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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 15: (L-R) Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the 2nd Annual Academy Museum Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was one of the most eligible bachelors in Hollywood, known as the eternal rake who would likely never ‘settle down’. But it all changed in 2013 when the then-50-year-old met Amal Alamuddin<\/a>. Though many hearts broke at the news of his marriage to Alamuddin in 2014, it’s undeniable that the highly accomplished barrister is one seriously impressive woman, so much so that the Oscar winner himself is well aware that she may have been out of his league.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Page Six<\/em><\/a>, Clooney, 62, joked that he agreed with fans who shared this sentiment.<\/p>\n

“I still do [think that],” he told the outlet, joking that he felt he was “punching above” his weight with Amal<\/a>, 45, who has held various appointments with the UK government and the United Nations.<\/p>\n

“Everyone would say the same thing,” he added.<\/p>\n

The ER<\/em> alum has previously revealed that there was a time when he thought marriage<\/a> and a family of his own wasn’t on the cards.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Amal] sort of changed everything<\/a> in terms of what I thought my future\u2013my personal future\u2013was going to be,” he told People<\/em><\/a>. “I’ve always been an optimist about the world; I just wasn’t always completely optimistic about how it was going to work out personally for me. But now I am.”<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NY – MAY 04: George Clooney (L) and Amal Clooney attend the “China: Through The Looking Glass” Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After meeting at a party at his Lake Como house<\/a> in 2013, Clooney divulged that he realised he wanted to spend his life with his future wife during a romantic trip to Kenya.<\/p>\n

“We went on a safari in Kenya. Amal loves giraffes; they’re her favourite animal. She went to this place called Giraffe Manor, where the giraffes stick their heads through the windows and kiss you,” he told\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>. “I had a picture of her, looking back, smiling at these giraffes, and I said, \u2018I think I’m going to ask her to marry me’<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

In September 2014, the couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at the Aman Canal Grande resort in Venice, Italy.<\/p>\n

Together, they co-founded a human rights organisation, the Clooney Foundation for Justice, in 2016. And on June 6, 2017 the pair welcomed twins<\/a>, Ella and Alexander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42672,"featured_media":45190,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[65,35],"yoast_head":"\nGeorge Clooney Knows Amal Clooney Is Out Of His League<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"George Clooney has admitted that when it comes to his barrister wife Amal Clooney, the actor is "punching above" his weight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/george-clooney-amal-clooney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Clooney Knows He's "Punching Above" His Weight With Wife Amal Clooney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"George Clooney has admitted that when it comes to his 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