Amal Clooney, George Clooney Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment George Clooney and his wife Amal, along with their two children, have been granted French citizenship, along with their two children, according to an official decree in France's government gazette, the Journal Officiel, published over the weekend. In an interview with French radio earlier this month, Clooney praised French privacy laws that protect his family from paparazzi. "Here, they don't take photos of kids. There aren't any paparazzi hidden at the school gates. That's number one for us," he told RTL Radio. Related Stories Business Hollywood Stocks in 2025: Winners, Losers and Surprises Movies Diane Lane Made a Film You Likely Didn't See. She Wants to Change That The Jay Kelly star and his wife, a British-Lebanese human rights lawyer, are parents to eight-year-old twins, Ella and Alexander. The Clooneys own a property in southern France, in a former wine estate called the Domaine du Canadel, near the village of Brignoles, which they purchased in 2021. The pair also owns an estate in Italy's Lake Como region, purchased in 2002, and bought a historic manor in England. Clooney told RTL that although the family travels frequently, their home in France "is where we're happiest". In an interview with Esquire in October, Clooney described their "farm in France" as their primary residence, and noted that the couple made a conscious choice to raise their kids far from the culture of Hollywood. "I was worried about raising our kids in L.A.," Clooney said. "I don't want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don't want them being compared to somebody else's famous kids." Clooney is not the only American film industry figure seeking French citizenship. The US director Jim Jarmusch, whose latest feature, Father Mother Sister Brother won the Venice International Film Festival, told France Inter radio on Friday that he also plans to apply for French citizenship. "I would like a place that will allow me to escape from the United States," Jarmusch said. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Year in Review 2025 The Hollywood Reporter's 50 Best Photos of 2025 Tupac Shakur Man Accused of Tupac Shakur Killing Seeks to Suppress Evidence Zohran Mamdani Curtis Sliwa Just Wants to Know Where You're From politics Kennedy Center President Bashes Jazz Musician for Canceling Christmas Eve Show for "Partisan Political Reasons" Kennedy Center Meet the TV Writer Who Bought Up the Domain After Predicting Trump's Kennedy Center Takeover THR, Esq Tyler Perry Sued for Sexual Assault By New Accuser, an Actor in a 'Madea' Movie Year in Review 2025 The Hollywood Reporter's 50 Best Photos of 2025 Tupac Shakur Man Accused of Tupac Shakur Killing Seeks to Suppress Evidence Zohran Mamdani Curtis Sliwa Just Wants to Know Where You're From politics Kennedy Center President Bashes Jazz Musician for Canceling Christmas Eve Show for "Partisan Political Reasons" Kennedy Center Meet the TV Writer Who Bought Up the Domain After Predicting Trump's Kennedy Center Takeover THR, Esq Tyler Perry Sued for Sexual Assault By New Accuser, an Actor in a 'Madea' Movie