George Clooneyis still a romantic—even during the lockdown. In the new issue ofAARP the Magazine,The Midnight Skystar, 59, opens up about his love of letter writing—and how he and his human rights lawyer wifeAmal, 42, still write each other letters after four years of marriage.
“Even in lockdown, 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,” he says. “I have letters from Paul Newman, Walter Cronkite, Gregory Peck. I have them framed. I put them in the house. If it were a text, it would feel different. Maybe that’s a generational thing, and maybe it won’t be that way 20 years from now, but for me, somebody sat down and wrote it.”
Clooney also opens up about why he chose the simple and classic names,Ella and Alexander, for his 3-year-old twins.
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Clooney also recounts themotorcycle accident that almost killed himin Sardinia, Italy in 2018. His biggest concern about it? That instead of trying to help him, people were trying to snap photos of it.
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“I’m not a cynical guy, but I will always, always remember that moment, because nobody was jumping to go call for help or coming to help,” he tells the magazine. “For them the worst moment of my life was entertainment.”
He adds, “People are getting killed because they’re taking a shot of a car crash coming toward them. We’re living in this world where everybody is trying to make themselves fascinating or important or something. When the reality is: Put that phone down!”
source: people.com
