George Clooney opens up about marriage to Amal — and why aging makes it better

George Clooney is sharing some rare insight into his marriage to Amal Clooney. George, who publicly supports his partner, attending multiple events with her, yet rarely shares details about their personal lives and children, is opening up about aging and the impact it has had on his work and his life. 

In an interview with CBS News, Clooney revealed that he rarely checks the way he looks in movies now. “I don’t care about that. I’m too old,” he said, laughing. He then elaborated his thoughts more, using his marriage as an example. “Well, when you’re younger, you want to be right about everything, you know, don’t paint that color wall,” he said. 

“You know, Amal and I, famously, everybody gets ticked off when I say it, but we’ve never had a fight. We’ve never had an argument. And some of it is because I’m at this point in life, where if she wants to paint a wall red, I don’t care.” 

In a previous interview with CBS Mornings, Clooney made the comment that Amal and he had never argued. “We’re trying to find something to fight about, but we just can’t seem to,” he said. 

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In the new interview, Clooney revealed that aging and maturity have made him more selective with his energy. “You get to a point in life where you just go, ‘Well, why would that be a discussion or an argument?’ We have a really amazing relationship because we’re also so supportive of each other. But when I was younger, I don’t know that that would have been the case,” he said. 

“I think I would have found things to, you know, stick my chest out about that I can now go, it doesn’t matter. I don’t care.” 

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Clooney’s rare comments on raising his kids

In his interview, Clooney also opened up about raising his kids, twins Ella and Alexander. “You’ll have to ask our kids in about 10 years when they’re in therapy,” said Clooney regarding his and Amal’s parenting style. 

“We’re present, which is fine. I get to drive them to school most of the time, which is fun. Amal is so present and so there and such a great mom. We have very happy kids. We’ll see. I mean, everybody screws it up somewhere along the way. So we’re just trying to do the least of it as we can,” he said. 

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