to wonder what it is about George and Amal that irritates me so much (lighthearted - a bit)

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Is it their wealth? Their good looks? Their success in their high profile careers? Their lavish homes in Berkshire, Italy and somewhere in America?

Or are they smug, sanctimonious, hypocritical and annoying?

Daily Mail link with lots of photos

yes thats what I was thinking cornish.

Jesus, why do you people care?! You don't know them. Let them live their lives

Yes, because they’re such shrinking violets who clearly don’t want people to pay attention to them or comment on their activities.

I like her, and I like him all the better for choosing an intelligent woman who is dedicated to her own career.

Yes, because they’re such shrinking violets who clearly don’t want people to pay attention to them or comment on their activities.

He's a talented actor. She's a renowned human rights lawyer. Regardless of what they do, they're going to get Daily Fail non-articles written about them.

Lottapianos not to mention that Amal has the temerity to be (whispers) not English-rose-white

Happily this has reminded me I purchased an ER box set a while ago that I have yet to watch :)

It is a lot Tumble but what a thing to do to get it. Not sure!

Hes a talented actor

I’d have to disagree there.

He's a talented actor. She's a renowned human rights lawyer. Regardless of what they do, they're going to get Daily Fail non-articles written about them

That isn’t true at all and you’re very naive if you think that’s true.

There are plenty of actors bigger than him who have wives who are even more famous who keep extremely low profiles.

The Clooneys actively and overtly court attention. They staged their wedding to make it as public as possible. They go to events where they know they will be photographed and try to attract as much attention as possible.

I like her and I don’t blame her for doing it in a lot of ways, because she uses it to attract attention to causes that are important to her.

I think he does it to build a profile for a political career, which many other people have done before and there’s nothing wrong with that.

So I don’t dislike them and I wish them well. But if you seriously think that they actually want people to leave them alone and not look at their pictures and not to comment and let them live a quiet private life you are seriously deluded. They both want maximum publicity. In fact this thread will probably be cut and pasted in to their publicists daily digest tomorrow as info for planning the publicity strategy.

If Amal didn't want the attention she wouldn't wear a different designer outfit every time she goes out. In some ways I think they control their press well and it means they get to be in the press the way they want to be.

Yes, and she wouldn’t give speeches about their personal life onstage at awards shows gushing about him.

I was surprised and disappointed that she took his name. I have a bee in my bonnet about the automatic assumption that women will take the man's name though.

Other than that I don't have much of an opinion about them and I doubt many people have much idea what their marriage is really like.

'I was surprised and disappointed that she took his name. I have a bee in my bonnet about the automatic assumption that women will take the man's name though. '

Same here. Especially as she had made her name in a very successful career using, uh, her own name

I don't have any feelings about them whatsoever. I don't even know why I'm contributing to this thread.

I know very little about either of them

Glad he's not done the usual marry a glamourous film star wife thing - Amal is thin but not what I'd call pretty and she looks older Than her years. She's intelligent and has a decent job that's achievable by many of you chose that direction and are good st it. She's the sort of person, on paper, I'd like my children to aspire to (tho she might be a total bag for all I know ! That I don't want my kids to aspire to! )

Film industry is based on sex and lies so nice he's come out of the typical Hollywood marriage thing and married a 'normal' person

He’s never been outed as a gay man to my knowledge so where on earth has that rumour come from? He isn’t like Kevin Spacey for example who always kept his somewhat seedy love life under wraps. He’s always had a multitude of female lovers.

Anyway, I like them. I loved it when George said he was punching above is weight with her, I also loved the Guardian’s article captioned Amal Clooney and husband.

I also always hold my DP’s face when we kiss, it’s affectionate to me.

I feel both are worth of admiration, and their lifestyle does make me feel a little jealous. We have to remember that no one has a perfect life and that they probably have as many sad days as the rest of us.
Given the opportunity I'd rather be a horsy doggy lady in the country with a nice old farm house than in the limelight as much as them.

Is it just me who always misreads her name as Anal Clooney then?

I can't say as I really come across them enough in my everyday life to have an opinion either way. If you stop reading stupid magazines and rags like the Daily Mail, surely it's easy to avoid them. Plus every day not reading the DM = +20 brain cells.

'Is it just me who always misreads her name as Anal Clooney then?'

No, not just you

Human rights lawyers often represent the bad guys because, y'know, even scumbags have human rights.

Quite right too. That's something to admire. Keeps us civilised. Protecting human rights has to be done on everyone's behalf to be worthwhile.

He was hot but not as much as he thinks he still is. She is so smug. And together they are a double smug circle. When some couples split its like 'Noooooooo-'. Brad and Jen, Heidi and Seal, Emma Thompson and Kenneth, Lenny Henry and Dawn French but George and Amal - Nahhhhhhh

Agree about being disappointed that she took his name. Also, the only time I've seen George Clooney act (I don't get out much) was as Booker in Roseanne and he was a dire one-dimensional character. He's better looking now, hopefully his acting's improved as well. As a couple they remind me of the Cruises and Douglasses, extremely boring but deemed 'royalty' for some reason.

They remind me of Tony and Cherie Blair at the height of their powers.

Is it immoral to enjoy being rich and famous? Or, to put it another way, is there any point in being rich and famous if you don't enjoy it?

And why the fuck can't a couple kiss the way they want to rather than the way someone else thinks they should? They're not in a movie now! It's not real life as we know it, in the sense that it is all watched and recorded and going to be talked about (pressure to perform affection with the world looking on, that's a recipe for authenticity - not!) but it's still their life.

Bottom line is that they're bringing a lot of attention to Good Causes, so does it really matter whether they're doing it because they love attention or because they love the causes? In the end, the causes benefit, and we get something to chat about. It's all good.