Bachelor no more! George Clooney has been linked to many women over the years before settling down into married and family life.
Before he tied the knot with wife Amal Clooney, the Academy Award winner was labeled a bachelor because of his disinterest in marriage.
“People forget that I was married. I love that, ‘Will he get married?’ I don’t talk about it because I don’t think about it,” George wrote in an essay for Esquire in 2011.
The actor was previously married to Talia Balsam. The couple got married in 1989 and divorced three years later.
George continued to have high-profile relationships with stars, including Céline Balitran, Lisa Snowdon, Krista Allen, Sarah Larson, Elisabetta Canalis and Stacy Keibler. Then everything changed after a mutual friend introduced him to Amal in 2013.
“I was like, ‘I’m never getting married. I’m not gonna have kids,’” he told GQ in November 2020. “‘I’m gonna work, I’ve got great friends, my life is full, I’m doing well.’ And I didn’t know how un-full it was until I met Amal.”
The couple got engaged less than a year later and got married in Italy in September 2014. George and Amal welcomed twins Alexander and Ella in June 2017.
“He doubted for so long that he’d get to meet that soulmate he always dreamed of … but when Amal came along, everything changed,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly about the pair in April 2021. “It’s no exaggeration to say she swept him off his feet.”
The insider noted that George “considers Amal extraordinary” and that the Tomorrowland star “tells anyone who’ll listen how he’s the one who hit the jackpot here, not her.”
The Oscar winner and the human rights lawyer continue to put “constant effort” into their relationship. “Like any marriage, they’ve had their challenges and needed to adapt to certain situations and challenges,” the source shared. “It’s taken compromise, establishing boundaries and a lot of patience to keep the relationship on track but they’ve done just that.”
The two continued to remain strong through the COVID-19 pandemic, opting to spend quarantine stateside rather than at their family’s home in Lake Como, Italy. “[Being in Los Angeles] gave them the chance to hit the refresh button, spend time together as a family unit and play family without interruption,” the insider added. “George and Amal are very solid right now.”
The happy couple showed off their strong bond at the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2022, at which the Fantastic Mr. Fox actor was honored for his work in the entertainment industry.
“I’m proud of him all the time, but it is really fun to have a weekend like this, celebrating him with the likes of the President and Secretary of State, and his parents,” Amal told Extra at the time. “Hopefully one day we can show our kids some of the things that have been said about him over the course of the weekend.”
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