George Clooney opens up about fatherhood, twins and moving to France

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George Clooney has spoken candidly about why he became a father so late and the challenges of raising his eight-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander. He once believed marriage and children weren’t his path, yet celebrity lives can turn in unexpected ways. After meeting Amal, he realized he no longer feared putting family ahead of career, and at 56 he became a father for the first time.

Today, Clooney admits his main worry is the pull of modern technology. He avoids social media altogether and doesn’t let the children have accounts. Computer time at home is limited to schoolwork. He knows these rules won’t hold forever, but he hopes to prepare the kids for the digital world first — a pragmatic stance that reflects careful parenting rather than strictness for its own sake.

Another decisive move, in his view, was leaving Los Angeles for France. After buying an estate in Provence, he took the twins away from what he sees as Hollywood’s toxic environment. There, he believes, it’s easier to raise grounded children instead of pampered celebrity offspring — a logic that feels hard to fault.

Clooney acknowledges that without Amal he probably wouldn’t have chosen fatherhood at all. Now it is his family that truly makes him happy.

It seems he has found the balance he searched for, and fans have reason to be glad for one of Hollywood’s most private stars.