George Clooney’s Kids: Everything To Know About His Adorable Twins, Alexander & Ella

• George Clooney and Amal Clooney stock 5-year-old twins Alexander and Ella
• George and Amal effort to support their kids retired of the spotlight, but person opened up astir their personalities connected a fewer occasions
• Alexander and Ella are rather astute and tin talk 3 languages, which George erstwhile said is simply a “mistake”

George Clooney, 61, is the arrogant papa of 2 children: Alexander and Ella Clooney. The actor’s twins were calved successful 2017, little than 3 years into his matrimony to his wife, Amal Clooney, 44. George was 56 years aged erstwhile helium welcomed his babe lad and miss into the world, and he’s been a loving, hands-on dada ever since.

When asked if he’s ever acrophobic astir being an older begetter portion speaking to Hoda Kotb connected TODAY in Oct. 2022, helium rapidly replied with his charming consciousness of humor. “I benignant of similar the thought of being benignant of retired of it erstwhile my girl starts to date,” helium said earlier acting retired a imaginable situation. “Papa, I privation you to conscionable [this guy]. He’s a drummer successful a band,” helium said, pretending to beryllium Ella. “What? I similar toast,” helium replied, pretending to beryllium “out of it.”

As fans know, determination was rather a spot of clip erstwhile George thought helium mightiness ne'er go a father. However, gathering Amal changed each of that. Read connected to larn however that happened and astir the A-list couple’s 2 children.

George & Amal Clooney’s Relationship

For years, George Clooney was 1 of the astir sought-after men successful Hollywood. He was famously successful a narration with actress Kelly Preston for 2 years successful the precocious 80s earlier marrying his archetypal wife, Talia Balsam, successful 1989. They were unneurotic for 4 years earlier splitting successful 1993. In the years that followed, George dated a fig of celebrated women, including Cameron Diaz, Renee Zellweger, Krista Allen, Linda Thompson, Elisabetta Canalis, and Stacy Keibler. However, nary of these gorgeous ladies were capable to get him to settee down.

In September 2013, George attended a fundraiser, wherever helium met Amal for the archetypal clip done a communal friend. Despite their 17-year property difference, the 2 deed it disconnected acknowledgment to their communal interests. Right disconnected the bat, Amal was precise antithetic than astir of George’s celebrated exes — aft all, she was a humanitarian rights lawyer, not a celebrity. Shortly aft the pair’s archetypal meeting, they sparked romance rumors erstwhile they were spotted retired astatine meal together.

After that, Amal and George were inseparable. “There is nary question that having Amal successful my beingness changed everything for me, nary question astir that,” George gushed to CBS Mornings in Nov. 2020. “It was the archetypal clip that everything that she did and everything astir her was infinitely much important than thing astir me.” By April 2014, conscionable six months aft they met, the humanitarian and Tomorrowland histrion were engaged.

George and Amal Clooney deed the reddish carpet together. (James Veysey/Shutterstock)

However, the connection didn’t spell precisely however George planned. In fact, helium called it a “horrible moment,” due to the fact that Amal was not expecting the concern astatine all. When helium led her to the engagement ringing helium had hidden, it really took her rather immoderate clip to accidental yes. “She kept looking astatine the ringing and looking astatine me,” George revealed during a 2016 quality on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “We present cognize [how agelong it really took] due to the fact that determination was a playlist — and it was 25 minutes! I yet said, ‘I anticipation the reply is yes, due to the fact that I’m 52 and I could propulsion my hep retired beauteous soon.’ And she said ‘Yes,’ truthful it worked out.”

George and Amal tied the knot connected Sept. 27, 2014 astatine Ca’Farsetti, a palace successful Italy. The wedding was a tiny affair, with lone 105 guests successful attendance. Before helium joined Amal, George was publically beauteous adamant that helium would ne'er beryllium a joined antheral again, but that evidently each changed erstwhile helium met the gorgeous lawyer. “I was [always] like, ‘I’m ne'er getting married, I’m not gonna person kids,”” George recalled to GQ successful 2020. “‘I’m gonna work, I’ve got large friends, my beingness is full, I’m doing well.’ And I didn’t cognize how un-full it was until I met Amal. And past everything changed. And I was like, ‘Oh, actually, this has been a immense bare space.'”

For the astir part, George and Amal are a reasonably backstage couple. However, implicit the years, they’ve attended a fig of high-profile events together. From the Met Gala to the Golden Globe Awards and Cannes Film Festival, George and Amal person walked each of the astir prestigious reddish carpets arsenic a couple.

Ella & Alexander Clooney

The astir important infinitesimal of their relationship, though, happened successful 2017. Amal gave commencement to the pair’s duplicate children — daughter, Ella Clooney, and son, Alexander Clooney — connected June 6, 2017. News of Amal’s gestation broke connected a Feb. 2017 occurrence of The Talk. Julie Chen shared the quality with fans, and aboriginal explained, “My hubby and I saw George and Amal astir 3 weeks agone and they casually mentioned that they were expecting twins. We were like, ‘Is it a secret?’ and George benignant of went, ‘No.’ But we didn’t consciousness close telling anybody.”

George and Amal Clooney retired with girl Ella. (CIAOPIX / FREZZA LAFATA / BACKGRID)

Alexander is the older of the twins, arsenic helium was calved minutes earlier his sister, Ella. Alexander was calved astatine 12:54 p.m., portion Ella arrived 2 minutes later, astatine 12:56 p.m. However, George precocious revealed that Ella is the “more assertive” of the two. His mother-in-law, Baria Alamuddin, confirmed that to beryllium the case. “She’s lone 2 years aged and she’s already the astir almighty miss successful the full family,” Baria told HELLO! magazine. “She’s conscionable determined and knows what she wants.”

Of course, uncovering retired that helium was having twins was rather a daze for George. “I was up for ONE,” helium joked during the CBS This Morning interview. “I’m like, ‘I’m old!’ All of a sudden, it’s two, and I virtually … it’s hard to get maine to not talk, and I conscionable stood determination for, like, 10 minutes, conscionable staring astatine this portion of paper. But I’m truthful gladsome they person each other.”

George and Amal person made a constituent to support their children retired of the nationalist eye. They person not willingly shared photos of them, and they’ve done their champion to shield Ella and Alexander’s faces from paparazzi cameras portion retired successful public. However, George has opened up astir the small ones successful interviews connected assorted occasions, truthful fans person gotten immoderate penetration into what their beingness is like.

In 2019, George revealed that Ella and Alexander were bilingual babies, contempt conscionable being 2 years aged astatine the time. “They’ve evidently got my wife’s brains,” helium told Ellen DeGeneres. “They’re not rather two, and they tin number to 20 successful English and Italian.”

Later successful 2022, George joked that teaching his children 2 languages was a “terrible mistake” portion helium and Amal sat down for a chat with Gayle King. “We taught them Italian, but we don’t talk Italian,” explained. “So we’ve equipped them with a connection they tin harm america with. And we some don’t truly cognize what they’re saying.” He besides said they’ve learned French arsenic well.

After the coronavirus pandemic successful 2020, George besides confirmed that Alexander suffers from asthma. He admitted that the Clooney household didn’t permission their spacious compound during the COVID lockdown owed to Alexander’s wellness condition. “They accidental it’s not truthful atrocious connected young people, but bash we cognize that?” George wondered successful an interrogation with The Guardian. “We don’t cognize thing astir the longterm of this yet.”

Amal Clooney and George Clooney locomotion the reddish carpet together. (James Veysey/Shutterstock)

Although George has said that having twins is simply a handful, helium confirmed that Ella and Alexander are “good kids” successful a 2019 interrogation with the TODAY Show. “They truly came retired with the personalities that they’re calved with,” helium said. “They’re conscionable wholly antithetic personalities, and they’re amusive and smart. I mean, they tin already bash each their ABCs successful Italian and English!” However, helium told W mag successful 2021 that the “kids are slobs,” which has him doing laundry and dishes much often than ever before.

Even though George was successful his 50s erstwhile helium became a father, helium precocious admitted that helium wouldn’t person had it immoderate different way. “I recovered the close idiosyncratic to person them with,” helium said connected the TODAY Show successful March 2021. He added, “There are immoderate people, their extremity was [to person children]. Mine wasn’t. I wasn’t looking astatine beingness going, ‘My beingness volition beryllium unfulfilled without children.’ I felt similar I had a beauteous afloat life. Then I met Amal and I realized that my beingness had been beauteous empty. And erstwhile you propulsion these 2 kids successful there, abruptly you recognize however incredibly bare it was.”

Will George & Amal Have More Kids?

In July 2021, it was reported by a tabloid mag that George and Amal were expecting their 3rd kid together. However, their typical unopen down the rumors, confirming that the speculation is “not true.” George and Amal person not publically revealed whether oregon not they program to person much children, but a root antecedently told Us Weekly that it’s a “never accidental ne'er situation.”