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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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TaupeMember · 29/08/2025 23:31

abracadabra1980 · 29/08/2025 23:20

Wtf does beard mean in the context it’s been mentioned?

Someone paid to be his partner, to hide the fact he's gay.

It doesn't mean there isn't some kind of relationship going on, in the sense of.affection and trust

2021x · 29/08/2025 23:30

Honestly who cares.

There have been many political marriages (it’s a contract after all). As long as no one is being abused does it matter?

abracadabra1980 · 29/08/2025 23:20

Wtf does beard mean in the context it’s been mentioned?

Invinoveritaz · 29/08/2025 23:19

I’m pretty convinced she’s his beard. There have been so many stories for years and years about him on Popbitch. They were right about Jimmy Saville - obviously not comparing GC to JS but just saying popbitch are usually onto something when they do their stories.

Caplin · 29/08/2025 23:16

George has an incredible charity (The Sentry) which shuts down illegal money flows from Nigeria, guns, drugs, by closing down the bank accounts of gangs.

Together they have an incredible charity (Clooney Foundation for Justice) to help political prisoners like Nazanin Zahari Radcliffe. They are both doing a huge power of work in areas that they can’t really talk too much about due to security reasons.

Caplin · 29/08/2025 23:12

I’ve met them, they are both lovely, she is just so impressive, he clearly adores her, and he is incredibly charming whilst she is more shy.

YouonlyhaveonelifeGetagrip · 29/08/2025 23:08

Those insisting that he's gay, it's a fake marriage, IVF etc. Provide receipts...You 100% won't be able to. Because you are wrong. They really don't care that you post this crap. I care that so many people are happy not just to buy into fake news that suits their petty narrative but also to actively spread lies like this about something they know absolutely sweet FA about. It doesn't have consequences for the 0.01%. This ignorant approach and resort to "alternative facts", however, has very real consequences for everyone else.

Bambamhoohoo · 29/08/2025 23:05

LesCigaresVolants · 29/08/2025 23:00

Do you have any idea how much money it takes to get into those positions, who is raising that money and on what terms it is handed over? There’s nothing vague about the influence of the money men behind politicians.

Yes of course I do. That’s not related though is it? Amal could’ve married someone with real worldwide power that she could use. There are thousands of men as rich and much richer than GC who donate to political parties

LesCigaresVolants · 29/08/2025 23:00

Bambamhoohoo · 29/08/2025 21:48

We’re talking about someone who could potentially marry a leader from the international courts, the UN, a political power or law maker from anywhere in the world. Someone who has some vague indirect influence in one of the political parties in the USA is a pretty marginal power compared to the people she meets.

Do you have any idea how much money it takes to get into those positions, who is raising that money and on what terms it is handed over? There’s nothing vague about the influence of the money men behind politicians.

Millytante · 29/08/2025 22:53

Bambamhoohoo · 29/08/2025 22:28

Why on earth would any of this work colleagues know whose sperm was used in their IVF?!? It’s not the sort of thing that gets out at work, is it?!

Eww…I sure hope not!

Bambamhoohoo · 29/08/2025 22:53

SENMum1727 · 29/08/2025 22:52

Why would GC need a beard at this stage of life though? Any rumours circulating about him didn’t hurt his career when he was a leading man. Now he has businesses, tons of money and produces films, he really doesn’t need a fake marriage if he’s actually gay.

Agreed. He spent all his acting career as the eternal bachelor (which probably is connected to the gay rumours) and yet married much much older when he was winding down his career. Why would he bother at that point?

SENMum1727 · 29/08/2025 22:52

Why would GC need a beard at this stage of life though? Any rumours circulating about him didn’t hurt his career when he was a leading man. Now he has businesses, tons of money and produces films, he really doesn’t need a fake marriage if he’s actually gay.

Millytante · 29/08/2025 22:51

Bambamhoohoo · 29/08/2025 22:05

Duh, I mean obviously it must’ve been kylie

Ah, the tiny temptress has been the unmasking of many a famous man.

Why, once our own Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, was scandalously revealed to be a devotee, even attending concerts, and had it not been known even to the dogs in the street that he was thoroughly glad to be gay, someone might have asked a question (probably about his not instead attending a Dubliners tribute band in a pub. Get out the national flags!)

Phatgurslyms · 29/08/2025 22:48

Norwayway · 29/08/2025 17:27

He’s definitely gay. I can’t imagine him being straight

Now you mention it…I can’t either.

EnterFunnyNameHere · 29/08/2025 22:45

so enthralled with each other after so many years??

I thought they met in 2013? So hardly retaining affection over many decades! And they are both wildly successful (and rich!), so hardly have the same struggles as many couples...

Millytante · 29/08/2025 22:45

RanyaJerodung · 29/08/2025 22:01

I was thinking Liberace.

Oh yeah, or Ethel Merman.

laurini · 29/08/2025 22:42

Honestly, maybe theyre just in love! My husband and I are really quite loved up too, and it's kinda sad that people think there might be more to it haha

Ratafia · 29/08/2025 22:42

roses2 · 29/08/2025 18:03

This. I thought it was well known he’s a closet gay and she was a contract wife.

Clearly not. Which makes that untrue.

BoredZelda · 29/08/2025 22:38

ChrisMartinsKisskam · 29/08/2025 18:07

Oh Yeah I remember reading that about him
and Randy Greuber

Doesn’t GC want to eventually go into politics and therefore needs a wife / 2.4 kids to

however when I o hear the name Randy Grueber I always think of Hans Grueber in Die hard 😂

Pete Buttegieg want’s a word….

TaupeMember · 29/08/2025 22:33

I think people underestimate how much money is involved at the level George Clooney is at.

Whether he is or isn't (and I think he is), there is definitely a possibility there, and anyone who says otherwise is very unknowing of the industry at the top level.

SummerDaysAreTheBest · 29/08/2025 22:30

SummerDaysAreTheBest · 29/08/2025 22:28

LOVE him.

To be fair I also LOVED George Michael, and look how gay he turned out to be 🤣

SummerDaysAreTheBest · 29/08/2025 22:28

VanessaSanessa · 29/08/2025 17:59

To be fair, I think Amal is lucky also, he's not half bad to look at!! 😁

LOVE him.

Bambamhoohoo · 29/08/2025 22:28

EasySqueezy · 29/08/2025 22:23

How do you know I don’t have a clue. I work in the industry. You are rude. Sorry if I have burst your bubble about your crush on George.

Why on earth would any of this work colleagues know whose sperm was used in their IVF?!? It’s not the sort of thing that gets out at work, is it?!

50Balesofgrey · 29/08/2025 22:27

SpaceRaccoon · 29/08/2025 17:20

Beard.

Him or her? 😂

Eyesopenwideawake · 29/08/2025 22:25

EasySqueezy · 29/08/2025 22:23

How do you know I don’t have a clue. I work in the industry. You are rude. Sorry if I have burst your bubble about your crush on George.

So if you have a clue, tell us. It's not difficult.

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