George Clooney, who is set to appear in Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, recently revealed why he wants to keep his kids away from Hollywood culture. The Ocean’s Eleven star married human rights lawyer Amal Clooney in 2014. In 2017, the couple welcomed their twins, Alexander and Ella.
Despite gaining fame from movies like Gravity and The Descendants, the 64-year-old actor spoke about why he wants to keep his kids away from the L.A. life, and why he worries they wouldn’t have a fair chance growing up.
George Clooney on raising kids outside Hollywood culture
George Clooney recently talked about his family. He shared that he drives a van for carpool and often has his kids singing along to Hamilton in the back. In an interview with Esquire earlier this week, the Wolfs star, who now lives on a farm in France with his family, talked about raising his kids away from Hollywood.
He explained that living on a farm gives his kids a normal childhood, away from screens and celebrity culture. “Yeah, we’re very lucky. You know, we live on a farm in France. A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid I hated the whole idea of it. But now, for them, it’s like—they’re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life,” he said.
Clooney further explained that he worried about raising them in Los Angeles. “I was worried about raising our kids in L. A., in the culture of Hollywood. I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life. France—they kind of don’t give a shit about fame. I don’t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don’t want them being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”
Fans eager to see George Clooney on screen will get to watch him later this year. He will feature in a comedy-drama alongside Adam Sandler called Jay Kelly, which hits select theaters on November 14 and will stream worldwide on Netflix from December 5.
