Amal Clooney is well-known for her high-end wardrobe selections, which exude luxury from head to toe. In fact, the human rights lawyer is unrepentant about her appreciation for the better things in life, claiming that her own mother, Baria Alamuddin, encouraged her interest in fashion.
However, according to New Idea, Amal's superstar husband, George, is now taking a closer look at how much money his wife spends on expensive outfits annually. It comes after he suffered a financial setback when his last directorial effort, The Boys in the Boat, failed at the box office. George placed some of his own money into the film, so he is now keeping a careful eye on the family's finances.
“Amal spends a fortune on her wardrobe,” an insider tells New Idea Magazine.
Normally, this would not be an issue, especially because Amal makes a good living on her own. However, because George, 62, is currently experiencing a slow moment in his career, he allegedly does not want either of them to spend money on frivolous extravagances.
The insider adds that Amal, 46, is no pushover and is pointing out methods for her husband to save money as well. According to the tipster, George is well-known for being overly generous with friends. He continues to go above and beyond to ensure that money does not leave any of them behind.
The latest budgetary dilemma is complicated by George, who has long embraced Amal's fashion hero position and realizes that this necessitates her spending on costly things.
“It’s hard for him to argue with her when it comes to fashion because she’s admired wherever she goes. She outshines him when they’re out together. That’s something he’s always loved,” the informant suggested.
As a result, according to the insider, the pair is evaluating their spending habits. According to the insider, Amal pays closer attention to price tags when shopping. She is reportedly also willing to negotiate a sponsorship contract to recuperate some of her losses.
Meanwhile, George Clooney and Amal Clooney, co-founders of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, discussed their work "waging justice" at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England, earlier this month.
“It’s nice to be in a room with people that get shit done,” George stated early on during the appearance, as per The Hollywood Reporter. The foundation's work is about "holding people's feet to the fire," the actor stated, emphasizing that "it's a lot of failing and then finally succeeding." He added that the pair and their team have "the patience" for that.
George noted that "finding ways, levers" to have an impact is typically indirect. He stated you couldn't make very bad people good by guilting them. “You can't say, 'Omar al-Bashir, you're a wicked guy, you've perpetrated genocide, you're a terrible guy, stop! and he will,” George said.
That referred to a former military officer and politician who served as Sudan's head of state in various capacities. One can't expect the Sultan of Brunei to act on his own, George furthered, but what you can do is make individuals who do business with them feel bad.
“So you go to the cruise lines and gas lines and you go, ‘The same shit that’s happening to the hotels that the Sultan of Brunei owns is going to happen to you.’ And then they go to the Sultan of Brunei and go, ‘Dude, what are you doing? Knock it off!’ And that’s how you actually get it to change,” George explained.
George was also asked about the value of storytelling in spreading essential information, citing his 2005 film “Good Night,” and “Good Luck,” which he directed and depicts the confrontation between journalist Edward R. Murrow and anti-Communist U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy represents Wisconsin.
“Good Night, and Good Luck I wrote because I was being called a traitor to my country by my own country for being against the war in Iraq. The idea was anybody who spoke out against the war in 2003 was a traitor, and it wasn’t really fun. They were picketing my movies, and all that kind of stuff,” George shared.
“So we wrote it, because we liked the idea that it has to be entertaining, people have to be engaged. You can’t go to Darfur and talk about 300,000 people dead because it just glazes over people’s faces. But when you go there, you tell the story about one kid who comes over and pulls on your finger and says, ‘When will you be back?’ And I said, ‘We’ll be back soon.’ And she just giggled and said, ‘You always say that.’ Those kinds of stories matter to people,” George added.
“Storytelling is about finding a way to relate to people things that they can understand and not overwhelm them with peas and carrots,” the actor concluded.
George and Amal were among the featured speakers at the event's concluding plenary session, which was organized by Participant chairman Jeff Skoll's Skoll Foundation with the topic "Let's come together to accelerate innovative solutions to the world's most pressing problems."
Other speakers at the 2024 Skoll World Forum included music legend Nile Rodgers, Mexican singer Lila Downs, and former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
