George Clooney has long had a reputation for being a prank on his set, which seems to have gone in his parenting style.
The 59-year-old actor did a virtual interview for The Late Show on Friday with Stephen Colbert, where he promoted his new Netflix movie The Midnight Sky.
With Christmas just around the corner, Clooney revealed the minor joke he made about his children, in an effort to get them to behave during Christmas.
Reputation: George Clooney has long had a reputation for being a prank on his set, which seems to have passed into his parenting style.
Prank: With Christmas just around the corner, Clooney revealed the minor joke he made about his children in an effort to get them to behave during Christmas.
Clooney interviewed at his home in London and joked that he was trying to prevent his children from being completely assimilated as British, joking that his children, the three-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, want to give up milk and eat. Santa’s pie. , instead of milk and cookies.
He also revealed that he “devised a way” to keep his children, which he shares with his wife Amal Clooney, in line during the hectic holiday season.
“At three years old, you just try to keep your kids in line, in general, so we came up with a way to get them to behave during that time,” Clooney said.
George from London: Clooney did the interview from home in London and joked that he was trying to stop his children from assimilating completely as British, joking that his children, the three-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, want to give up milk and chop the pie for Santa, instead of milk and cakes
George and his wife: He also revealed that he has “devised a way” to keep his children, which he shares with his wife Amal Clooney, in line during the hectic holiday season.
“When I fall asleep in the morning – I sleep in the same bedroom – they start making noises and you can hear the two of them catching each other, and I stand in front of the door and go” Oh, Santa Claus! “And then you hear Santa is there and it’s like ‘Ho ho ho,'” Clooney said with the best cheerful impression of St. Nick.
“And I say, ‘What are you doing here, Santa Claus?’ And he says, “Oh, I just make sure the kids are good kids.” “
“And you can hear them say, ‘We’re Santa Claus!’ We are! “Then he leaves and goes out and behaves incredibly well,” he added.
Santa Claus: “When I fall asleep in the morning – I sleep in the same bedroom – they start making noises and you can hear the two of them reaching each other, and I stand in front of the door and go” Oh, Santa Claus! “And then you hear Santa is there and he’s like ‘Ho ho ho,'” Clooney said with the best cheerful impression of St. Nick.
Assuring me: “And I say,“ What are you doing here Santa Claus? And he says, “Oh, I just make sure the kids are good kids.”
While the trick worked wonders during the holidays, he is already trying to figure out how to adapt it to Easter.
“I’m worried about the Easter Bunny, because I’m not really sure what it sounds like,” Clooney joked.
Clooney added that he is in London, because there should be a “car premiere” of his film The Midnight Sky.
Adapt: Although the trick worked wonders during the holidays, he is already trying to figure out how to adapt it at Easter
“I landed and they came out and said, ‘I just got to level 3, you have to quarantine for two weeks in your house,'” Clooney added.
He added that his wife, Amal, is in quarantine with him, “and that makes everything good,” along with having her children there.
Clooney plays and directs The Midnight Sky, his seventh feature film as a director, debuting on December 23 on Netflix.
Quarantine: “I landed and they came out and said I had just reached level 3, you have to quarantine for two weeks in your house,” Clooney added.