George Clooney, his wife Amal, and the couple’s two children, the 8-year-old twins Alexander and Ella, have just received French citizenship, according to a decree published in the Official Journal of France.
In an interview with Esquire in October, Clooney spoke about living with his family on a farm in the European country and the concern he and his wife had about raising their children in Hollywood.
“I felt they would never have a fair chance in life,” he explained. “In France, they kind of don’t care about fame.”
“I don’t want them walking around worried about paparazzi,” he added. “I don’t want them to be compared to other people’s famous children.”
According to a report by The Guardian, in a recent radio interview, the 64-year-old actor revealed that he loves living in France and praised the country’s privacy laws, which protect his family from the often invasive actions of paparazzi.
“Here, they don’t take photos of children. There are no paparazzi hiding at school gates. That’s the most important thing for us,” he said.
Clooney has always stated his concern about protecting his family’s privacy and even wrote an open letter in 2021 asking the media not to publish images of his children’s faces for their safety.
France has strict privacy protection laws that prohibit the publication of photos of celebrities in public places unless the celebrity’s appearance is related to their role as a public figure.
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