George Clooney’s Ex: He Was Like a Dad to Me
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George Clooney and his ex, Elisabetta Canalis.
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Recent “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Elisabetta Canalis is dropping the un-juicy details of what she calls her “father-daughter” relationship with George Clooney. “He’s been special for me, and very important, just as a father would be,” she shared in Italian journalist Bruno Vespa’s new book “Questo Amore” (“This Love”), according to E! Online. Canalis said she considers Clooney to be “one of the best people [she has] met,” “a real gentleman,” and someone who “valued [her] feminine side the most.”
Canalis said their separation in June did not stem from any commitment issues or a disagreement over whether to have kids. She said the relationship ended due to “[their] personal needs.” Clooney is now dating Stacy Keibler, a one-time pro wrestler and former “DWTS” contestant.
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There is so much wrong with that statement. You don’t have sex with your dad.
Posted by: Tony | October 31, 2011, 11:50 am 11:50 am
LOL – that’s what he gets for dating a much younger woman! He dates these girls who are beautiful but don’t challenge him on any level. They use him for the fame and he uses them for their looks…. a symbiotic relationship!
Posted by: Karen | October 31, 2011, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
Well he’s 50 and she’s 33 so he could be her dad. If he wasn’t famous he wouldn’t be getting these women.
Posted by: Mike K | October 31, 2011, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
the relationship ended to their “personal needs”. lot’s of ways to take that. i find it quite unusual that a multi-millionaire movie star does not want to raise a child. a tad weird. perhaps canalis, kiebler, and all the other “girl” friends are there to keep clooney out of national enquirer. though it hasn’t helped travolta or cruz.
Posted by: aje | October 31, 2011, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm
Ouch. Not the kind of publicity a man needs if he wants to retain his macho, sexiest man alive image. She really said a lot in relatively few words.
Posted by: barb | October 31, 2011, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm
Howie! That’s a hit below the belt. But then who is like her mom? Like anybody cares.
Posted by: Marat | October 31, 2011, 2:22 pm 2:22 pm
I’ve dated older men and men my own age. I’ve had the opportunity to date younger men. I’ve found the most rewarding relationships were with men close to my own age. What George could possibly get out a relationship with someone born when he was 17 is beyond me. And sex-wise, women in their 40s are much more experienced. Plus when you go out you don’t feel like you’re with your daughter. And she doen’t feel she’s with her father!
Posted by: kim | October 31, 2011, 6:18 pm 6:18 pm
Yeah, the comment about him being like her “dad” is SUPER creepy! Why does anyone care what she has to say? She has no talent and is famous for being someone’s girlfriend?
Posted by: Lynn | October 31, 2011, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
I think this is case of a woman scorned. She is hurt because he left her and no doubt she had hopes of marriage and financial security that are now dust.
Posted by: James | October 31, 2011, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm
The beauty about this is that George Clooney doesn’t care one bit what any of you critics say about him. He does his own thing, dates beautiful women, helps others (Darfur, etc), and unlike a lot of you (because mommy and daddy told you to) isn’t overpopulating and poluting the world. He’s a good role model in my opinion.
Posted by: Stan | October 31, 2011, 9:21 pm 9:21 pm
Every so often Bruno Vespa, a famous Italian journalist, picks a topic and interviews Italian celebrities on that topic. This year the topic was love, hence the title of the book “That’s amore”
He interviewed Canalis as well as other people.
She talked about her love life in general; what she said about GC is lovely and flattering…the problem is the journalists who cut, paste and rearrange long interviews into what they think it will sound more controversial in order to sell magazines…
Sad…
One more thing….Elisabetta Canalis is worth millions…she doesn’t need anybody to support her…
Posted by: Laura | October 31, 2011, 11:42 pm 11:42 pm
So many silly comments. In an age of equality no-one should worry if men or women date people who are younger or older than themselves. It’s nobody’s business who one chooses to be with, as long as they are over 18 years old. Love and maturity have nothing to do with age.
By the way beauty is a very subjective matter but, most well groomed people, who are not extremely overweight, or terribly underweight, are usually attractive. Calling Mr. Clooney or Ms. Canalis “ugly” is totally uncalled for.
Posted by: rosellina | November 1, 2011, 2:40 am 2:40 am
Elisabetta Canalis does not have a good grasp of English to begin with (as was evident during her brief stint on Dancing With the Stars) and when you also consider that these comments above are being translated from the Italian, I believe it is fair to say that her words were not exactly as they are represented here. Most likely she meant that George was very protective and considerate of her, that he ‘took care of her’ in the sense of watching out for her. That might be construed as ‘fatherly’ in a way. I do NOT think she is saying that they had a father/daughter relationship that was non-romantic, nor that she and her real dad have any type of sexual relationship. Oh, and I definitely agree with the posting from James. George isn’t worried about what we think, and he is actually being very mature to not have a string of marriages. Should he let society pressure him into being like other Hollywood stars — marrying and divorcing every few years, all the while talking about how much family means to him?! He is a man comfortable with himself and his own life and I greatly admire him for that!
Posted by: Isabella | November 1, 2011, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm
A woman her age is probably at the peak of her sexual appetite, maybe that is where the problem lies at 50 on what I would consider on the average male 3 to 4 times a week is good enough. If he dated women closer to his age maybe he would be more satifying in their needs
Posted by: D. Castello | November 1, 2011, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm