George Clooney’s parents encourage him to settle down with Elisabetta

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Two tabloids have some juicy gossip about George Clooney and his Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis. Well, maybe not so juicy, but George is likely going to be up for another Oscar this year, and he’s got to sell this relationship as “The One”. Now, I think Elisabetta has a pretty decent chance of sticking around for a bit longer than the other girls. But, I do think she’s being sold (and selling herself) as “The One” for other purposes. I’m just putting that out there, Clooney apologists.

Anyway, first up is the National Enquirer. They’re running a big story about how all of George’s friends and even his parents want him to settle down with Elisabetta:

George Clooney’s parents are urging George to wed his new girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, say sources close to the star. Clooney swore he’d never marry again after his three-year-marriage to actress Talia Balsam collapsed in 1993 – but Elisabetta has made him reconsider, say his pals.

George, 48, and Elisabetta, 31, have been inseparable since meeting in Italy. Elisabetta has been staying in Clooney’s Lake Como villa, and the two have been traveling the globe together, spending time in London, New York, Rome, Mexico and Los Angeles.

George’s parents and friends have all given Elisabetta the thumbs up.

“They are the perfect match,” said a friend of the couple. “They are both actors, and they both love sports. They love long motorcycle rides, and they love going out on George’s boat. They also like to share romantic dinners, good wine and lots of laughs. And George loves that Elisabetta, whose mother teaches Italian literature, and whose father is a doctor, likes to read and to talk politics.”

George’s mother Nina “told George she would be delighted to have Elisabetta as a daughter-inlaw,” said a source. “She and Nick would love George to get married again and give them grandchildren, and she hopes George will pop the question.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 18, 2010]

Yeah… I’m not sure if I believe George’s parents are all “get married already.” I think they know their son, and they don’t judge him for not getting hitched. And really, would he be the best husband? Also, I love that Elisabetta “reading books” and “talking politics” impresses George. That’s what he gets for spending years dating interchangeable cocktail waitresses and escorts. Of course, Elisabetta isn’t that independent. She pretty much dropped everything in her life to run off with George and do whatever he needs her to do.

Meanwhile, Star Magazine is reporting that George is so “crazy” about Elisabetta, “he’ll do anything to make her happy.” What, perchance, would make Elisabetta happy? Access to all of Clooney’s accounts, maybe? Almost! Star says that George bought her an $8 million villa in Los Cabos, Mexico. He bought her the Mexico pad because “she doesn’t like LA much, so he’s given her a home away from home in Mexico… He’s even added a guesthouse for her best friend who travels with her. George says, ‘Whatever Elisabetta wants, she gets!’” Gah! I wonder if he put the villa in her name. If he did, that’s quite a… payment for services rendered.

By the way, have we talked about Clooney’s new beard? I kind of like it. It makes him look older, but I find it very sexy:

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George Clooney leaving Mr. Chow after eating with Elisabetta on January 7, 2010. Credit: Hector Vasquez, PacificCoastNews.com. George & Elisabetta at the ‘Up in the Air‘ premiere in Rome on October 17, 2009. Credit: PCN.

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  1. LolaBella says:

    Sure and then they’ll encourage him to give them some grandbabies! Aww, GTFO!

    @ Kaiser: ‘By the way, have we talked about Clooney’s new beard? I kind of like it. It makes him look older, but I find it very sexy’. You little minx! LOVE IT!

  2. Kaiser says:

    Ha! I honestly didn’t mean “beard” – I meant his actual beard, but I guess it works both ways.

    She does make him look older, IMO. But then again, I don’t buy that she’s “31”.

  3. Firestarter says:

    What’s the deal with people insisting others get married? It’s not the be all, end all of life.

  4. snowball says:

    Even though she looks a lot like all the other interchangeable women he dates, I think they look nice together, even if she is closer to 40 than 30. She generally doesn’t look like she’s terrified of the cameras.

    “They are both actors, and they both love sports. They love long motorcycle rides, and they love going out on George’s boat. They also like to share romantic dinners, good wine and lots of laughs.”

    I like most of those things too. George can marry me, I’ll even beard, oops, mean I’ll trim HIS beard for him.

  5. LolaBella says:

    @ Kasiser: LOL! She could be 31, one of my GFs has been 33 for the last FOUR years!

  6. rachel says:

    it was the same with sarah larson, lisa snowdon, krista allen, celine balitran etc… all these girls were ‘the one’ at the time. All sources (friends, parents) said the same things. Nothing new. She’s ‘the one’ for the moment because George is selling these movies. Next year there will another ‘one’.

  7. Linda says:

    I just don’t care if he does or not. I’m not seeing what it is about him.

  8. Lantana says:

    I’d take his beard over Brad Pitt’s any day. They’re an attractive couple, although seeing the practically-Dominatrix pictures of Elisabetta that were in the magazine recently, I can’t imagine why his parents would want him to marry her.

  9. Phowie says:

    I thought the whole article was about Clooney’s new beard.

  10. Nadia says:

    He is so incredibly hot. Swoon.

  11. Frenchie says:

    Didn’t knew George still had his parents… he looks prehistoric to me

  12. Hellen says:

    I’m gonna go with “35.” And that might be giving her a year.

    Why women STILL lie about their ages? Have we learned *nothing* from Susan Sarandon?? 😉

  13. ogechi says:

    all the best to them

  14. Annabelle says:

    Hes like 65 years old- I doubt his parents care about him “settling down” at this point

  15. Sigh. says:

    Yeah, ITA on all points —

    I think his parents are the “as long as you’re happy” type, especially since they witnessed his 1st marriage crash ‘n’ burn before he was “Sexiest…” or “Academy Award Winning…”

    For some reason, some people NEED for him to be inches away from the altar. Maybe the tabs are sitting on some phony mind-blowing open marriage/break-up rumors they’re earger to use (they’re being wasted on Jolie/Pitt).

    She has another job besides being “The One?”

    That beard – BEAUTIFULLY manicured (not her, she’s got man hands). I wouldn’t kick it outta bed (not her, I don’t swing that way).

  16. Birdie says:

    I think she looks closer to 38-40 but that could be years of smoking, drinking, and sun too. Thin women tend to age earlier…

    Anyway George is never getting married. He’s a skeezy old dude who wants to stay single and spend his money while banging the flavor of the week forever.

  17. Beth says:

    I was going to say the same thing as Rachel. The stories just substituted Sarah with Elisabetta.

  18. Sumodo says:

    Why do you think they’re pushing the idea of having babies on Elisabetta Canalis: ’cause she’s 40.

  19. @ says:

    Those mags are full of crap . They say the same thing about anyone he dates . Psychic prediction , I see her dumping him . He will be seen around town heart broken and depressed . He will have too much pride to beg her back . A year and a half from now he will be settled down with ” THE ONE ” . It will not be a publc relationship . There will be rumors of him being with someone but nothing confermed . I don’t ever see him getting married or haveing children . I see him getting out of show buisness all together in about 5 years . Eli will marry a man from England and have 2 children . She will host a talk show in Italy and be happy . Her guy is HOT ! He is close to the same age and is better looking than Clooney . She will meet this man while she is with Clooney . When they meet the room will get HOT ! He is a total wild man ! SEXY ! SEXY ! SEXY ! He’s RICH and not in the limelight . Clooney will be PISSED !

  20. Raven says:

    I believe her age. As far as him settling down, I don’t see him taking that step, although she could be around for awhile. I think people who desire celebrity have to be different from most people (like his waitresses) in terms of how they are willing to live their lives. She was a celebrity before she met him so she’s got the bug, so-to-speak. She’s also got her own money so he can buy her gifts but she is able to support herself. That makes her less needy. She may be flying back and forth to Italy and still working at times. We don’t know. Anything that makes her more independent will keep him around longer, IMO.

  21. Let’s see……..she likes to travel, romantic dinners, fine wine and laughing. Where can I sign up for this “job?” Great requirements for George’s wife. He isn’t going to get married…….and why should he? Because he parents say so? DUMB.

  22. brenda says:

    Didn’t they have these exact same stories about sarah larson, just before he dumped her after he got tired of her. I think people like to force marriage like it’s the ultimate goal in life. I think he’s happy with his life…having a different girl every few months. At least he realizes it and doesn’t play the nice family man like Tiger Woods while screwing anything in a skirt.

  23. Sigh. says:

    @ 19 —
    Not that I’m psychic or anything, but your post made me think — Why is it always that HE dumped the other women?

    If everyone thinks she’s the most beautifullest, most smartest, most independentest, the most most-est of most worthiest of him, then why can’t she be “The One” who is just as willing to stay unmarried and duck out when SHE’S bored/tired of him?

    THAT would be a twist on this ages-old story.

    EDIT: ITA w/ Brenda, if he married/spawned for the benefit of all mankind, this would be about mistresses and effed-up overexposed Hollywood kids.

  24. Kim says:

    NE had a story about GC marrying Sarah a week after he came out they had broken up

  25. Ally says:

    If they’re still together after awards season, maybe I’ll believe it. Otherwise I think he just likes to have a steady, respectable date when the older members of the Academy Awards are voting. (Although she does have the advantage of having similar features to his: narcissist actors love themselves most, so they will prefer a spouse who looks like them.)

    Saw “Up in the Air” this week. Not good — sort of a flavorless mash-up of “In Good Company” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” without the charm and storytelling verve of either. If it wins awards I will be annoyed. (But then I gave up on the Oscars when Helen Hunt won that Oscar, confirmed by “Crash” some years later.)

    You could see in the movie that Clooney is aging quickly all of a sudden. And with his Italian heritage showing more as he does! His looks (esp. around the eyes) reminded me of Marcello Mastroianni in his later years.

  26. Tru says:

    are his parents senile??? George loves young men…he’s a aging queen, these folks are stillllll trying to marry him off with a woman???

    keep it real, why don’t ya..
    He already said he does not want kids..

    what would he need a woman for? he’s more than enough woman.

  27. Rosanna says:

    “She pretty much dropped everything in her life to run off with George and do whatever he needs her to do.”

    — how many women do it? MANY! Of course it’s wrong of Elisabetta to do so, but it’s also wrong of most of our moms.

  28. Goddess711 says:

    Yeahhhhh somehow his mom saying she wants that Italian ho’bag for a daughter-in-law doesn’t seem likely.
    Elisabetta appears pretty vacuous – can’t see Georgeous settling down with a broad like that….

  29. Lita says:

    I really object to this auto-notion that anyone that dates someone rich and famous (we don’t report on the rich and not famous :o) is by definition considered a golddigger. You can’t win! Is there any evidence (of actual substance) that says EC is trying to gain ‘access to his accounts?’ And even if he did buy a place for her per that (sketchy) report – which at $8m is probably relatively means-tested analogous to me buying my husband an overly extravagant Christmas present – why can it not be a nice gift rather than ‘payment for services rendered?’ That is just so unbelievably crass and one-dimensional. It’s the sort of mysoginist crap attitude I’d expect from Tucker Max. Way to rock the single entendre.

    I thought that EC was successful in Italy in her own right but even if she isn’t – is she supposed to reject gifts that she cannot reciprocate, not go on holidays together because she can’t pay her own way, maybe not date at all since she doesn’t have the same wealth? That’s just a stupid notion.

  30. Leek says:

    Why are there gay rumours about Clooney anyway? I never heard this until recently. Is it mostly just because of the way he shuns the idea of marriage and kids, and dates women who are somewhat disposable that need him for a boost? What is it?

  31. Dhavy says:

    He will never marry and every time he’s with a new girl they always say she’s the one

    And I don’t think he’s that dumb to spend that much money on a woman who he’s just started going out with

    BTW I wouldn’t mind if I was the flavor of the week, he’s so damn sexy

  32. wow says:

    Freaking “A”, Firestarter. I guess its because misery loves company or something.

  33. Orbit says:

    “He’s even added a guesthouse for her best friend who travels with her.” Grrrrr

    Yeah, married and some kids before his folks croak.

  34. lightbulb says:

    The George is getting married rumours are the same as the Brangalina split rumours, there is a new one every week and nothing ever happens.

    He will never marry again, he loves his money too much, what you think he hasn’t been reading the Tiger/Sheen stories. As for the Mexico house he has been building that for a couple of years, long before he met Eli. Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber own the villa next door, its their weekend getaway place.

    Rumour was that George paid off Sarah Larsons Las Vegas mortgage (around $200k)it suddenly disaapeared when she was dating him, but George give away a $8million house to ‘some random woman'(thats what he called her on the LA red carpet) no way, she might end up with an apartment in Milan but that would be it.

    Even though he is a good tipper, George is known to be relatively tight with his money, he doesn’t waste it.

  35. We_Are_Not_Amused says:

    Oh is Elisabetta now passing herself off as an “actor”. That’s rich. I think some members of the press need to do their research … google translate will probably help.

    Anyway, if they are actually getting married, maybe NESCAFÉ and the United Nations can split the cost of their wedding? You know, for services rendered. Har.

  36. Maritza says:

    He looks so much better with the beard. I really don’t believe George is gay, he just loves being a bachelor. I think he’ll end up like Warren Beatty, marrying old and love being a father. Elizabetta could be the one.

  37. nanster says:

    He’s hot – I wish he’d take ME away somewhere!

  38. WTF?!? says:

    nanster– I’ll fight ya for him!

  39. Tara says:

    The mexican villa was bought two years ago, how could he buy it for her?! Bullshit… I know Elisabette is well known as famewhore in Italy, maybe these rumors ar made by her publicist…

  40. His parents? says:

    Clooney’s parents go dinner with son but without the tranny!!!

    http://x17video.com/celebrity_video/george_clooney/george_clooney_dines_with_pare.php

  41. WTF?!? says:

    Her hand on his crotch in the 2nd pic is a nice touch.

  42. Stan says:

    Clooney’s no fool, that’s why he’s not married. He hasn’t bought in to the whole “marriage will make you complete” BS. He would have my full respect if he’d never been married, but at least he’s close. There is no reason for a decent looking man with money to marry these days, unless he’s marrying a woman who’s richer than he is.

  43. Jacqueline says:

    I think Elisabetta is a lesbian and George is gay/bi. I think he is paying her to stick around. I also think he is either sterile or had a vesectomy because one of the arm candies would’ve gotten pregnant by now-but if he is gay, he wasnt even sleeping with them.

  44. chelesa says:

    When I First Saw Him in Batman that’s When I Was Like OMG He Is Fine. But Now that i Know What I Know.Hopefully others Do too. He is Eithier Bi Or Gay But Defintely Not Straight. I Basically Dont Think Think Anyone Is fine In Any Entertainment Because They Are All The same.Dont Be Fooled!Actually N-A-S-T-Y ! And Just Really Pity Them For What they Have To Experience!