According to a troubling new report, the romantic clock may be ticking on one of Hollywood’s most beloved couples.
Yes, we’re looking at you, George Clooney and Amal Clooney.
But we really wish we were not.
Via In Touch, a source claims that the Oscar-winning actor and his extremely intelligent wife simply don’t see each other very often these days.
“They are both hardcore workaholics, so it’s like they’re in their own little bubble. They are in two very different worlds 90 percent of the day. They’re leading separate lives,” this insider tells the tabloid, noting that at least the spouses seem to be aware of their issues.
The couple reportedly hoped that the situation would improve when George relocated to New York City to star in a Broadway show.
Amal is often in the Big Apple as well due to her job as an adjunct professor at Columbia University. Alas, life in Manhattan did not prove any more conducive to a healthy marriage.
Now, George and Amal are preparing for their longest separation yet. According to a new report from Life & Style, he’ll spend the next six months in Manhattan, performing in Good Night & Good Luck, while she remains home with their kids.
“George has never done Broadway before, and he’s thrilled about the opportunity, but between rehearsals and performances, it means he will spend six months in NYC,” an insider tells the outlet.
“Amal is going to remain in France, where their two children are settled in — and there’s no denying this is going to test their 10-year marriage.”
The source says that past lengthy separations “didn’t do the marriage much good,” but George and Amal have developed a strategy for coping with the long-distance arrangement.
“George will be able to speak to the kids every night before bedtime, taking the time difference into consideration. And Amal might be able to fly out for the occasional weekend visit,” the insider explains.
This isn’t the first time we’ve written about trouble in marital paradise for the Clooneys.
There was a rumor back in 2020 that the couple was separated and headed for a divorce, but nothing came of it.
The latest reports refrain from dropping the D-Word, instead focusing on two people who are very successful in their fields … and the toll that can take on a relationship.
“George runs his filmmaking operation — from directing and producing to taking acting roles in other people’s projects — like a military general,” In Touch explains, detailing how Clooney has directed a movie (The Boys in the Boat), filmed two movies (one with Brad Pitt and one with Adam Sandler) and produced numerous projects over the past few years.
Amal, meanwhile, is a human rights attorney.
She is “often traveling back and forth for work, which can become chaotic,” says this source, noting that Amal spends a lot of time in London working with clients or in Netherlands, where the International Criminal Court is located.
Adds the magazine:
“She’s doing so much around the world that most people don’t even know about. Her career will never take a back seat to George’s career, and she made that clear to him very early on.”
When they aren’t traveling for work, George, Amal and their seven-year-old twins spend time as a family in Clooney’s famous Lake Como villa.
It’s a positively gorgeous place. But there’s a production facility inside of the mansion where Clooney frequently works, leaving little downtime for him and his wife to truly connect.
Adding to the stress is the fact that the Clooneys have become influential in the world of politics. During the 2024 US presidential election, George called for Joe Biden not to seek reelection.
And he may have been instrumental in the sitting president’s decision to step aside.
Shortly thereafter, rumors circulated that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were devastated over being “snubbed” by the Clooneys. That sort of clout can take a toll on a couple.
“They seem like the picture of bliss on the red carpet, and of course they always gush about each other in public, but friends are wondering if they’ll make it,” the source continues. “A lot of Hollywood couples don’t.”
Heck, a lot of couples period do not.
Due to the age of their kids, along with Clooney’s fortune (he sold his Casamigos Tequila company for $1 billion in 2017), going through a divorce would be a “nightmare,” this report concludes.
Let’s all hope it never comes to that.