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\n Related: <\/span>George and Amal Clooney Obtain French Citizenship With Their Kids<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tGeorge Clooney and Amal Clooney are stepping into the new year by marking a meaningful milestone. The A-list couple and their 8-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, have been granted French citizenship, according to a naturalization decree published on Saturday, December 27, via French newspaper Journal Officiel. It seems to be a welcome change for the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The couple own a farm in the south of France, which includes 100 acres of grapes and 1200 olive trees and serves as their primary residence<\/a>. The pair also have additional homes in England and Italy.<\/p>\nClooney previously opened up about his decision to raise his kids on a farm after growing up on one himself in his home state in Kentucky, explaining how his perspective on a more rural life has changed over the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cA good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it,\u201d he explained to Esquire<\/em> <\/a>in October about wanting to leave Los Angeles behind. \u201cBut now, for them, it\u2019s like \u2014 they\u2019re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life.\u201d<\/p>\nThe actor noted that he was \u201cworried about raising\u201d his twins in \u201cthe culture of Hollywood,\u201d a place that he felt would \u201cnever\u201d give them a \u201cfair shake\u201d at a normal life.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrance \u2014 they kind of don\u2019t give a s*** about fame,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don\u2019t want them being compared to somebody else\u2019s famous kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spending time on a farm also teaches his kids how to get their hands dirty, the actor said, recalling a time he tasked them with repainting an old property fence that had suffered from sun damage.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first they\u2019re taking these little, tiny brushstrokes, boop, boop, boop,\u201d he quipped. \u201cAnd I go, \u2018Nooo, paint the goddamn fence.\u2019 And then they go crazy painting the fence and they\u2019re covered with paint and oil and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
While officially becoming French citizens may be new for the family of four, George and Amal, 47, are more than familiar with the European lifestyle. The couple met in Lake Como, Italy<\/a>, in 2013, tying the knot in Venice the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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Clooney previously opened up about his decision to raise his kids on a farm after growing up on one himself in his home state in Kentucky, explaining how his perspective on a more rural life has changed over the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cA good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it,\u201d he explained to Esquire<\/em> <\/a>in October about wanting to leave Los Angeles behind. \u201cBut now, for them, it\u2019s like \u2014 they\u2019re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor noted that he was \u201cworried about raising\u201d his twins in \u201cthe culture of Hollywood,\u201d a place that he felt would \u201cnever\u201d give them a \u201cfair shake\u201d at a normal life.<\/p>\n \u201cFrance \u2014 they kind of don\u2019t give a s*** about fame,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don\u2019t want them being compared to somebody else\u2019s famous kids.\u201d<\/p>\n Spending time on a farm also teaches his kids how to get their hands dirty, the actor said, recalling a time he tasked them with repainting an old property fence that had suffered from sun damage.<\/p>\n \u201cAt first they\u2019re taking these little, tiny brushstrokes, boop, boop, boop,\u201d he quipped. \u201cAnd I go, \u2018Nooo, paint the goddamn fence.\u2019 And then they go crazy painting the fence and they\u2019re covered with paint and oil and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n While officially becoming French citizens may be new for the family of four, George and Amal, 47, are more than familiar with the European lifestyle. The couple met in Lake Como, Italy<\/a>, in 2013, tying the knot in Venice the following year.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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