It is not uncommon for celebrities to give their children unique and sometimes bizarre names, with a less obvious meaning.
But it seems that George Clooney had none of this when he and his wife Amal Alamuddin met their twins in the world three and a half years ago.
The reasoning of the acclaimed actor was that life under the brilliance of his fame would be difficult enough for his children without having strange names to start.
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Facing the trend: George Clooney revealed that he refused to give the twins strange names of stars, in an interview with AARP; is photographed on Jimmy Kimmel Live in December 2020
After being known as the perpetual bachelor in the early years of his career, Clooney turned that single person upside down, madam, when he married Alamuddin in September 2014.
He then won the title of “family man” when the couple became parents of twins – a boy and a girl – in June 2017.
When he decided to name his children, the two-time Oscar winner insisted that he was not following the unusual name trend; so Alexander and Ella decided.
“We didn’t want strange names like that for our children. They will already have enough problems. It is difficult to be the son of someone famous and successful ‘, explained the star of The Descendants in an interview given to AARP.
His reason: the acclaimed actor and director said that his children will have enough problems under the brilliance of his fame to give them unusual names
Clooney’s confession comes after spending forty months in quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic at his home in Los Angeles.
Like many people during the blockade, the actor turned a lot of attention to his children and began to make time for the things he had postponed.
One of his lesser known talents happens to be sewing, which has been used since the coronavirus was considered a pandemic in mid-March 2020.
“I do a lot of things to sew children’s clothes,” Clooney said in the February / March issue of the magazine. And my wife’s dress that tore a few times. I was a bachelor for a long time and I didn’t have money and you have to learn how to fix things.
He also revealed that he repaired his wife’s torn dress after learning for years to make repairs like a bachelor for a long time.
Jack of all trades: George Clooney opened about sewing his children’s clothes and exchanging letters with his wife Amal Alamuddin during the AARP interview
“If we were on an island and you had to choose someone to help you survive, I would choose myself. Ask all my friends and they will choose me too. I can get a pitcher out of this.
The actor became useful around the house, while the family got dressed and decided to stain the furniture and the interior and exterior of his house.
“It was getting dirty and I had buckets of stains and I was saying, ‘Well, what do I do? “It simply came to our notice then. And I put chicken wire all over the dogs ‘yard,’ he said.
Also, the pandemic did not stop his passion for writing letters.
Quality time: The actor became useful in the house, while the family got dressed in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to stain the furniture and the interior of his house.
Clooney has an appreciation for letters and has some from Walter Cronkite, Paul Newman and Gregory Peck framed and locked around his house.
The actor and his wife will also change letters every few months, which is a tradition that continues despite the health crisis.
“Even closed, I will write a letter and slip it on her desk, or she will write a letter and leave it under the pillow,” he said of their romantic gestures to maintain the spontaneous relationship.
Sweet touch: the actor and his wife will exchange letters every few months, a tradition that did not stop during the health crisis
With the 60-year-old Clooney fast approaching, the Kentucky native confessed he had turned down offers to appear on the cover of AARP for about 10 years.
However, he contemplated doing it as a joke when he celebrated his 50th birthday.
“I wanted to make a little funny, who would be the sexiest man still alive. I would have taken a funny picture, like with a walker “, Clooney said in the interview.
Most recently, Clooney directed and starred in the science fiction film The Midnight Sky, which began a limited theatrical release in December 2020, before being released on Netflix.
Going strong: Clooney and Alamuddin have been married for over six years