George Clooney and his wife Amal have been granted French citizenship, along with their two children, according to an official decree in France’s government gazette.
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.
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 own an estate in Italy’s Lake Como region, purchased in 2002, and a bought a historic manor in England.
Clooney told RTL that although the family travels frequently, their home in France “is where we’re happiest”.
Clooney is not the only Hollywood figure seeking French citizenship. The US director Jim Jarmusch told France Inter radio on Friday that he also plans to apply for French nationality.
“I would like a place that will allow me to escape from the United States,” Jarmusch said.