George Clooney didn’t just talk to Piers Morgan about malaria – he also talked about whether or not he would get married again. In the interview – jointly with his dad, Nick Clooney – George told Piers that “I hate to blow your whole news story, but I was married, so I gave it a shot.” Most outlets are claiming that this retort means that Clooney has given up on ever marrying, ever ever ever again. While it could totally mean that, that’s not really what Clooney said. I take it more as “I’ve been married before and I have no illusions about the married life, but maybe someday, I guess, I might try it again.”
Don’t expect George Clooney’s love Elisabetta Canalis to join Hollywood’s bridal brigade — because her famous beau is not interested in getting hitched. In a Friday interview on Piers Morgan Tonight, Clooney, 49, appeared alongside his father Nick, who admitted he “yearned for the moment” when his movie star son would wed Canalis. (Nick and George’s mom Nina have been married for over 50 years.)
George’s retort: “I hate to blow your whole news story, but I was married, so I gave it a shot.”
Indeed, it’s a lesser-known fact that Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993.
Where is Balsam these days? The actress, 51, keeps busy with a steady stream of film and TV roles; she plays Natalie Portman’s mom in No Strings Attached, out this weekend. As a recurring character on Mad Men, she plays ex-wife to Roger Sterling, played by actor John Slattery — her real-life husband, with whom she has one son, Harry.
Clooney and Italian actress/model Canalis, 32, have been dating since 2009. She opened up to Italian Vanity Fair last year about her romance with one of the world’s most desired men.
“There are some people who just don’t want to see me happy,” Canalis complained. “[George] reassures me all the time. He is very close. I feel more embraced than ever before. The idea of being so loved is overwhelming…George has given color back to my life.”
During the Piers Morgan interview, Clooney also praised his actor dad for teaching him the value of doing charity work, “to help look out for people that are less fortunate than you and to challenge people that are in power.”
Would Clooney consider entering politics?
“Honestly, my job is as good as they get,” he said. “I think that I am best suited as an advocate for issues and I look to people who are far smarter and far better at this than I am to lead.”
[From Us Weekly]
Do you think Elisabetta Canalis is weeping into her bondage gear as we speak? Do you think she’s having an “aha” moment, starring at her leather hoodie and whip. “Aha, I get it! He just wants kinky sex, not a wife!” Of course, we don’t really know if Elisabetta ever wants to marry Clooney either. Wait, what am I saying? Of course she wants to marry him. Why else would she be pushing the engagement ring stories?
Oh, and last year Clooney’s ex-wife Talia Balsam gave a rare interview about her time with Clooney – you can read it here. She doubts he’ll ever marry again. I get the feeling she knows what’s up.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
He’s gay. There’s a reason why young men in their early 20’s are going in and out of his Italian villa, with no women in sight.
ahhh elisabetta all this hard work for nothing i feel for you…:lol:
I knew you would take this and run with it, Kaiser. I hope smug Elisabetta is eating crow with her pasta. Ciao, manly.
@Pete
Those young men in their early 20’s are delivering his malaria meds….sheessssh.
Note to Elisabetta: Consult Kate’s royal book of Man Bulldogging before proceeding any further.
Gah, he’s beginning to look old and like “W” in that first pic.
Is he really gay? I believe it with Cruise and Travolta, but I’ve always had a problem believing Clooney was gay. He’s best friends with Rande Gerber, who by all accounts is a huge slut/cheater.
I have many friend who work in Hollywood and the “George is gay” thing has lots of credible belivers.
I think he’s bi like Cary Grant was. Just too charming and beautiful not to give it up.
The rumors are with women he likes it extra kinky and that’s why he’s always hurting himself…
He probably got a vasectomy so he wouldn’t have any “accidents”. He’s to smart to get trapped.
not sure if he is gay, but i remember some interview he gave a few years ago where he blabbed about all of his boy time, i.e. he has a big group of guy friends and they do lots of male bonding and don’t bother with women. kind of weird past the age of 24.
totally agree with the gay/bi sentiment. most guys that are over-play the ladies are usually gay or bi.
I find his candor refreshing. It bugs me when male celebrities have to pretend to want to get married someday and female celebs have to pretend to want children someday.
Well they call it publicly male bonding but really it’s gay orgies.
By the way Randi Garber is bi.
I think it says more about us than it says about him that the public keeps insisting Clooney should get married. It’s his decision, leave the guy alone.
My guess is, when he hits 60 he will do what Warren Beatty did, and suddenly want to settle down and have a family.
But not everybody wants to be married and have a family, and it seems to irk the public. I think they would rather see someone in serial relationships and serial marriages than not marry at all. We still believe in marriage.
Color me shocked. I am sure that she knows this and is ok with it while it lasts.
So will she stop calling the tabloids and pretending to be a ‘source’ and creating marriage stories every other week? Probably not.
I was a dresser for an actress who had a brief relationship with Clooney pre-Canalis (I think?). When I asked her how the sex was she just rolled her eyes and said “…Meh.”
I like his honesty. He doesn’t want to get married. I’m sure he told EC from the start, so if she thinks she can change that, good luck, but when a man is being honest about the relationship, a rarity in most cases, believe it! Who wants to marry a man who says he not the marrying type?
Someone in his position has nothing to gain through marriage. If he can find a young beautiful woman who wants to be his companion, who doesn’t expect marriage, why would or should he get married?
Look at Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. They’ve been together forever without getting married. Being married doesn’t guarantee that couples will be together forever – just look at the divorce rate (especially in Hollywood).
But it is nice to see those who take marriage seriously like Joann Woodward and Paul Newman.
To each his own.
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free…he is enjoying the bachy life as long as he could. It is really up to the person whether or not to marry
I don’t know. That quote totally sounds like he’s never getting married again. I don’t see how you get anything else out of it.
It’s also something he’s said pretty consistently, so I don’t see why it’s news.
marriage is not the end goal of being in love, is it? i can’t remember who said it but it went something like “love makes you want to be a better person.” it’s about building a life together, with or without a piece of paper that somehow validates you. besides, marriage doesn’t equal security or a happy ending; with the divorce rate where it is i am shocked anyone still wants to get married.
but i also think clooney is bisexual. a bisexual who doesn’t want to get married.
It’s not like he he has never been married before,he has and it didn’t work out,it happens to people all the time.I appreciate his being honest about it because the girl who he is with at the time know exactly where he stands/feels about this and it’s up to the other person to decide if she wants to stick around or not.He pulls no punches,he’s not stringing anyone along.Besides he stand a lot to lose financially if he does tie the knot.Even if they live together for a long period of time could he not lose a lot?unless they sign a prenup?BTW why is he called a bachlor and not divorced?
Everyone knows he’s gay right? That all of Hollywood is fully aware of his sexual preference? Right?
I think he goes both ways
George’s ex-what an odd couple, at least back then. It’s good they don’t blather about each other-my mother always used to say, “Discretion is the better part of valour”. Let’s assume women can aspire to valour as well.
I was married for 15 years and I have two wonderful sons. I will not be marrying again. I know this is disappointing to some (including, oddly, my ex), but I don’t think the institution of marriage makes sense in the modern era. (May reasons). There are all kinds of legal arrangements the couple can make with regard to disposition of assets, etc, even in a partnership.
Different story with kids, because the legal status of each parent in the marriage is more clearly defined than with partners (think Halle Berry), even though many states make provisions for children whose parents are not married.
But with George-oodles of money, women throwing themselves at his feet, a tendency to get bored. And E.C. is NOT his soul mate. I envision him with someone who will truck down to the Sudan and risk malaria, too.
Hey George, I’m a big human rights advocate, and I would travel to exotic (and dangerous) locales for the betterment of others, especially those who have been victims of war crimes. International Humanitarian Law was my thing in law school. I’m not as sexy as Elisabeta, but I am committed to causes like yours. We could work side by side! (Also, I could ratchet up the fun and games for a guy like you..)
(Ooooh, maybe he’ll read this-NOT)…
I like to imagine that Talia probably thanks Xenu/Allah/Jesus/whatever EVERY SINGLE DAY that she gets to wake up with a delectable silver fox each morning instead of her whoremongering ex-husband.
The lying trashy cokewhore and her lying trashy publicist’s lie-filled press releases continue. In the latest one, she’s claiming to be surprised that George doesn’t want to marry her. ROFL. Really, Cagna? You’re surprised after repeated public statements published on Gossip Cop and elsewhere by both George and his rep for months now that he has no intention of marrying you? PopSugar even got him on video saying he doesn’t want to marry you. And you want us to believe that you’re actually surprised, that this is somehow news to you, a fake, publicity contract girlfriend implicated in a cocaine and prostitution investigation in Italy, that George has no intention of marrying you? Cagna is a LIAR.
Also, it should be noted that Us magazine incorrectly stated that Nick said he wants George to marry Canalis. In fact neither Nick nor anyone else ever mentioned Canalis in the interview.
Kaiser, you are to be commended for not misconstruing or changing George’s actual words, something that dozens of supposed “news” sites have done.
He’s not gay. He’s just a member of the “Bitches be crazy” club.
Marriage is an outdated institution. Divorce rates in hollyweird are like 75%. Why bother with all the bullshit and risk having to hand over half your of your fortune to someone who had no hand in it at all?
Not worth the hassle.
He gets married, he stays single, he’s bi, who cares? If he and Canalis are happy with the way things are, whose business is it what they do?
@Original Kate – yes, agree.
I’m pretty sure that she knows (and always has) that he doesn’t want to get married, it is a well-known fact even for those who don’t care about gossip and Clooney.
I think that she likes to make fun of the gossip writers/readers (e.g.: the engagement ring bs linked above), I also think that albeit what her haters say she’s a quite indipendent woman who’s obvioulsy enjoying the ride.
@original kate, I couldn’t say it better, I totally agree.
He’s been pretty candid for several years that he has no interest in remarrying. I also think he’s had a vasectomy. I don’t think he’s gay, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he is (or at least bi) and is bearded. EC is the perfect beard. He’s certainly not with her for her rapier wit and intellect.
He gave marriage a “shot” many years ago, to another woman. He may just enjoy women trying to snag him or perhaps he is gay, which I have never thought. He is saying he will not even consider it in the future, so that does not sound like a man in love.
*Edit of my previous post: “despite what haters say, etc” for some reason I keep getting confused between “albeit” and “despite”.*
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January 24th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
[…] He is saying he will not even consider it in the future, so that does not sound like a man in love.
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I loved my ex so much, but I didn’t consider marriage, and if I’ll ever be as much in love as I was with him I’m sure I won’t consider marriage either.
IMO marriage is overrated, it’s just an agreement between two people but that doesn’t make the commitment stronger or whatever.
@observer @solveig: she didn’t know?! really???? …it was the best joke of the day…
And we don’t give a crap if he gets married again either. But has he ever run into John Travolta at the spa?
I’m with Katenonymous 100%. Why all this marriage wishful thinking? He’s made it pretty damn plain over the years. It’s time for tabs and mags to stop asking him the same old worn out question.
I think he’s got an idea that other famous men should follow: if you want to have all the sex in the world with all the women in the world, then don’t get married. Then no one really cares.
I always figured that if it was true that he is gay, then he might like EC because she looks like a man!
Now, I am thinking maybe the bi thing is the truth. So, with her, he sort of gets both in one! 🙂
@Lucy, I actually said that SHE KNOWS (and she knew before they started hooking up) that he doesn’t want to put a ring on her (or other’s) finger…
@solveig: I understood that, I was being sarcastic about the whole thing…I never dated him and I knew it, lol
The man knows himself better than anyone else does.if he says he’s not going to get remarried we all should take him at his word and stop asking him that question.
she isn’t in love with him, she’s a cokewoh.re only intersted at is money and fame!
the ugly tranny is the proof GC is gay!
elisabetta canalis had many boyfriends why no one loved to stay with her ,she must be not sexy at all.
Oh, subject no.1 !
It is always pretty amusing to watch Mr. Clooney when he needs to come up with this subject again and again. Always thinking of wedding? Missing something in his life?
He reminds me of a little child or a stupid blonde saying “No, no no” while meaning “Yes, yes, yes, please!” Why the repeating? I thought he was a stubborn old mule from Texas, who talks like this: “I told you once and I meant it!”
I never believed and don’t believe them now, these gay rumors. Maybe he is bi.
I feel soooooo bad for Elisabetta Canalis…ha!
Well, his sexuality is none of my business, but the gaydar never beeped in his direction.
I just hope she walks the dogs without makeup again… she is so naturally beautiful!
She’s walking the dog again…while she is shopping, but she’s not looking to the cameras…very surprising!
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/01/27/elisabetta-canalis-dog-ferragamo/
Thanks for guiding us from silly Clooney thread to the really important things.
Hey Jennifer, post # 18, did you know that even though as you quoted, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have been together forever, a long time at least, and have never gotten married, the fact of the matter is their living arrangement has been less than ideal. He cheats on her, or has in the past. Kurt Russell has been quoted as saying, “Men are not suppose to tie themselves down to one women, that’s just science. I can only guess the reason Goldie Hawn has stayed with her philandering common law husband is probably just for the sake of their child that she had with him. She settled for second best, sad to say the least. Welcome to Hollywood.