great life. Why eff it up. And if he did, the prenuptial agreement would be longer than the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
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Well, this one is a BIT STEP UP from his cocktail waitresses/wannabes he usually dates.
Though it would be refreshing if he dated a woman OVER 30 who also had a brain (maybe a college degree, too)!
Too deep for you, ah George?
(Darffur refugee worker or a bimbo – tough choice!)
And yes,George, you ARE right, things you did at 20 are NOT cute at 48 (like your gf grabbing your butt in a very classy hotel).
P.S. George Clooney and Jack Nicholson (2 peas in the pod?)
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Hey as long as he’s not hurting anyone it’s all good. He has this sophisticated air about his appearance and composure but it’s lost once you see his dating history.
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Yeah, DD,
I pitty him (seriously!)
“so many women, so little time…”
It’s tough being George Clooney…
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“Though it would be refreshing if he dated a woman OVER 30 who also had a brain (maybe a college degree, too)!”
The women I think he is holding out for wouldn’t have him. Women with brains and college degrees usually end up either housewives to decent men or in careers that cannot be scheduled on whim so they can build their life around him the way waitresses, strippers, bartenders, aspiring models, starlets, etc.
To women with actual careers he has nothing to offer but liabilities. He has a bad reputation with women; any woman seen with him is automatically assumed to be a stripper, waitress, etc. and it’s not usually until later that it’s found out what the actual job is.
He’s an actor and really, that’s nothing in real society no matter how many hit movies he has. He’s a total dolt and I don’t think a successful businesswoman really has time to pop over to his movie sets on whim when he needs them.
Men are just as stigmatized, it only shows less. There aren’t any actors with wives in high powered careers. Almost all of them, if not all, are models, actresses themselves, and other misc. types. Nothing that brings respectability.
Women with brains know that George is not a good bet at all, no matter how much money he has. If a decent woman dates him, who has political/society connections, there is no real knowing if he’s using the woman to build connections of his own by using her.
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To bad that Clooney will end up pressing the eject button, when she starts pressing for more of a commitment.
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“but I will say that at the moment, I’m having a very nice time being a frequent flyer on Alitalia.”
Translation: Frequent flyer on Elisabetta, for the moment, then it will be time to change rides once again.
Jackass, still behaves and talks like a 20year old yet says thats inapropriate for a 48yr old, does this jerks brain actually connect to his mouth
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She’s very beautiful and much classier and smarter than his usual female companions. I see this liaison lasting longer than usual.
I don’t understand the gay rumors, either. He could be bisexual. Sure looks like she’s sleeping with him — platonic friends don’t usually grab each other by the butt!
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’Is there a real doctor anywhere in here?’
lmao!
that’s pure hilarity right there.
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@Sakota,
I don’t think Clooney needs to use a woman for connections.
When I suggested he dates a woman with a brain or a college degree, there are other women in the entertainment field apart from actresses/models/whatever,
(like writers or producers)who are not tied down to a job. (Robert Downey Jr. married a movie producer).Of course she would have to be great looking or George would not be interested, not to mention the flak he would get from the press if she was plain(but smart).
George needs to grow up (he is 48 for God’s sake)!
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She’s one of the biggest fame whores in Europe, and he’s too stupid and immature to see it. Everyone knows she’ll ‘fly’ with anyone for publicity.
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What does LMAO stand for? Can’t make propper comments w/o knowing!
@ silly people. True dat.
And heck. Who cares if he’s acting like a 20 year old? Good for him, its working. He’s getting hot chixx who don’t seem to see the future coming (or going) just like me 20 years ago. Whatever. You reep what you sow. He’ll get the right person when he’s ready to put the right stuff out there.
I really don’t get the gaydar on him either. But if he is, then the eventual whole coming out piece on his male lover is going to be freakin HYSTERICAL and I will read Celebitchy every night for the rest of my life hoping you guys are the ones who break it.
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Enough with the “whore” comments already. So she is a starlet with no particular talent, except looking good. Doesn’t anyone see that George is stuck in Italy for months to film his new movie, and he needed company for that period of time. He has a wonderful villa in Italy, or more than 1 I believe, but can’t be alone in it, not much fun, is it? And he can’t have Bill Murray for more than a month. So why not be with a local, which besides company, is publicity?
How hard is that to get? No degree needed for that!
And if he steps into a more serious relationship with her, that would be easy to understand too. He is getting old,doesn’t want to end up alone, because single friends are running out and they can only spend so much time with him.
And if that is his choice of women, so be it. Most men his age pick much younger, pretty, not so brainy women to boost their egos day after day. Why should he be any different from the majority of men. Cope with it girls! That’s just reality. I bet all of you writing comments think you would be a better partner if only he had the chance to see you or speak to you. Well it is not how it works.
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“).Of course she would have to be great looking or George would not be interested, not to mention the flak he would get from the press if she was plain(but smart).
George needs to grow up (he is 48 for God’s sake)!”
Well, the issue is that if he is seen with a decent woman, she would automatically get the third degree and be initially subjected to snickers and presumptions about her occupation.
I have business partnerships, published writing, and I wouldn’t have him on a silver platter. His reputation is too bad and I wouldn’t trust him not to waste my time. He’s a filler guy and good enough to date for a bit, but not good to spend time trying to nail him down.
He strikes me too used to sex puppets and he could very well possibly try to treat me the same. I don’t think he would know what to do with a decent woman without her being stuck teaching him how to treat a decent woman and then wasting time after turning him into a gentleman and then getting him down the aisle.
He’s just as scummy as the women he dates, he just gets away with it because he’s a successful actor. If he were sliding in the hierarchy he would get bashed by the press, but in the industry nothing matters other than success. Not morals, decency, or even a clean criminal record.
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I’m having a very nice time being a frequent flyer on Alitalia.”..omg HOW IS that FOR A CREEPY, CHEESY ONE LINER….If I was Elisabetta I would run a mile if a guy said that to me!
As for Elisabetta grabbing George’s rear like that…it makes her look vulgar and masculine and is definately NOT a classy move. Pathetic and so is Clooney. As for her being a younger woman…..ahem….well she’s not THAT young…..certainly no spring chicken! George has golf-ball eyes too….eeeeew he’s SO creepy!!!!!
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ANY intelligent woman with class would NOT date George Clooney. In my opinion any woman dating George Clooney will end up being regarded as a high class prostitute with very little talent other than being Clooneys girlfriend and as soon as the relationship comes to an end they are history and Clooney can add another notch on his belt. I think he’s a lusty old sex maniac personally and VERY over-rated. I have seen WAY better looking men walking down my high street….and younger too!!!!
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