George Clooney shares initial concerns he had about wife Amal after realising one thing

Due to their 17-year age gap, George Clooney has admitted that he initially was worried about dating his current wife Amal Clooney.

The 63-year-old met Amal, 47, a human rights lawyer, back in 2013 and he admits being drawn to her instantly.

In fact, ahead of their meeting, George says it was his agent who told him: “I’m telling you, you’re going to marry her”.

The actor, however, at the time believed she appeared to be fine alone and that his aging might hinder him.

He continued, “Then, I didn’t really think I’d have much of a chance with her because she seemed to have everything she needed,” he said to the New York Times.

Thankfully, Amal’s love towards George was mutual and they went on to marry in Venice, Italy a year later.

They became the first parents of twins Alexander and Ella, both of whom are seven years old, in 2017.

The actor believes that meeting Amal later in life has made things simpler, in light of the new interview.

Elaborating on his point, he said: “We renovated our house. Amal would go, ‘ I want to paint this wall yellow’.

” Well, if I was 27 years old and doing construction work, I would’ve been like, ‘ Well, that’s a stupid colour’.

“But the truth of the matter is that at 60, you just go, ‘ OK’. There are numerous factors that could have caused friction.

Time passing by quickly, George acknowledges being conscious of at the moment.

The Hollywood star said he and Amal discussed creating more memories while he was still feeling young after turning 60.

“I said, ‘ Look, I can still play full-court basketball. I can still run around. I was 30 when I started working, and I can still do pretty much everything.

” ‘ But in 30 years, I’m 90. That’s a real number. My dad just hit that. And you still have to avoid doing certain things, despite how many granola bars you consume.

“I told Amal, ‘ We have to focus on the next 20, 25 years of making sure that we’re jamming in everything we can. Not just work, because no one at the end of their life goes, ‘ God, I wish I worked more'”.

Source: Mirror