“ We consider in very serious open matters , with very serious bad guys … we have to work firmly at trying to stay private . ”
For decades, we’ve knownGeorge Clooneyas a movie star. But, in the past few years, we’ve learned more about him as a father.
In 2017, George and his wife, lawyer and human rights activistAmal Clooney, welcomed twinsAlexander and Ella.
Despite being known worldwide, George and Amal are incredibly private, so it’s hardly surprising that we haven’t ever seen much of the twins, who turned 7 in June.
And now, in a joint interview withBrad Pitt for GQ, George has opened up about why it’s so important to him and Amal to protect Ella and Alexander’s privacy as much as possible.
“A lot of people — even who reach a fairly high level of fame — find a way to be able to kind of live a normal life, walk around the streets ofNew Yorkwithout being followed and stuff like that,” George said in response to a question about navigating celebrity. “And there’s, I dunno, five or six of us where it’s just never subsided.”
Given his fame and the amount of scrutiny he has faced, George said he feels a huge responsibility to distance his children from the public eye and prevent photographs of them circulating online.
Brad and George also agreed that they will sometimes “avoid going to the hospital with something that you would normally go to the hospital for” out of fear that the trip might generate “headlines.”
Of course, George and Amal aren’t the first famous parents to go to great lengths to avoid having their children photographed. Other A-list couples, includingRyan Goslingand Eva Mendes, as well asBlake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, have talked openly in the past about keeping their kids’ faces hidden from the public.
You can read George and Brad’sfull GQ interview here.
