Re: The definitive George and Amal Clooney baby thread

[Donnamarie]

Well this is big news for the media.  Of all the celebrities  who would have thought George Clooney would be becoming a father, of twins no less.  Some of the media are still getting over him being married.  So it is big news ... or will be once it becomes official.

The media will be on serious baby watch between Amal and Beyoncé.  Both having twins!  Lots to cover ....

[party animal - not!]

The Times headline says:

'The Clooneys said to be expecting twins'

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[melbert]

I thought all the baby speculation was supposed to be in one thread?

[What Would He Say]

It's what happens Mel....

[Sevens]

AFP English version:
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Amal Clooney pregnant with twins: Family friend

[Katiedot]

All rehashing other articles.  I'm still not sure.

I thought all the baby speculation was supposed to be in one thread?

Yup. Merged that thread with this one.

[party animal - not!]

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[Joanna]

Those two pictures are funny....great ad for 
Casamigos. 
I still haven't opened mine !
Maybe I'll wait now until the two little Clooneys 
arrive into our Wonderful World. 

If all of these rumours are true then I for one 
will be delighted for Our Man and His Wife.

[annemarie]

According to the talk's  Julie Chen it has been confirmed she is pregnant the babies are due in June.

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Julie Chen is the wife of Les Moonves.

[carolhathaway]

Great!

[carolhathaway]

By the way, George and Amal :
If you should need any advice concerning twins, I've got lots of experience. Just ask, I'd be very happy to help you!

And if the sexes in the first reports are right, there's  another way they could have found out about that:
If they had an amniocentesis (or two) to find about down syndrome or other diseases with an increasing risk if the parents are older, they could be told the sexes. They usually do an amniocentesis at the beginning of the second trimester, so that would be convenient.

[annemarie]

It is wonderful George found someone he wanted to not only spend the rest of his life with but to have a family with.

[annemarie]

People is now reporting the pregnancy.

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They were waiting to pass the first trimester to confirm.

[Donnamarie]

That makes sense annemarie.  Many parents-to-be wait until around the third or fourth month to make the news public ... just to be on the safe side.

Since Amal is over 35 amino would have been recommended to her to check for Downs and if they wanted to know the sex of the babies that would tell them ... like carolh mentioned above.

This is so exciting!

[hathaross]

Hey hey !! How are you guys ?? So many time without having around !! Really busy... 

I come over for the happy news !! I "knew" for the latest photos about it, you could tell it and they didn´t deny the rumors when all the press were posting about it so it was obvious, at least for me !

I AM REALLY REALLY HAPPY FOR BOTH OF THEM !!   CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!    

But I am also at the same time feeling weird LOL George getting married was a real shock but being a dad is huge !! I thing there is still a little part of me not used to see him married lol and then this !!! I can´t still picture him holding his babies..... just imagine.... George a daddy. 2 babies.... with Amal and George expressions,..... I can´t wait to see that !! If there would be any way to congratulate them or sending a present for the babies..... This deserves it  
But more important !! A healthy pregnancy and healthy babies !!! 

No wonder why the news came out after him being in Kentucky. He wanted to tell his family before the world knowing about it. 
Interesting that that pic from FB tells: Katie congratulating George   

Can´t wait for the first interview of George being asked about that and see her reaction !!

[party animal - not!]

Absolutely brilliant news!

Have you started on the Casamigos yet, Joanna??

[Tulips]

Matt Damon on the news.

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[annemarie]

That is cute of course George had no idea it was too early to tell anyone.

[LizzyNY]

Here's hoping she has an easy pregnancy and two healthy babies. I know they'll be happy kids with George for a father.

Glad to see the good news has brought some of our old friends back to COH. You've been missed.

[Sevens]

Cant wait to see the interviews on Cesar ceremony! 
George will be a Great Dad!

[Alisonfan]

Big big big news for George he now must to settle down.pray Miguel to know news before end.it be nice .

[Tulips]

More from Matt Damon.


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[Jenn]

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[Sevens]

Inside George Clooney’s Hometown Trip Before Baby News: ‘He Was in Great Mood'
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Also photos from Kentucky:
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Ellen congrats
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[annemarie]

If he told Matt I'm sure he told Miguel , i think George is as settled as you can get .

[Sevens]

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US Weekly also confirms.the June due date.

[Katiedot]

So that we don't have to look at a page of links:

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Amal Clooney Is Pregnant, Expecting Twins With George Clooney
February 9, 2017 @ 3:18 PM

By Joyce Chen
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Cheers for the Clooneys! Amal Clooney is pregnant and expecting twins with George Clooney.

On the Thursday, February 9, episode of The Talk, host Julie Chen revealed that she confirmed with George, 55, in late January that he and Amal, 39, are expecting two bundles of joy, due in June. An insider confirms the summer due date to Us Weekly. Watch the announcement and find out more in the video below!



"Beyoncé is not the only superstar expecting twins," Chen, 47, said on the daytime program. "Congratulations are in order for George and Amal Clooney!"

Amal, a prominent human-rights lawyer, and the Hollywood icon tied the knot in a star-studded wedding in Venice, Italy, in September 2014 that included guests like Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Bono, Anna Wintour, Bill Murray and Cindy Crawford. The pair first met through a mutual friend at a charity fundraiser in September 2013.

On Monday, January 9, the famously private couple stepped out at a screening for the Netflix documentary The White Helmets, with Amal keeping her look playful and light in a loose-fitting floral frock, black tights and black booties.

Though the pair are mostly tight-lipped about their relationship, the Hail, Caesar! star managed to make a tongue-in-cheek quip about their marriage in October 2016, shortly after their two-year anniversary.

“And they said it wouldn’t last,” George teased to Entertainment Tonight at an L.A. benefit on October 1. “Ah, we proved them wrong!” To celebrate their milestone, he and Amal “mostly drank,” he said. “I [made] dinner and we had a very nice, a very romantic second anniversary.”

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Inside George Clooney’s Hometown Trip Before Baby News: ‘He Was in Great Mood'

BY MIKE MILLER

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 9, 2017 AT 5:48PM EST

His team failed to make the playoffs again this year, but that didn’t stop George Clooney from having a blast watching the Super Bowl in his home state of Kentucky.

The Money Monster actor — and diehard Cincinnati Bengals fan — made the trip without his wife Amal Clooney, who is expecting twins. He caught the game at The Augusta Irish Pub, his favorite local bar in Augusta, Kentucky, a town just a couple hours north of where he was born in Lexington. Clooney was happy to mingle with other guests at the bar, which even features a display for his Casamigos tequila.

“He was solo visiting his parents in Kentucky, and he hung out at his favorite neighborhood bar to watch the game,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE. “He was in a great mood mingling with the locals. He frequents that bar every time he visits because they all know him and his parents really well. They even have a Casamigos-branded patio set!”


“What a surprise today on Super Bowl Sunday 2017!!” wrote a fan on Instagram, captioning a photo of herself with the actor. She included a list of hashtags including, #Casamigos, #HouseofFriends and #WelcomeHomeGeorge.

Clooney also visited another local joint in Maysville, Kentucky, restaurant Caproni’s on the River, on Monday following the big game. One restaurant guest posted a photo of himself with Clooney to Facebook, writing, “Just another typical Monday night dinner at Cap’s..our friend George Clooney came home for a visit! The Clooney family continues to inspire us to always remember that ‘home is where the heart is’!”

While Amal didn’t tag along for the game, the couple recently spent time with Clooney’s family in Barcelona and her family at their English estate.


On Thursday, multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE that the movie star and human rights attorney are expecting twins. Amal “has let everyone in both families know quietly,” says a source close to the couple. “They’re all very happy.”


Clooneys’ rep has not commented.


The couple tied the knot in September 2014 in Venice, Italy, in front of a starry assortment of friends including Matt Damon, Cindy Crawford, Bono and Emily Blunt.

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EXCLUSIVE: Matt Damon Opens Up About George Clooney Expecting Twins, Offers Baby Advice: 'He Has It Coming'

by Jennifer Drysdale 4:15 PM PST, February 09, 2017



Playing EXCLUSIVE: Matt Damon Opens Up About George Clooney Expecting Twins, Offers Baby Advice: 'He Has It Coming'
Matt Damon is really good at keeping secrets!

ET's Kevin Frazier sat down with the 46-year-old actor at the junket for his new film, The Great Wall, in Los Angeles on Thursday, where he opened up about his good friend, George Clooney's, baby news -- and how he was able to keep such a big secret.

WATCH: George and Amal Clooney Are Expecting Twins!

"[Clooney] never even said, 'Don't tell anybody,'" Damon revealed. "He told me [and] I'm sure he knew I'd tell my wife [Luciana Barroso]. My wife wrote to Amal immediately, 'Congratulations.'"

"The way to not let a secret go out is you don't tell anybody," the actor continued. "It's not rocket science and we just know that's their incredibly wonderful news and it's theirs to share with the world. My wife and I talked about it with them but there wasn't anything to share with anybody else."

News broke on Thursday morning that Clooney and his wife, Amal, were expecting twins. Julie Chen confirmed Amal's pregnancy on The Talk, adding that the babies are due in June.

As for the advice Damon offered his pal, he says Clooney "has it coming."

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Damon Reveals He's Got a Cameo in Upcoming 'Ocean's Eight'

"I've never had twins. He has it coming. I had them one at a time you know and that was plenty," the actor revealed.

"Look, the two of them, they're just great people and they're going to be great parents. It's going to be a huge challenge, I mean, one baby cries, wakes the other up. It’s going to be on in that household," he added, "[but] he doesn't sleep a lot anyway. He'll be alright. I'm serious, he's got a hell of a work ethic."

Damon opened up more about the baby news to ET Canada, revealing when Clooney first announced the news.

"I was working with him last fall, and he pulled me aside on set, and I mean, I almost started crying. I was so happy for him. And I was like, 'How far along is she?' and he goes, 'eight weeks,'" the father of four recalled.

EXCLUSIVE: George Clooney Jokes About Second Anniversary to Wife Amal: 'And They Said It Wouldn't Last'

"'Are you out of your mind?! Don't tell anybody else! Don't you know the 12-week rule?'" Damon said he shouted at his Oceans Eleven co-star. "Like, of course he doesn't. 'Just shut up, man.'"

It seems Clooney took Damon's advice, only confirming, "We're good," four weeks later.

"I'm thrilled for him. She's amazing. He hit the jackpot, just on every level. She is a remarkable woman," he gushed of Amal. "They're going to be awesome parents. Those kids are lucky."

[Katiedot]

Wow, so it's really confirmed, then! Still can't bloody believe it.

[Joanna]

The BBC MORNING programme announced it today. 
What Wonderful News. I sincerely hope Amal 
has a healthy and happy pregnancy.

[carolhathaway]

Sorry, I can only post links on my tablet!
Some more informations about their unusual announcement / non-announcement: 

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Why George Clooney and Amal Clooney's Casual Pregnancy Announcement Wasn't as Weird as It Seemed

These days, celebrity pregnancy announcements tend to go one of four ways: Social media. A rep arranges for the news to break with a particular outlet or otherwise confirms the news to inquiring outlets. The celebrity reveals the news in an interview. And, sometimes, the celebs never officially confirm and just let the eventual presence of the baby reveal as much.

But it was none of the above for George and Amal Clooney.

In case you were wondering just how big of a star George Clooney is, you now have your answer.

After presumably letting her in on the family business during Scrabble night in Lake Como last month, Clooney today—out of the blue, yet not—gave Julie Chenthe go-ahead to announce on her CBS morning show The Talk that he and Amal are expecting twins.

"Congratulations are in order for George and Amal Clooney!" Chen said—after the news was actually first mentioned during the show's opening teaser, just sitting there in between mentions of a video of a fight over an airplane seat armrest that went viral and Aretha Franklin's retirement.

"The Talk has confirmed that the 55-year-old superstar and his highly accomplished 39-year-old attorney wife are expecting twins," she continued. "Give her the armrest, by the way. She's pregnant! Now, what we did find out, that no one else is reporting, is that the twins are due this June."

True, this wasn't the first mention of Amal's pregnancy (photographers have been zooming in on the lawyer's stomach for awhile now) or even the first 100-percent-guaranteed report, Yahoo having reported the news yesterday, citing a "family friend."

But with Clooney's rep staying silent, Chen's straight-from-the-source reporting won Thursday.

According to the details released by The Talk, Julie got the scoop from George himself late last month—so perhaps the Clooneys, in deciding that today was the day, figured that they may as well let their longtime friend's show get the glory, since most everyone was onto them anyway.

Then along comes Matt Damon, who tells ET Canada a couple hours later that Clooney told him months ago!

"I was working with him last fall and he pulled me aside on set and I mean, I almost started crying. I was so happy for him," Damon, who attended George and Amal's wedding in 2014, said. "And I was like, 'How far along is she?' And he goes, 'eight weeks.'

And Damon told him, "'Are you out of your mind?! Don't tell anybody else! Don't tell anybody else! Don't you know the 12-week rule?' Like of course he doesn't." So he advised George, "'Just shut up, man.' And then four weeks later, I'm like, 'We're good right?'" And Clooney confirmed, "'We're good.'"

Wow. That's a lot of personal Clooney information from Matt Damon in one fell swoop. Not that he's never chatted about his pal and occasional co-star, but not usually off the cuff like that at a press junket.

Which seems to be only further evidence that Clooney ultimately decided to make the news of this major life milestone just another chapter in the ongoing series George Clooney Is Winning at Life More Than Everybody Else.

He's got a trustworthy family, in-laws included, and close A-list pals like Damon who had no problem keeping a sealed lid on the secret until the timing was right and Chen, who's so up there in the Hollywood stratosphere she makes the news—that George Clooney is going to be a dad—sound casual.

Lest we forget, in addition to having this show and hosting Big Brother, Chen—also a veteran TV anchor before than—is married to CBS chairman and chief executive Leslie Moonves, one of the most powerful people in all of the entertainment world. And while Chen has known Clooney for 20 years, Moonves helped Clooney get ER.

Basically, Aunt Julie and Uncle Les helped spread the word.

E.R., George Clooney, Julianna MarguliesNBC
"I was one of the first to read the ER script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career," Moonves, who was CEO of Warner Bros. Television when ER came into being, told The Guardian in 2006. "I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before ER happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him."

When Clooney made Good Night and Good Luck, about CBS News legend Edward R. Murrow, he was asked a lot about the revamp that CBS Evening News was undergoing under Moonves at the time. He said in 2005, "Les is a dear friend, and I hope that making it more palatable doesn't mean making it more entertaining and less informative. I don't think so. He's a smart guy, and he's a pretty honorable guy, so I don't think he will. But those are always questions, and it's good that he sort of gets his feet held to the fire."

Smart, honorable, dear friend. Sounds like a guy who's been in the inner circle for some time.

And there's no way that at this level of the game, the official dissemination of the pregnancy news wasn't carefully calculated.

The most A-list, insidery scoop we can think of that comes close is when Howard Stern was the one to dish a few details from Jennifer Aniston's surprise Wednesday wedding when she married Justin Theroux. While Stern isn't one to let anyone rein him in, he is quite discreet when it comes to his nearest and dearest, a group that also includes Jimmy Kimmel and wife Molly.

So, Stern presumably got the go-ahead from the newlyweds to share a little scoop from the super-private party—after he and the couple's other high-profile pals passed the loyalty test with flying colors by keeping the entire affair a secret going in.

Some betrothed celebrity couples don't even tell their friends that they're going to a wedding for fear of word getting out. But it seems that, the higher up in the food chain you get, the more those around you breathing that same rarefied air are able to keep secrets—and the less tethered you are to having to do something hopelessly ordinary, like sharing a photo of a baby bump on Instagram or having your rep make a statement.

Instead, you entrust the news to your best, closest friends and everybody wins.

So, now that we know for certain that George and Amal Clooney are expecting—and it's twins!—we can move onto the important question: What is Uncle Bill Murray planning to get the babies?

[Sevens]

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[catwoman]

Funny, Clooney said he did not want to marry or have children, and now he's old and will be twins' parents. Pathetic! It will look like children's grandfather. And he's over after this marriage, I don't think he's attractive anymore.

[What Would He Say]

I would like to offer congratulations and hopes and prayers for a safe arrival.... BUT as yet we have not been officially told..... 

I think they are expecting.... isn't it polite to wait for official statements from the couple concerned....

Am I too old fashioned....

[party animal - not!]

I think formal announcements are only made by royalty - unless you want the publicity.........

Births a bit different

I like this..

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[annemarie]

The question was out there so they answered and confirmed through a friend. No formal announcement necessary she is pregnant.

I'm looking forward to George's first interview I can imagine he is just crazy happy.

[Sevens]

I think they'll announce when the babies are safely born. Cesar interviews are just in a couple of weeks, George will be joking around his fatherhood on the carpet and making a touching acceptance speech on the podium. Not necessary for an official announcement right now, please let the media digest this news, coming up with creative questions they'll ask.

[hathaross]

Glad to see the good news has brought some of our old friends back to COH. You've been missed.

Hey, hi !!!  


I still can´t belive it !! And we are gonna see pictures of him holding the babies and I won´t still believe it..... It´s hard to process... more than when we knew about the marriage. 

I never thought this day would coming !! I have thought about it but never imagined someday it would be real. And here we are.... talking about George being a father in 4 months, of 2 children!!!!, in a happy marriage..... What happened to our boy !! LOL    Lucky Amal, very lucky girl,.....

[annemarie]

Hey hathaross .

I think George represents the saying never say never. 

There's that saying want to make god laugh tell him your plans.

[benex]

4 years ago I would never ever imagined something like that, it's better than a fanfic!!!!
very happy for them! <3

[Donnamarie]

Hathaross I've been wondering what happened to you. We miss you here. It was great to see your post yesterday. You're about as excited as I am.

It is unbelievable. I agree that it wasn't but four years ago that we, and probably George, could ever imagine a day like this would come. The saying "never say never" truly applies here.

Seems likely that George may comment about all of this at the Cesar awards.

BTW did you ever get your Casamigos?

[Joanna]

Absolutely brilliant news!

Have you started on the Casamigos yet, Joanna??

 NO....I'm waiting to wet the
Little One''s heads.



It's Great News pan.

[Joanna]

P S.. ...Sorry but what are the Cesar Awards
and will we get coverage here in UK.

Our Man George always has a happy knack
of pulling us all back together, where we belong.

YAAAAAAY !!

[LizzyNY]

Joanna - I asked the same question! Apparently they're the French equivalent of the Academy Awards or the BAFTAS. I would think you'll get coverage in the UK. I doubt we'll get it here in the US, though. Maybe they'll post on YouTube.

[carolhathaway]

I'd assume that there will be lots of coverage due to George's (and probably also Amal's) first public appearance since we officially know they're pregnant. 
And I guess everybody will be waiting what he's going to say in his acceptance speech.

So I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of articles and videos...

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