Has George lost any points in you admiration of him with the way the engagement announcement was done?

Just noticing a trend on some other threads. This has nothing to do with religion or ethnicity, think we have beat that horse into the ground far enough unless you work for the DM

Mazy, good thread.

Yes, absolutely!  I have posted again and again, how badly let down his fans were by his NON- announcement of his engagement.  I know many have said "this was a private matter, and he owes us nothing".
I will not bore you again with how I really disagree with this sentiment.
but if you need further clarification please look at the Daily Mail threads.   

At the end of the day he is a public figure, and all public figures; sportsmen, politicians, celebrities, even Royalty make a simple announcement at the time of "Milestones" in their lives. An Engagement is a big one, and  George could not be arsed.

The forums/internet were imploring him for a confirmation, fans were pleading (only because of his previous forever bachelor statements)  We really needed just that one sentence announcement. Yet he could not be bothered, look back at the threads and you will see he was making announcements that week - about Steve Wynn.

But left his fans high and dry, and confused.  A very nice lady on here said he owes us nothing beside's a good movie, that sadly is not the truth.  Because we stick by him through the crap movies too.  For him to spread his "joy" with a simple statement was the absolute least he could have done.  jmo

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He didn't lose any points on my side. 

But I think he could have done it better with the announcement. He could either have said nothing and kept it as a secret or made it proper with a quick and short announcement. But he didn't say anything and only published later a picture from him and her and the ring at people magazine with no comment. At least he could have said one or two sentence?????

It felt a bit superficial/shallow. I would have liked it if he would have done the announcement more in a personal way.

But I guess he liked it the way he did. 

Which is ok. So it will not change my admiration for him but if I ever meet him I will kick his ass        

I am fine with how he announced it was how they wanted it. I guess trying to not draw so much attention  to it.

Not with me. At first I was shocked and upset my imaginary boyfriend got engaged, but I am over that. Now, I am pretty content, but I admit that I am intrigued about his choices.

Alisonfan wrote:Mazy, good thread.

Yes, absolutely!  I have posted again and again, how badly let down his fans were by his NON- announcement of his engagement.  I know many have said "this was a private matter, and he owes us nothing".
I will not bore you again with how I really disagree with this sentiment.
but if you need further clarification please look at the Daily Mail threads.   

At the end of the day he is a public figure, and all public figures; sportsmen, politicians, celebrities, even Royalty make a simple announcement at the time of "Milestones" in their lives. An Engagement is a big one, and  George could not be arsed.

The forums/internet were imploring him for a confirmation, fans were pleading (only because of his previous forever bachelor statements)  We really needed just that one sentence announcement. Yet he could not be bothered, look back at the threads and you will see he was making announcements that week - about Steve Wynn.

But left his fans high and dry, and confused.  A very nice lady on here said he owes us nothing beside's a good movie, that sadly is not the truth.  Because we stick by him through the crap movies too.  For him to spread his "joy" with a simple statement was the absolute least he could have done.  jmo

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Oh, geez, Louise. Really? High and dry, and confused? The whole internet was imploring him?

I don't get it. That was George Clooney in the People photos, which he himself arranged. That was George, in a speech, verbally acknowledging everyone's surprise that he's getting married. But that's not enough? Because he didn't make a "proper" announcement, he somehow disrespected people who don't know him?

"Dear Every Soul in my Fandom,

I am both pleased and trepidatious to inform you that I have asked for the hand of Ms. Amal Alamuddin in marriage. She has accepted my proposal. I hope you understand my need for personal happiness, and that my decision does not detract from your own. Amal and I are to be joined in agnostic matrimony at some point in the future that is mutually acceptable to every single fan of mine, as soon as that imploring internet meeting is over and I have been informed of their conclusion.

Sincerely, The Man Apparently Held in Debt Because You Like Me

George Timothy Clooney"

How's that? Better? 

I think you and all those other "fans" who feel let down are looking for some reason, any reason, to be unhappy about this engagement. You will not be disappointed, because there is always, always, something to criticize, no matter how small. He's been engaged for 3 months now, and we're still talking about the lack of an announcement. Maybe it's time to roll this horse into the hole and throw on the dirt.

Hi Way2old4dis'

Yep, thats exactly how I feel.

Go back and check the thread at the time, you will see many familiar names doing just that "imploring" and for further reference on many other sites.  Possibly because George himself is black and white, and he had said NEVER.  So yep, they did they put on there imploring best, and implored.  Sorry you didn't see it at the time, but I did and I thought his silence indefensible  and ill mannered. jmo

I did say one sentence would have sufficed.

The People shoot was at best ill thought out.

He is not held in debt "because we like him".  He is, however, held in debt because we - fans - support his business unfailingly.  So oddly I do expect respect.  Maybe you don't, great, whatever floats your boat I do.

Part of George's persona for me was his general good manners, he is a public figure, with one of the highest profiles imaginable,  I would hope that young actors coming up would look to George for how to do things with style, with grace.  At this milestone (boo hoo) he let me down, and himself. 

I have always felt that the biggest stars are the nicest people, they are conscience of the "fans" the people they have never met, they go the extra mile to secure fan safety at concerts, the make sure a play is spot on before opening, not to let fans down, I made the mistake of thinking George "minded" his fans in exactly the same way.  Apparently my perception of a "fan" is not held by you or George.

I am relieved and happy to say that does not apply to all stars.

He will continue to be for me the sexiest man in the world worthy of my esteem in many fields: as an actor, director, humanitarian, but he also has flaws, he wants his private life to remain so and then get married without the knowledge of the world, you get engaged without the ring photograph of his girlfriend and did not play the part of the official boyfriend in front of photographers, all this has put him on stage and since I consider myself an intelligent man, he would have expected to get engaged with Amal (attorney representing the stereotype of people that George has always fought) would bring the newspapers to write about everything about this story and the articles he has served on a silver platter. Now he wakes up and gets pissed off but if he had explained everything at the beginning could not have avoided this comedy? The gossip magazines always make up stories about George but because he is so targeted and not other actors from these papers, I think that perhaps it is he has to give the occasion. We never had any doubts about the love between Matt Damon and his wife, Brad and Angelina? Why always have doubts about George and all his betrothed? Do yourself the question and give yourself an answer!

I think George is a class act in both his professional and personal life. How he chose to announce his engagement is his business. I'm not insulted that he didn't make a formal announcement - I'm sure he had his reasons.

Bottom line - he IS engaged, he IS getting married (probably) and whether or not he gave out the information in the way some of us think he should, it's a done deal.

I wiill always be a fan - of his film work, of his humanitarian efforts and of him as a person. Time to move on.

I'm not insulted he didn't make a formal announcement and I don't think he owes it to his fans.  The staged People photos and the restaurant "leaks" do have a bit of a yuck-factor for me though.  Too calculated to look impromptu when they weren't any such thing.  Come on George, we know a professional photog didn't just happen to be there!  You knew you were going to make the cover--Just do a cover shoot that is not supposed to look candid and be done with it.

Well George and I havent been on the same page for quite a while now. I dont admire him the way I used to. So I cant say he has lost any points.  He's more like a habit now. I cant stop talking or reading about him. But I hardly consider myself a fan anymore.

Yes,I dont like the way he handled his engagement but I was over it after a day or two. lol

Am still not over it  

For sure. For me it is a rebound thing. He lost some cool points with me.

I also believe this was a rebound thing.

I do find it interesting how dismissive he is of celebrities who use Twitter and Instagram for PR.  In a certain way, releasing a candid photo of you and your significant other saying "We're engaged!" on Instagram is more respectable and honest to me than releasing staged-no-really-they're-candid pictures with a full article of commentary from family and friends to a magazine.  

At the same time, though, I don't think he owed us anything at all, not even the People spread.  When he was running that ET/paparazzi boycott ages ago, he had this great point that I'm going to paraphrase, but I think it certainly applies here:  "Making and selling movies is my business, like any other business.  If you buy a car from a car salesman, that doesn't mean you get to go to his house at three in the morning to see who he's sleeping with."  Made sense to me then, still does twenty years later.

Missa - Just wondering if he thought releasing through People would keep the paps at bay for a while. He probably thought "Fuck it, we have to do something. Maybe this will keep the paps away at least while the People article is being talked about."

Totally agree with what he said about access.There's a big difference between "wanting to know " and the "right to know". Seems some people can't tell the difference. If we all had to live with the kind of scrutiny he does, we'd be certifiable!

I completely understand wanting to control the release of information to keep some sleazeball paparazzo from profiting off getting that first picture.  I just question his seeming belief that there needs to be a big official roll out of some kind, when  simple photo and one sentence would have sufficed.  For me it goes back to what I see as one area where he is often hypocritical: his insistence that his personal life not be discussed, until he wants it discussed and invites reporters and magazines and tv cameras into his home.  But I've seriously beaten that horse into the ground already.  

Loved your last quote from His Nibs, Missa, and he's right of course. 

And consistent. 

Nope, he hasn't lost any points for me. He's done what he's always tried to do - to deal himself with his private life if necessary and keep it separate from his career. And I'm pleased he's found the girl he wants for life outside the business.

Given the last few days events, one word came to mind - integrity.

Will be very interesting to see how things are handled if he and Amal work on projects together, won't it?

Missa - I see your point, but it seems to me that there's a difference between him inviting the media into his home for an interview (usually in conjunction to some project he has coming out) and talking about events in his personal life that he apparently wants to keep private.

Whatever, what's done is done. The "announcement" was made the way it was made and all the complaining in the world won't change it. Let's wait and see how they handle the wedding coverage.

George was someday going to marry someone. this woman came along at the right time and place. I feel he did not lose any points with me, for I always love and admire him. He is a great director. humanitarian, actor, & a good joker. I might not like his choices whom he is marrying, but that is my personal opinion. I still will respect him and admire him no matter what he decides or to whom it marries. best of luck to you geroge, love bg

I agree a simple classy statement would have been nice.  

I mean if after all these years, you suddenly find your soul mate, a one sentence confirmation by his publicist would be appropriate.  That's not HIM commenting.  His publicist apprently has shot down pregnancy rumors if what I read is true in other publication.  And Mr. Clooney DID make a statement on Amal himself last year when rumors were spreading about him dating Katie Holmes, Amal & Monika (not sure if I spelled that name properly).  He said Amal needs to focus on her career and not be harassed.  Same with Katie & Monika.  He said "it's all made up".  

If I were Amal, I'd like to walk out from dinner or just out and about, hand and hand with Mr. Clooney, smile for the cameras, wave and when reporters shout out "are you engaged" and say "yes" or even better, look like they are having fun and flash the ring and say "looks like I am"!  

See there is still something that doesn't seem to fit here with his engagement.  He doesn't comment on his personal life YET he has said he would never get married again.  So maybe that is why he didn't want to make a public statement himself because he's trying to enjoy some privacy as a normal couple - I mean they dated a year with no one knowing.  And the proposal happened within a week of Stacey Keibler getting married and engaged so perhaps he didn't want to flash the news the way she was so excited to share her news. 

One more thought, and maybe it's crazy, but right before he was seen public with Amal, he kept referencing the Amy Pohler / Tiny Fey joke at the Golden Globes and said he was planning something "huge" to get back that was in his own words "really kind of mean", but I don't recall any prank back.  I DOUBT he would fake an engagment and that Amal and their families would be in on something like that... but that would be one big prank for the books.  And a relief for so many who have Mr. Clooney as their pretent boyfriends

It just occurred to me that we are all asssuming that George  is the one responsible for the way the engagement was made public. I guess because he is the big star we figure he knows how to handle the media, so he should have done a better job of it.

Maybe we're wrong. Maybe Amal wanted to wait for some reason - maybe until they had her family's approval. Or maybe she didn't want to make an announcement because she didn't want the attention that would come with it. In the meantime the news got out and they had to play catch-up with the media.

I honestly don't know what happened, and at this point I don't care. They're engaged. They're getting married. Does any of this make me think any less of him as a filmmaker or as a human being? Absolutely not.

@Louisvillelaura - Maybe the engagement was payback for the joke. "I'm not with someone my own age because I'm engaged to a younger woman and she wouldn't like it." 

You got it, Lizzy. Like I said, how they do things, including the wedding, is a joint decision.

In the UK, any formal announcement of an engagement, is usually done by the bride's parents because historically the bride's parents used to foot the wedding bill, and you can still look at papers like the Daily Telegraph and go to the births, deaths and marriage announcements (or as they're known hatched, matched and dispatched).

They did it in their own unique way. Nothing wrong with that.

Oh, and the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler thing: hasn't one fairly large prank already been played by His Nibs via Matt Damon's stationery? More to come I'm sure

PAN - Love the "hatched, matched and dispatched"!  

If there is more to come on the prank, I hope it gets out so we can be in on the joke, too. Not all his pranks become public.

Good point about this being Amal's call or her family's.  If only I could be a fly on the wall to hear the conversations!  I mean there is George Clooney "the movie star" but I wonder what he's like as a guy, a boyfriend, the groom to be?  Is he a sweet romantic?  Or something opposite? The public George could be so different from the private George.  I think that's what facinates me... you see him, he seems so down to earth, but at the same time a legendary superstar. What parts are real and what parts are an act?  Or does he even know the difference?  Does he leave the seat up?  Does he make his own bed?  Is he a slob? Okay, I'm going off topic here, so I'll stop my daydreaming

Good point about this being Amal's call or her family's.  If only I could be a fly on the wall to hear the conversations!  I mean there is George Clooney "the movie star" but I wonder what he's like as a guy, a boyfriend, the groom to be?  Is he a sweet romantic?  Or something opposite? The public George could be so different from the private George.  I think that's what facinates me... you see him, he seems so down to earth, but at the same time a legendary superstar. What parts are real and what parts are an act?  Or does he even know the difference?  Does he leave the seat up?  Does he make his own bed?  Is he a slob? Okay, I'm going off topic here, so I'll stop my daydreaming

Good point about this being Amal's call or her family's.  If only I could be a fly on the wall to hear the conversations!  I mean there is George Clooney "the movie star" but I wonder what he's like as a guy, a boyfriend, the groom to be?  Is he a sweet romantic?  Or something opposite? The public George could be so different from the private George.  I think that's what facinates me... you see him, he seems so down to earth, but at the same time a legendary superstar. What parts are real and what parts are an act?  Or does he even know the difference?  Does he leave the seat up?  Does he make his own bed?  Is he a slob? Okay, I'm going off topic here, so I'll stop my daydreaming

weird - my post went up 3 times.  sorry about that!

Louisvillelaura - Welcome to the world of the George Clooney fan!  We've all wanted to be a fly on his wall, and every question you raised has probably gone through all of our minds at one time or other. He's an enigma and trying to figure him out sometimes gets us going around in circles - so don't worry that your post showed up 3 times. When you start trying to figure George out    

 ....I enjoyed your musings LVL and have often thought along the same lines.
There are many interviews in the archives on here which can sometimes give a little insight into
the "real George" especially the words of others.

I think there's a lot of "reading between the lines"
skills needed though to absorb information.
But it's fun trying to !

Nice one Lizzy.....we're on the same page today.

  

  Jo - Happy to be on the same page with you any time!

you all (or as I like to say y'all) are so much fun to banter with!  I love this group

I remember the meeting between 97 year old Anne Oliver Bell, last surviving UK monuments men, and Our Hero. 

She apologised when they met for not know who he was, and he said it didn't matter. He was never sure who he was himself some of the time!

Good one pan....I didn't know that ! Lol

Well then, I'd say we're in good company!    

louisvillelaura wrote:you all (or as I like to say y'all) are so much fun to banter with!  I love this group

That's good....we're OK despite our differences sometimes.

You sound like Dolly P.....do you look like her ??   

 

Nicky80 wrote:He didn't lose any points on my side. 

But I think he could have done it better with the announcement. He could either have said nothing and kept it as a secret or made it proper with a quick and short announcement. But he didn't say anything and only published later a picture from him and her and the ring at people magazine with no comment. At least he could have said one or two sentence?????

It felt a bit superficial/shallow. I would have liked it if he would have done the announcement more in a personal way.

But I guess he liked it the way he did. 

Which is ok. So it will not change my admiration for him but if I ever meet him I will kick his ass        

Agree Nicky, but he did lose some points from this quarter.

My wish for the future Mrs Clooney.

“Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that is a treat.”

― Joanne Woodward

 

Joanna wrote:My wish for the future Mrs Clooney.

“Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that is a treat.”

― Joanne Woodward

Veery nice one Joanna and so true, (I think?). I just pray that all goes well and I would like to see Amal gets more recognition as an equal half of the equation. As much as I tried I cannot find fault with her. 

@louisvillelaura
This is the nicest fan site there is and the only one read  and post on. For the most part everyone respects each other and relate our differences in a kind manner. Have a good one.