Actor George Clooney Asks the Press Not to Publish His Children's Photos
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Actor George Clooney Asks the Press Not to Publish His Children's Photos

  • George Clooney wrote an open letter addressed to the press, asking them not to share photos showing his children's faces
  • Clooney said his wife Amal is an attorney and brings terrorists to justice hence, the need to keep the children safe
  • The 60-year-old movie star previously gifted his 14 best friends $1 million each in cash

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Actor George Clooney has written an open letter to media outlets not to publish photos depicting his children's faces.

Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal.
George Clooney asked media outlets not to publish photos of his kids with his wife, Amal. Photo: Samir Hussein.
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Clooney said that revealing their faces would put their lives in danger in the letter addressed to the Daily Mail and other publications, BBC reports.

Wife's risky occupation

The Ocean's Eleven actor stated that his wife, Amal is a human rights lawyer who has put extremist and terror suspects on trial and showing their children’s faces would endanger them.

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Clooney, who has four-year-old twins with Amal, said he was prompted to send the letter after seeing photos of actress Billie Lourd's one-year-old published online.

"I am a public figure and accept the oftentimes intrusive photos as part of the price to pay for doing my job. Our children have made no such commitment.
"The nature of my wife's work has her confronting and putting on trial terrorist groups and we take as much precaution as we can to keep our family safe. We cannot protect our children if any publication puts their faces on their cover," Clooney’s statement read in part.

He further pointed out that he and his wife are not on social media and never share photos of their kids to avoid putting their lives in jeopardy.

“We hope that you would agree that the need to sell advertisement isn't greater than the need to keep innocent children from being targeted,” he concluded.

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Clooney gifts friends $1 million each

Briefly News previously reported that the actor said he gifted 14 of his closest friends $1 million each for their kindness and helping him when he was in need.

In a candid interview with GQ, the actor confirmed rumours about his giveaway back in 2013 and even shared how he got his hands on KSh 1.5 billion in cash.

The actor said:

"We are all good friends and I thought, without them, I don’t have any of this. And we are all really close. I thought if I get hit by a bus, they are all in the will. So why am I waiting to get hit by a bus?"

The 59-year-old said he got the cash at a classified place in Los Angeles, US, and bought 14 luxury luggage bags which he then placed a million dollars each before gifting them.

Source: Briefly News

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