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George Clooney Says French Farm Life Gives His Kids 'A Much Better Life'

In a new Esquire interview the actor says relocating to a French farm protects his eight-year-old twins from Hollywood's fame culture.

Overview

  • George Clooney says he feared raising children in Los Angeles would subject them to paparazzi and fame-driven comparisons that would deny them a fair shake.
  • Living in France, he notes, offers relative indifference to celebrity, which he believes helps keep his twins, Ella and Alexander, out of the spotlight.
  • He describes a grounded home routine on the farm where the kids avoid iPads, eat with adults, and clear their dishes.
  • Amal Clooney underscores the couple’s privacy measures, including a phone basket for visitors and a longstanding refusal to publish photos of their children.
  • The family remains flexible for work, temporarily relocating to New York earlier this year during Clooney’s Broadway run before returning to their base in France.