George Clooney says he and wife Amal made a 'terrible mistake' by having their twins learn Italian
foxnews.comGeorge Clooney admitted he and wife Amal regret having their 5-year-old twins Alexander and Ella learn a foreign language. During an appearance Wednesday on "CBS Mornings," the 61-year-old actor and the 44-year-old lawyer were asked by host Gayle King what delights them about their children, adding that "at five, they are very chatty." "We've made a terrible mistake," the Academy Award winner said. "We taught them Italian." George Clooney admitted that he and his wife Amal regret having their 5-year-old twins Alexander and Ella learn a foreign language. ( Joe Maher) "But we don't speak Italian," he added. "So we've armed them with a language they can harm us with." "And we both don't really know what they're saying," George said, adding that their children also speak French. "I'm from Kentucky, you know, English is my second language," the "Ocean's Eleven" star joked.
Amal explained that their son Alexander is following in the footsteps of his father and is "a big prankster". She told her husband, "You've taught him all of these lessons, and now he's pranking his dad back!" The Academy Award winner said his children have learned Italian, but he and Amal don't speak the language. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File) George added that Alexander told him his favorite superhero is Batman. "And I go, ‘You know, I used to play Batman.’ And he goes, ‘Yeah, but not anymore’," he recalled with a laugh. "I was like, if only he knew how true that was," George quipped.
The actor played the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Joel Schumacher's 1997 superhero action-adventure movie, "Batman & Robin." The film was mostly panned by critics and disappointed at the box office.
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