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How George Clooney and Wife Amal Avoid Marital Fights: They ‘Communicate Very Well’
In 2023, George and Amal Clooney appeared on CBS Mornings and proclaimed they’d never had a fight — ever. So when the actor, 64, returned to the TV show on April 21 to talk about his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, host Gayle King was dying to know if he and his human rights lawyer wife, 47, had finally gotten into a marital spat.
“We still haven’t,” George said sheepishly. “We’re trying to find something to fight about.”
The internet exploded with people insisting it just wasn’t possible for a couple who wed more than a decade ago — especially one raising 7-year old twins — not to bicker. But Susan Winter, a NYC-based relationship expert and creator of the “Love À La Carte Method,” has another take.
“Although unusual, it’s not impossible,” she tells Life & Style. “If there’s clear communication and open dialogue, that allows for differences of opinion but does not culminate in a ‘fight.’”
That’s how the Clooneys roll, according to those who know them.
“George and Amal communicate very well,” confirms an insider. “They avoid speaking out of turn or making rash comments to hurt the other person. George and Amal know each other well enough that they know when to listen and when to express their thoughts and feelings.”
Case in point: Initially, Amal and twins Emma and Alexander planned to stay at their estate in France while George was working on stage in NYC for six months, but then he realized he’d miss them too much. After discussing it, George and Amal made arrangements to temporarily relocate the family to the Big Apple. Says the insider, “They talk things out and always consider the other’s needs.”
George feels his marital bliss is because he met his spouse when he was older.
“I started so late with Amal,” he told CBS Mornings. “I feel so extraordinarily lucky to have met this incredible woman. There isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t think I’m the luckiest man in the world.”
According to Winter, who hasn’t worked with the duo, he’s onto something.
“With maturity comes the ability for greater self-awareness and emotional regulation,” she says. “And George continually refers to the fact that he’s ‘lucky’ to have met Amal. His respect and admiration for her are evident. And when a partner deeply respects and admires their mate, there is far less conflict.”
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