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| | George Clooney: Tom Cruise 'didn't overreact' I wouldn't have done it that big' | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney went on Howard Stern?s show to promote The Midnight Sky this week, and of course Stern asked him a lot about the pandemic (Clooney has been locked down in LA) and about the Tom Cruise rant. As we discussed, Cruise was recording going on a lengthy rant at crew members after those crew members were failing to adhere to pandemic protocols (apparently they were standing too close together). George had some thoughts about all of that, and about people who refuse to wear masks.
Clooney doesn?t think Cruise acted inappropriately. He didnt overreact because it is a problem. I have a friend whos an AD on another TV show who just had the almost exact same thing happen with not quite as far out a response. I wouldnt have done it that big. I wouldnt have, you know, pulled people out. Youre in a position of power and its tricky, right? You do have a responsibility for everybody else and hes absolutely right about that. And, you know, if the production goes down, a lot of people lose their jobs. People have to understand that and have to be responsible. Its just not my style to, you know, to take everybody to task that way.
Still, he understands Cruise?s frustration: I understand why he did it. Hes not wrong at all about that. You know, I just, I dont know that I would have done it quite that personally, but I dont know all the circumstances so maybe he had it 10 or 15 times before.
On people refusing to wear masks: ?This thought where everybody is like, ?Well its my freedom.? Its like, thats not how this sh-t works, dumbass. Your freedom is this: Youre free to smoke until your lungs turn black, but you cant do it on the bus. And youre free to drink until your liver comes out your ass, but you cant drink and then get behind the wheel of a car. There have to be certain rules. This is one that says: Put on a f***ing mask and well get through this. Weve got vaccines coming ? lets save another 60,000 lives before the vaccines.?
[From People & the Daily Mail]
Yeah, my guess is that a lot of powerful Hollywood people will have Tom Cruise?s back on this particular issue. Sure, it?s not a great look when a big celebrity is screaming at people. But studios, executives, producers and directors are all really worried about what this ?pause? in production has meant for the industry, and there are legitimately a lot of people out of work. And really, the covid protocols are there for a reason. All that being said, George is famously the guy who (reportedly) put David O. Russell in a chokehold on the set of Three Kings (because Russell was verbally abusing crew members), so who knows if George?s reaction really would have been to back up Cruise in real time. Totally agree with George about masks though!
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Avalon Red.
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| | George Clooney claims he's been cutting his hair with a Flowbee for years | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In George Clooney?s recent GQ interview, he spoke a lot about how he?d spent the pandemic in LA, with his wife and twins, at the same three-bedroom LA home he?s owned since 1995, which he bought at the time for $600,000. It was a spacious bachelor pad, but he made it sound like there was not enough room for four people (plus assorted animals, I would imagine). He also told GQ that he?s gotten pretty domestic during the pandemic and ?I cut my own hair and I cut my kids hair and Im mopping it and vacuuming and doing the laundry and doing the dishes every day. I feel like my mother in 1964.? We all had a good chuckle because George tells a good story. Turns out, he was telling the truth. He really does cut his own hair and he cuts his kids? hair. Dude?s got a Flowbee.
Actor/director George Clooney tells @thattracysmith that he's been cutting his own hair for years by using the Flowbee haircutting machine https://t.co/SWYT8pFC8h pic.twitter.com/bKepm5LQCM
CBS Sunday Morning ? (@CBSSunday) November 29, 2020
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| | George Clooney: 'It doesn't hurt to lose. It hurts to not try.' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney is currently promoting Midnight Sky, which he stars in, directed and produced. Good timing that his virtual promotion is happening just before the election, because that?s mostly what he wants to talk about. George spoke to Vanity Fair about growing up a Democrat in Kentucky, fighting losing battles, and why everyone should want to be the man in the arena. I?ll admit it? George?s words moved me. What he says about fighting losing battles is so important, as is what he says about trying and failing.
Why he?s supporting Amy McGrath?s Senate run in his home state of Kentucky: ?Here?s the idea behind supporting someone even though you?re going to lose. I?ve been arrested in the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C. I?ve been fighting to take [former Sudanese president] Omar al-Bashir to the ICC for years. All of those things, every one of them, was futile. I got an award by the Nobel Laureates at one point. There?s the Dalai Lama standing there, handing you this plaque, and my speech was about how we?ve never won. We?ve never succeeded, we?ve never accomplished. People are still dying in Sudan, and Darfur, and South Sudan. Every speech was: ?We?re not winning, but that doesn?t mean we don?t keep the fight up. It doesn?t mean you don?t keep doing it.? Now, a few weeks ago, I saw Omar al-Bashir in the docket, and he?s in jail. Yes, it took 20 years, but guess what?it happened. Of course you fight the losing fights, and of course you go into them fully expecting that you?re going to lose this fight. But that?s how democracy works. You fight it, and fight it, and at some point it changes. It doesn?t hurt to lose. It hurts to not try.?
His inspiration is Theodore Roosevelt?s 1910 ?Man in the Arena? speech: ?All he says is: get in. You get your face dirty; you?re going to lose. And when you lose, people are going to stand out there and make fun of you. The people out there, doing that [mockery], will never know the agony of defeat, but they?ll never know the great victories. They?ll be the timid souls on the sideline. That?s the truth. You gotta get in; you gotta mix it up. I have always been very involved, politically. I believe in it. I think it?s your civic duty to do.?
Whether American division has ever been this bad: ?It?s going to take a while. We always think that every time there is division in the United States, that it?s never been this bad. I say, go watch the documentary about Bobby Kennedy on Netflix. I think it?s six episodes. Just watch how the White House had buses parked around it to protect it from people being able to get up close to it. And people being shot in the streets and on campuses, particularly in ?65 and ?66 and ?68, and how deeply torn and violent and angry we were. Much more so than now, even though we see a lot of anger. And yes, it?s amplified by your ability to do all this on the internet and misinformation you?re getting. There was still a lot of misinformation and still a lot of anger. There?s certainly no more anger or resentment than when we actually killed 400,000 Americans in a civil war.?
On the Confederate flag: ?When I was growing up, I didn?t pay much attention to the Confederate flag. Hell, The Dukes of Hazzard had it on the top of their car. But the truth of the matter is, if I was Black I would have known exactly what it is. It shows you how different the experiences are. We were big liberals in Kentucky, you know, and still we were missing the point. I wasn?t flying a Confederate flag, for chrissakes, but now you look at it and go, ?Okay, guys, you?re defending the flag of a group of people, an entire section of this country that were traitors to the country, who went to war against our country and lost. With that flag! And they went to war for slavery?and lost.? So you don?t just get to fly that fking flag.?
We?ll survive this moment: ?I look at it as this is one of our worst moments. It?s not our worst. We will survive it. We survived the others. In general, what?s going to have to happen is, bit by bit, the most extreme of these groups will fall by the wayside and we?ll get tired of hate, as we do. We have found ways around it. I think we need to solve deeply ingrained injustices. There is not a single person that can actually look at facts and think that if you?re Black in the United States, your life, particularly in the justice system, is equal. Sentences are longer, they?re harsher, the paroles are longer, the arrest rate is higher. There?s no version of it that is equitable. We?re going to have to adjust these things. It can?t just be words.?
What Trump should have done in March about the pandemic: ?If Trump had come out early on and said, ?Listen, this is bad. It goes through the air??which we now know he knew in March??everybody should wear a mask.? If he did it, and everybody did it, there wouldn?t be one single MAGA person in the world saying we shouldn?t wear a mask. They wear seatbelts and they wear helmets on their motorcycles??
[From Vanity Fair]
For years, people have said that George would eventually ?get into politics? and run for office. The man is 59 years old and he has a bad back and more money than he knows what to do with. He?s not going to run for office. BUT HE SHOULD. I would vote for him. I loved his summary of the ?Man in the Arena? speech (which is technically the ?Citizenship in a Republic? speech). And this: ?Of course you fight the losing fights, and of course you go into them fully expecting that you?re going to lose this fight. But that?s how democracy works. You fight it, and fight it, and at some point it changes. It doesn?t hurt to lose. It hurts to not try.? The reason I know Clooney?s not going to run for political office is because he would have saved that line for his stump speech.
Also: I really appreciate how George is capable of revising his opinions and changing with the times and admitting mistakes without feeling the need to center himself in the narrative. The way he talks about the Confederate flag and what he thought in the past versus what he thinks now is a perfect example of ?how to be a white man and talk about Culture War issues.?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | George Clooney: 'The most patriotic thing?is to question your government' | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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George Clooney has had a very quiet year. That?s more common since his marriage to Amal he goes dark for months at a time, and he really only tries to get publicity when he?s promoting a project or when he?s drawing attention to some crisis or political issue. So it is now George is promoting The Midnight Sky, a film he stars in and directed. He plays a ?a lonesome scientist in the Arctic, who races to stop a group of astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.? To promote the film, he did a virtual appearance at the London Film Festival and talked about his career, politics and how he almost did The Notebook (which I do not believe, but sure). Some highlights:
On the pandemic: ?We?re sitting in this completely changed world, [where] we find it?s not just about coronavirus, about all the anger and hatred and stuff. You find that you?re really looking for kindness and support around the rest of your life. The directors that I?ve enjoyed working with always have had that as a quality.?
He decided to make Good Night, and Good Luck after seeing the lead-up to the war in Iraq. ?In 2003 and 2004, there were like five or six of us saying this is a terrible idea, and everyone else who thought [that] was keeping quiet. I just remember that feeling, the idea that the most patriotic thing you can do in the world is to question your government. I believe that, and will always believe it. I was raised the son of a newsman.?
The difference in the media today: ?It?s an interesting thing because at that time [1953], we had three channels for television news, and they all started with the same set of facts. Now, that?s completely different. We have the President of the United States trying to say that our mail-in ballots could be fraudulent, which of course, is a felony. And there?s been something like nine [cases of fraud] of a mail-in ballot over the last 40 years. We?re just working with different sets of facts, and I worry about that, because it makes people very sure of themselves.?
Working with Felicity Jones, who turned up pregnant: ?I was in the middle of Iceland, really miserable, and she goes ?So, there?s news. I?m pregnant.? I?m like ?Great.? And then I go, ?Okay, that complicates things.? She was so gung-ho. She wanted to do all the wirework. But I was like ?No, we?re not putting anyone pregnant on a wire.??
The Notebook story, which sounds like BS: He was going to work with Paul Newman, toward the end of his life. ?We were going to do The Notebook together. Basically, I was going to play him as a young man, and it was funny. We met and said, ?This is it. It?s going to be great.?? Subsequently, the actor went home, watched a number of Newman?s iconic films and got intimidated. ?He?s one of the handsomest guys you?ve ever seen. We met up [again] and I said, ?I can?t play you. I don?t look anything like you. This is insane.? ?We just wanted to do it because we wanted to work together, [but] it ended up being not the right thing for us to do.?
[From Deadline]
The Paul Newman story? I have no doubt that The Notebook, like many films, went through various casting choices, but I simply do not believe that George Clooney was considered for the Ryan Gosling role in The Notebook, nor do I believe that someone was like ?Paul Newman looks like an aged Clooney.? No. None of that happened. Newman and Clooney looked NOTHING alike. At all. And George was way too old for The Notebook. Lord. As for the other stuff? I think about the difference in American media and how ?conservative media? has ruined this country profoundly. McCarthyism would still be a thing if Fox News had been around at that time.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.
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| | George Clooney donated $500K to the Equal Justice Initiative on Juneteenth | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I somehow missed this, but on June 1st, the Daily Beast published a column by George Clooney. Clooney wrote about systemic racism and institutional racism in policing and more. I have no idea why I missed that when he wrote it, but I?m glad to hear from him, especially considering we really haven?t heard much from or about the Clooneys in months. Turns out, George has been paying attention to what?s happening in America, from the pandemic to Black Lives Matter and more. On Friday, he also did this: donated $500K to the Equal Justice Initiative. In his statement, he referenced Donald Trump?s Wall Street Journal interview, where Trump claimed, ?I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It?s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.
George Clooney is opening up his wallet for a good cause. The actor, 59, will be donating $500,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative, he tells PEOPLE in a statement.
Clooney said his donation was a response to President Donald Trumps claim that he made Juneteenth ? a longstanding holiday that marks the end of slavery ? famous.
Thank you President Trump for making Juneteenth famous. Much like when Bull Connor made Civil Rights famous. My family will be donating 500 thousand dollars to the Equal Justice Initiative in honor of your heroic efforts, Clooneys statement reads.
[From People]
If you don?t know who Bull Connor was, I suggest you read any book about his attacks against civil rights activists and peaceful protests in Alabama. He was a fking monster. Clooney?s comparison checks out Bull Connor is to Civil Rights what Donald Trump is to Juneteenth. And I love that George is spending his Casamigos cash in all of these great ways. I worried that he would just sit on all that money, but no. He?s going on a charitable giving spree!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | George & Amal Clooney spread out $1 million in donations across six organizations | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Back in the day, George Clooney would be one of the first celebrities out, making statements and organizing telethons during a tragedy. But during the pandemic, he?s been strangely quiet for weeks? I have a theory about this, actually! Remember in 2018, Clooney got into that motorcycle accident in Sardinia? I always thought that he was lying about his lack of injuries following the accident because of the insurance on the production. While he?s stepped out to events since then (it happened almost two years ago), he hasn?t been anywhere near as ?public? since the accident. I think he?s still struggling with chronic pain and probably tons of other medical issues. Just a theory! Anyway, George and Amal Clooney have finally released a statement about which organizations are getting their donations:
Add George and Amal Clooney to the list of Hollywood leaders who have made significant personal donations to help the devastation that the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought. Deadline has learned that the Clooneys have donated north of $1 million, targeted directly towards six areas in great need. They?ve donated $250,000 each to The Motion Picture and Television home ? where Clooney is a board member ? the SAG-AFTRA FUND, and Los Angeles Mayors Fund. An additional $300,000 has also been provided to three international charities; Lebanese Food Bank, Lombardo Italy Region and the NHS.
The Motion Picture and Television Fund provides temporary financial assistance for needs created or complicated by the Covid-19 pandemic. It assists with issues including health insurance, mental health assistance, rent, food and other essentials. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation COVID-19 relief fund helps cover member grants for health premiums, food, shelter and medical expense. The Lebanese Food Bank feeds the needy unable to work, the elderly, the disabled, those with chronic diseases, single mothers and orphans. The Mayor?s Fund for Los Angeles supports the LA Emergency COVID-19 fund to help provide childcare for the city?s first responders and health care workers, help with shelter for the homeless, the feeding the elderly and offering direct financial assistance to Angelenos that have been impacted. The Lombardo Italy Region directly support hospitals in the Lombardo region that are facing the COVID-19 emergency. Finally, the National Health Service COVID-19 appeal supports hospital staff and volunteers at the front line who are caring for COVID-19 patients.
[From Deadline]
I don?t hate that people in specialized communities (athletes, actors) are taking pains to donate close to home rather than donating to larger, global non-profits. It makes sense to me that George is concerned with out-of-work actors and entertainment people, especially since he spent such a big chunk of his career as a struggling, out-of-work actor. I like how they parceled out their donations to Lebanon, Los Angeles and Italy too. But? *whispers* George and Amal truly have hundreds of millions of dollars? I know they?re trying to draw attention to other charities and raise awareness and all of that. But it still feels like the donations could be a bit bigger! Like, we know that George and Rande Gerber sold Casamigos for $700 million in 2017. Come on. Also: where are the Clooneys? LA or England?
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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| | Amal Clooney's date-night outfit for her fifth wedding anniversary: cute or nah' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Hand to God, for the past few years, whenever I see photos of George Clooney, I think he looks like one of my aging Indian relatives. It?s something about that silver beard and olive skin my male Indian relations all seem to have the same long silver beards and such. Anyway, this is what George Clooney looks like these days. He?s grown out his beard significantly. And he has facial hair! *rimshot*
These are photos of George and Amal Clooney in New York on Friday. They were in town for the opening session of the United Nations, like they are every year. Amal usually has work to do in and around the UN, and she attended several sessions and meetings. From what I saw, I don?t think George joined her? I?m noting that because he has gone with her in previous years. In these photos, they are not headed to the UN though. I think they were going out to dinner or something. Possibly to celebrate their fifth anniversary! Yes, five years ago, we were enjoying those crazy wedding extravaganza photos from Venice. Seems like it was just yesterday.
In the five (plus) years since Amal was presented to us, I do think we?ve gotten used to her quirky style. Amal loves a miniskirt, a mullet skirt and/or something surprisingly twee. I would have really liked this ensemble if only the skirt was a touch longer. As it is, it?s much too short, even for an anniversary date night. I do love that she paired the ensemble with what appears to be ?fancy go-go boots.? I think that was her style aim: to look business/go-go. It?s the new business-casual.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | George Clooney says Amal won't 'allow' him to ride motorcycles anymore, ugh | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Catch-22 comes out on Hulu on May 17th, and George Clooney stars (in a supporting role) in the miniseries and he executive-produced it and directed a few episodes. They shot the series in Sardinia, which was probably a tax thing, plus George loves to be close to his home in Como, Italy. During filming of Catch-22 last summer, George was driving away from the set on a motorscooter when he crashed into a car. The video from the accident was horrific George went flying through the air and he was immediately checked into a hospital. The official line was that George had no major injuries, but weeks after the crash, it appeared that he was still unable to walk unaided. He has a history of significant back problems too, and I?ve believed for some time now that he has chronic pain in his back and probably his legs too. Apparently, after the crash, Amal banned him from all motorcycle/scooters from now on:
George Clooney is opening up about his scary motorcycle accident while in Italy last summer that sent him to the hospital. The Oscar winner, 57, was traveling on his scooter when a car cut into his lane and crashed into him, flinging him into the air. Clooney was rushed to the hospital and later released without serious injury.
The father of two was in Italy filming his upcoming Hulu show Catch-22 when the incident happened. He revealed at panel for the show in New York City on Wednesday that his wife Amal Clooney banned him from riding two-wheel vehicles again, and fellow producer Grant Heslov?s wife followed suit.
?I?m not allowed to ride motorcycles,? Clooney said at the panel. ?I got into a really bad accident. I hit a guy at 70 miles an hour on my bike. Got launched. And so that?s, I?m off of bikes. Grant?s off. We screwed up and our wives were like, ?You can never get on a bike again.??
[From People]
I know he?s saying ?I?m not allowed!? in a playful way to tell a story, but Jesus, that bugs. George is close to 60 years old and he should WANT to take care of himself to the point where he KNOWS deep down in his soul that he shouldn?t do the motorcycle thing anymore. Instead, he makes it sound like Amal is a wet blanket who orders him around. Amal is not his fking mother. She?s his wife and partner and she shouldn?t have to tell him or order him to do something smart which will save his life.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Avalon Red.
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| | Amal Clooney in Oscar de la Renta at the 'Catch-22' premiere: cute or budget' | | Added 5 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos from last night?s LA premiere of Catch 22, the Hulu miniseries produced by George Clooney. Clooney directed a couple of the episodes too, and he has a supporting role. I think it?s interesting that George had something to promote and he and Amal still didn?t attend the Met Gala on Monday. That?s interesting, right? Especially given that just last year, Amal was one of the co-chairs of the gala. Amal maybe/probably pissed off some important fashion people last year when she changed her mind at the last minute about wearing Tom Ford. I kind of wonder if? maybe Amal and George weren?t invited to this year?s gala. Or maybe they were invited but they thought the ?camp? theme was beneath them. That?s probably more likely.
Anyway, they made sure to be in LA (not New York) this week, so I guess it doesn?t matter. Amal chose to wear this absolutely fug Oscar de la Renta cocktail dress to last night?s premiere. Again, I have similar coloring and I love to wear this shade of green too. I tend to think the color is too ?wintery/Christmasy? for a May premiere, but that?s not even my biggest problem. My problem is that the fabric is some really cheap looking shiny taffeta. My lord. Plus, the design isn?t super-flattering on Amal. She has a problem with cocktail dresses, right?
Here?s George and some of his costars. Christopher Abbott is the guy in the brown suit and he plays Yossarian. Kyle Chandler is? delicious. I?ve never noticed this before, but Kyle Chandler definitely has a ?young Clooney? look to him, right? It?s the eyebrows and the eyes very similar. I wonder if that?s why George hired Chandler for the miniseries you just know that when George looks at Kyle, George thinks he still looks like that. (He does not.) Also, Matt Damon was there to support his bro. Luciana? had some work done, yes?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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| | John Stamos, 54, got engaged to actress Caitlin McHugh, 31, at Disneyland | | Added 7 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I tend to give John Stamos a pass on most things. Is that wrong? I don?t know – he seems mostly harmless. He adored his mother, who passed away a few years ago. He?s extremely popular with women and always has been. He seems to be something of a serial monogamist and/or a serial womanizer (or something in between). He?s apparently good to his friends and generous in general. He also stays in his lane – he?s worked consistently in television, happily and steadily, for decades now. All of that gave him the distinction of being one of the most eligible bachelors in Hollywood, sort of the George Clooney of TV actors. Well, no more. Mr. Famously Forever Bachelor is engaged!
Uncle Jesse’s going to be a married man! On Sunday night, John Stamos announced his engagement to his girlfriend, actress Caitlin McHugh. Making it official, the hunky 54-year-old TV star took to Instagram to share the good news with his 2.2 million followers. Along with a magical illustration of the couple, the Full House actor wrote, “I asked…she said yes! …And we lived happily ever after.”
The sitcom star tagged the image at Disneyland, a place he’s known to frequent with his lady love, who is a huge fan of the House of Mouse. The couple have been together over a year. E! News revealed exclusively that the lovebirds were dating in March 2016. McHugh has appeared in The Vampire Diaries and in Switched at Birth. The model also has appeared in Castle and, crazily (coincidentally) enough, she appeared in the same 2011 episode of Law & Order: SVUas Stamos! It’s a small world after all for the Disney lovers.
[From E! News]
Caitlin McHugh is 31 years old, in case anyone was wondering. She?s 31 and he?s 54. Well? at least she?s not 21, eh? She?s in her 30s, she landed the Greek-American version of George Clooney, good for her. I honestly don?t even mind the absolute cheesefest that is a Disneyland proposal! Hey, it makes them happy, and I bet they had a great time. Considering all of the Instagrams though, I do wonder if Disney sponsored their proposal. Is Stamos currently working for Disney or something? Let me check…no, he?s not?? He?s working for Netflix, and he had been working for Fox. Maybe he?s up for the lead in a new ABC show or something. Anyway, congrats to John Stamos and Caitlin. May they have many Greek babies with excellent hair.
I asked…she said yes! …And we lived happily ever after?
A post shared by John Stamos (@johnstamos) on Oct 22, 2017 at 9:09pm PDT
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