George Clooney is definitely a romantic at heart. The actor, 59, chatted with AARP about his time in lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic and maturing throughout his life and career. Naturally, the conversation quickly turned to his accomplished wife, Amal Clooney, and the couple’s two children — twins Ella and Alexander, 3. The Ocean’s Eleven star got very candid about the thoughtful way he and his wife keep their love as strong as ever — writing love letters!
“Even in lockdown [during the coronavirus pandemic], I’ll write a letter and slip it on her desk, or she’ll write a letter and leave it under the pillow; I’m a big believer in letters,” George said of the classic love letters he and Amal write one another. As it turns out, writing letters is a big part of George’s life. “I have letters from Paul Newman, Walter Cronkite, Gregory Peck. I have them framed. I put them in the house,” he revealed of his treasures.
And it’s more than just the letter-writing that George confessed is the traditional part of his personality. The actor also revealed that, when it came to naming his two children, he didn’t want to give them “weird-a** names.” He explained of his children’s circumstances, “They’re already going to have enough trouble. It’s hard being the son of somebody famous and successful.”
