George Clooney and his household are French residents.
The Academy Award profitable film star, his spouse Amal and their kids have been granted citizenship in France, in accordance with the Guardian. Clooney mentioned in October his 8-year-old twins have a “significantly better life” in France than they’d have within the U.S.
Whereas some American performers headed abroad across the begin of 2025 for causes that gave the impression to be linked to the nation’s altering political setting, Clooney advised Esquire he feels the relative indifference to the youngsters of celebrities by the French will profit his kids.
“I don’t need them to be strolling round nervous about paparazzi,” Clooney mentioned. “I don’t need them being in comparison with anyone else’s well-known youngsters.”
Clooney, who now maintains twin citizenship within the U.S. and France, married British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney in 2014. She speaks fluent French, in accordance with the Guardian.
The 64-year-old actor advised the New York Instances in February that his household nonetheless has houses in England and the U.S, however spends most of their time on a farm in France, the place they respect the privateness.
Celebrities together with Rosie O’Donnell and Ellen DeGeneres indicated they just lately left the U.S. in favor of a extra liberal cultural local weather.
That isn’t the rationale Clooney gave for relocating, however he mentioned in a 2020 interview with SIRIUS radio host Howard Stern that he sees the U.S. President as a “dumb goofball” who was determined to be seen with celebrities like himself. Trump dismissed Clooney as a “second charge film ‘star’” in a March social media submit.
