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The Clooneys - is it real

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VanessaSanessa · 29/08/2025 17:12

Just that, they seem so deliriously in love in every picture I've seen of them.

More power to them if they are that happy, they've both hit the jackpot in so many ways.

But.. to still look so enthralled with each other after so many years??

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NewYorkSummer · 29/08/2025 18:50

TomatoSandwiches · 29/08/2025 18:47

Cindy Crawfords husband.

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I follow her on Instagram. They still seem genuinely in love too.

NewYorkSummer · 29/08/2025 18:49

Is he gay in the way Hugh Jackman is gay, ie he was married to his ‘beard’ for years, then left her…for another woman. So most likely not gay at all.

Nylen · 29/08/2025 18:49

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PandorasJam · 29/08/2025 18:49

PanderBare · 29/08/2025 18:46

Who is Randy Greuber?

Is it a sort of insult?
Get away from me, you randy grueber.

Charabanc · 29/08/2025 18:49

Two thing can simultaneously be true - they are in a normal, loving relationship which has its ups and downs, and they can turn on the smiles for big occasions like a film premiere.

bpirockin · 29/08/2025 18:48

Seriously, why could it not be real? I love to believe it is, and he took his time to finally settle down, so it was surely a very well considered pairing. He strikes me as someone with very strong values, and they have similar interests. Looks aside, it would seem they have so much more going on to hold them together. He's lost none of his charm, still twinkles, doesn't look as though he has to work at his relationship, but more like he's gained from it and the strong base/family he now has.

Someone being good looking doesn't mean they're gay, any more than holding out for something spectacular does. There are always rumours, but that's exactly what they are. Some men have their fun, and they grow up.

I, for one, hope it's real. It's not as if they're on display all of the time, they have space for glitches, but being grown-up and emotionally intelligent, they don't have to play them out in the public eye if and when they do.

PanderBare · 29/08/2025 18:48

@TomatoSandwiches , He's Rande Gerber.
Rande Gerber - Wikipedia

AmyDuPlantier · 29/08/2025 18:48

I think if anyone could come out and it not massively dent their career it would be him.

Pollyanna87 · 29/08/2025 18:47

yogpot · 29/08/2025 17:55

Why on earth would Amal, an absurdly successful human rights lawyer who has continued in this career and not attempted any kind of showbiz pivot, agree to be a beard? What possible benefit would she get from that?! She doesn’t need him!

I think he gets all the benefits in this relationship (and I’m sure he would agree!) in terms of social clout etc.

So perhaps they’re just a disgustingly attractive, successful couple who are in love. Enough to make my blood boil, tbh 😂

She clearly enjoys the spotlight, and that’s not a criticism.

TomatoSandwiches · 29/08/2025 18:47

PanderBare · 29/08/2025 18:46

Who is Randy Greuber?

Cindy Crawfords husband.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/08/2025 18:46

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/08/2025 18:46

Who?

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Have they been in any blockbusters?

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/08/2025 18:46

SuperTrooper1111 · 29/08/2025 18:44

Neil Patrick Harris. Matt Bomer. Wentworth Miller. Sean Hayes. Luke Evans.

I could go on.

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Who?

PanderBare · 29/08/2025 18:46

Who is Randy Greuber?

YouMightThinkThat · 29/08/2025 18:45

MrsKeats · 29/08/2025 18:39

I know someone who dated George’s cousin. It’s well known that he’s gay.

Up to this point I thought I had read the stupidest post on this thread but no - along you come and say this.

Do you know how this makes you sound?

Pollyanna87 · 29/08/2025 18:45

YouMightThinkThat · 29/08/2025 17:24

Lazy and not particularly well thought out comment.

GC is massively into human rights over the whole spectrum and the idea that someone of that mindset would go that far to keep himself in the closet is beyond absurd.

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If he cared about human rights, he wouldn’t work for Nestlé!

SuperTrooper1111 · 29/08/2025 18:44

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/08/2025 18:43

There is not one out n proud gay man,currently, in Hollywood.
Just sayjng

Neil Patrick Harris. Matt Bomer. Wentworth Miller. Sean Hayes. Luke Evans.

I could go on.

TomatoSandwiches · 29/08/2025 18:44

I don't think he is gay at all, I do think he was putting feelers out for an " appropriate " wife to have children with and one that leveled him up in a more serious context.
Amal is gorgeous but as a high performing woman with an illustrious career her choices of decent men that she was attracted to and that could treat her they way she should were probably small.
They seem to be a perfect match in that they meet each other's requirements and now have a lovely little family, I'm sure love has grown with time even if it was more of an arrangement in the beginning.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 29/08/2025 18:43

There is not one out n proud gay man,currently, in Hollywood.
Just sayjng

MrsKeats · 29/08/2025 18:39

I know someone who dated George’s cousin. It’s well known that he’s gay.

allwillbe · 29/08/2025 18:37

yogpot · 29/08/2025 17:55

Why on earth would Amal, an absurdly successful human rights lawyer who has continued in this career and not attempted any kind of showbiz pivot, agree to be a beard? What possible benefit would she get from that?! She doesn’t need him!

I think he gets all the benefits in this relationship (and I’m sure he would agree!) in terms of social clout etc.

So perhaps they’re just a disgustingly attractive, successful couple who are in love. Enough to make my blood boil, tbh 😂

Well said:)

Glitchymn1 · 29/08/2025 18:36

SpaceRaccoon · 29/08/2025 17:20

Beard.

I thought you meant because he had a beard 🥴🤣literally lol

SuperTrooper1111 · 29/08/2025 18:34

He's not gay. Those rumours have plagued him for years and he's said if he was gay, he'd be out and proud. It's also hugely disrespectful to Amal to claim she's been bought – the woman is a human rights lawyer who's spent her career advocating for trafficked people!

He was waiting for the right woman to settle down with, an intellectual equal he was never going to find in Hollywood. Plus, his mum has the same look as her (minus long hair)! There is a saying that men end up marrying their mothers...

The Clooneys - is it real
bumblebeedum · 29/08/2025 18:33

Wildfairy · 29/08/2025 17:25

That’s actually laughable, clooney is clearly not gay, and even if he was, he certainly wouldn’t need a beard, nor would a successful human rights lawyer agree to it and have kids with him. Cmon, lazy comment,

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Yet he’s a brand ambassador for nespresso a nestle company. Nestle the company well known for its human rights violations particularly child labour?

SwedishEdith · 29/08/2025 18:32

TaupeMember · 29/08/2025 18:24

Im not saying one way but youd be pretty dense to not know that some film stars are in the closet as the ones out as gay don't make the same bucks at the box office, and therefore stay in the closet and have fake girlfriends.

I agree. I've no idea and couldn't care less if he (or she) was gay or not. But is it really that easy to be gay as a lead actor in Hollywood?

PermanentTemporary · 29/08/2025 18:29

I find it completely believable that he’s bisexual. He has that Cary Grant energy.