George Clooney: the man who every man in the world is jealous of. The actor, who is widely regarded as the most handsome man on the planet, has had a long and illustrious career, winning several awards and starring in plenty of huge films along the way. Films such as Ocean's 11, O'Brother, Where Art Thou? and Burn After Reading will go down as as some of his greatest works. Oh, and who can forget his awful incredible depiction of Batman in the absolutely sh*t amazing Batman & Robin - what a film. But while Clooney may be one of the most famous and successful actors in the world, it seems like he may be about the finally hang up his boots and take a step away from the camera. Obviously, George Clooney is a pretty wealthy bloke - I mean, just look at him. You don't look that healthy and that suave when you're living hand to mouth every day, do you? And this is the exact reason why he doesn't see himself appearing on the big screen anytime soon. While Clooney was pocketing a cool $16.5 million per movie, the main reason he's decided to give up his day job is due to his tequila company... which he sold for one billion dollars. "Look, I acted for a long time and, you know, I’m 56. I’m not the guy that gets the girl anymore. "Well, yeah, I shouldn’t be the guy that gets the girl. But, look, if somebody’s got Paul Newman in The Verdict, I’d jump. "But there aren’t that many like that. Acting used to be how I paid the rent, but I sold a tequila company for a billion f*cking dollars. I don’t need money." Clooney has been moving away from Hollywood ever since he founded his tequila company back in 2013 with his friends. Despite the company being only four years old, Clooney sold it in June for one billion dollars. Yep, one BILLION DOLLARS. However, don't fear - Clooney is not leaving the Hollywood lifestyle completely. He's been transitioning from his role in front of the camera to the seats behind it, with him beginning his foray into the world of directing. His latest project, a movie called Suburbicon, has an all-star cast as well as an incredible production team that only a man with significant Hollywood connections could pull together. Despite being written by Clooney and the legendary Coen brothers, as well as starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac, the film has completely bombed upon release, with critics and moviegoers being less than impressed with the movie. Even though critics and the general public haven't taken too kindly to Clooney's first foray into the world of directing, I doubt he will care too much. At the end of the day, what's a bad review when you've just sold your company for a billion dollars? George Clooney: the man who every man in the world is jealous of.

George Clooney has been having a pretty good time over the last few years. After meeting and marrying the love of his life back in 2014, his already luxurious life as one of the most successful actors in Hollywood got even better. Recently, we found out that he had retired from the acting game entirely, down to the fact he had sold his tequila company for a whopping $1 billion at the beginning of this year. At the time, he explained that "I acted for a long time and, you know, I’m 56. I’m not the guy that gets the girl anymore." But it did seem like that the purchase of the Casamigos Tequila company had some effect. "Acting used to be how I paid the rent, but I sold a tequila company for a billion f*cking dollars," the actor said. "I don’t need money." [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BYlaZ-Egviw/]] The company was founded by Clooney along with his friends back in 2013 and it grew in size and wealth exponentially. Recently, however, one of these co-founders came out to explain how generous George is, by describing how he gifted him with $1 million, just for being a loyal friend. Rande Gerber, an entertainment industry businessman and former model, was invited along with thirteen others to have dinner at Clooney's home. During a recent interview on the US show Headliners, he explained that they were called down in September 2013, where they each found designer black luggage waiting for them on the table when they arrived. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BT1V6nMBT2a/?hl=en&taken-by=randegerber]] "'Listen, I want you guys to know how much you’ve meant to me and how much you mean to me in my life'," Gerber recalled George saying. "'I came to LA, I slept on your couch. I’m so fortunate in my life to have all of you and I couldn’t be where I am today without all of you." "So, it was really important to me that while we’re still all here together, that I give back. So I want you all to open your suitcases.'" [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/8ykEQBvOkT/]] He continues: "We open it up, and it’s a million dollars in $20 bills. Every one of us — 14 of us — got a million dollars. Every single one of us." "We’re in shock. Like, what is this? He goes, 'I know we’ve all been through some hard times, some of you are still going through it. You don’t have to worry about your kids, you don’t have to worry about, you know, school, you don’t have to worry about paying your mortgage'." Gerber goes on to explain that they were from all walks of life, with one of the guests trying to support his family by working at a Texas bar, cycling to work each day. "I mean these are guys that took care of George and now he’s giving it all back," Gerber described, but he didn't feel taking the money. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ4QV9CgNxZ/?hl=en&taken-by=casamigos]] The businessman has made his own fortune on bars, clubs, and restaurants across the world. So he was pretty surprised to be included among some of the guests there and knew he didn't need the money. “I pull him aside and said, ‘I absolutely am not taking this million dollars'. Immediately George goes, ‘I’m just going to make one announcement. If Rande doesn’t take the million dollars, nobody gets it.’" While Gerber clearly didn't need the money, he eventually took it, having the bright idea to donate the entire case-full of twenties to charity. Still, he believes this is an example of those who do well to others receiving good fortune in return. “This is who George is. That was September 27th, 2013. Now September 27th, 2014, he marries Amal. Now that’s good karma right there." I've got to say, I'm pretty jealous of the fourteen that went to this dinner. We can hope that one day one of our friends makes us a similar offer. I don't think I'd have any qualms pocketing that cash.

George Clooney has spoken out about his wealth and why he once turned down $35 million for a day's work.

The 60-year-old actor recently spoke to The Guardian about his recent projects and ever-increasing wealth. During the interview, the Ocean's Eleven star was asked if he ever says to himself: "You know what? I think I have enough money now."

To which, Clooney responded: "Well, yeah. I was offered $35m for one day’s work for an airline commercial, but I talked to Amal about it and we decided it’s not worth it."

Clooney married wife Amal, a human rights lawyer, back in September of 2014. The ceremony took place at the Ca' Farsetti palace in Venice, Italy, and the pair were married by the former mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni.

George and wife Amal. Credit: LANDMARK MEDIA / Alamy

After confiding in his wife about the airline commercial, Clooney went on to explain:  "It was [associated with] a country that, although it’s an ally, is questionable at times, and so I thought: 'Well, if it takes a minute’s sleep away from me, it’s not worth it.'"

Forbes magazine states that, back in 2017, Clooney received an annual take-home higher than any actor in history - but it wasn't for a movie role, it was for his tequila.

Clooney co-founded the tequila company Casamigos with friends Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman, and the trio's hard work quickly led to it becoming the fastest-growing super-premium tequila brand in the United States.

Casamigos was eventually acquired by British liquor giant Diageo for $700 million.

Check out the trailer for Clooney's latest project, The Tender Bar:

Elsewhere in the interview, Clooney revealed how he has been able to become one of the most successful actors alive today, without having any scandals or public embarrassments against him - and he puts it all down the age.

He says: "I was 33, 34 when ER took off, so I was older, right?"

Comparing his trajectory into fame with his aunt, beloved singer Rosemary Clooney, he explained: "Rosemary was a huge singer – huge! And then rock’n’roll came and she lost her career. And she didn’t get it, because at 21 she thought she was the real deal and by 26 it was gone. So, I’m lucky enough to understand how little the fame side has to do with me."

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If you didn't know already, George Clooney is a bit of a prankster. Aside from his many leading roles and Oscar wins, Hollywood knows him as someone willing to the extra mile to dupe his friends and co-stars.

There are dozens of examples out there, from the time he found a painting in the trash and convinced his friend that he'd painted it for them, leaving them to hang it on the wall for years - to the time he drank a producer under the table by drinking water instead of vodka.

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His Hail, Caesar! co-star Alden Ehrenreich once recalled that the 57-year-old actor convinced him, Channing Tatum, Josh Brolin and Jonah Hill to turn their backs to the cameras at the film's premiere. "So we did it and George didn't," Ehrenreich said. "There's a great picture of George laughing at the camera with Josh and us looking like idiots."

Then there's the time that Matt Damon was staying at Clooney's villa in Italy, where he was hoping to slim down for a role.

Clooney convinced the wardrobe girl to take his Damon's trousers in an "eighth of an inch" every few days:

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"He was then just eating a grape and saying, ‘I don’t understand why I’m getting fatter,’" Clooney said on The Graham Norton Show. "I did that for about three weeks.”

It's weird to think this of such a prestige actor, but Clooney definitely has a peculiar sense of humour - and it hasn't left him as he's embraced fatherhood either. He and his wife Amal married in 2014, and now have eleven-month-old twins Alexander and Ella to look after.

He spoke about what it's like to have kids on a recent episode of Good Morning Britain, where he spoke to hosts Charlotte Hawkins and Kate Garraway. "I thought my life would be focused on my career, not relationships, and I'd sort of accepted that," he said. "And then. . . all of a sudden we have these two knuckleheads around who make me laugh every day."

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In the same interview, he shared a story that wasn't quite as sweet. He once played a trick on a housekeeper, where he pretended to eat from a dirty diaper. Yep, you read that right. But don't worry - it was just Nutella inside...

"I was shooting a TV show in Italy and I went and got a new nappy and I put Nutella in it and threw it in the trash can. I came in an hour later and there was an Italian housekeeper in this house that we were staying in.

"I said 'Amal wants to know if the Alexander did poo poo or pee pee, poo poo or pee pee?'. I opened up the trash and got the nappy, (holding it up) I rubbed it in my face and tasted it, and she screamed and ran out of the room."

Yeah, that sounds about right.

And it looks like the Clooney pranks aren't going to end with him, as he explained he hopes the kids will learn a thing or two from him as they grow up. "I'm going to teach my kids a lot of good tricks," he said.

One of the world's wealthiest actors has finally opened up about how she got rich.When you think of the world's richest actors, who comes to mind?Maybe Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Jennifer Aniston, or someone along those names, right?Now what if I told you that the world's richest actor is actually someone who you may have never even heard of?Credit: Hubert Vestil/SXSW Conference & Festivals/GettyBorn in Chicago, Jamie Gertz initially rose to fame in the 1987 movie Less than Zero starring alongside some other big names like Robert Downey Jr. and Michael Bowen. She then went on to star as a vampire on the hit drama The Lost Boys and while she hasn't really peaked at the Box Office or taken on any big-name roles, she still sits comfortably on the top of a very elite list of celebrities.The American actress-turned-entrepreneur is the richest actor in the entire world with Forbes reporting that Gertz's net worth is around the $8 billion mark.This far exceeds the wealth of any celebrity in the world, let alone just actors.In fact, the 59-year-old has more money than the next three stars on the list put together - Taylor Swift comes in at number two with $1.6 billion, followed by Rihanna at $1.4 billion, and then Selena Gomez at around $1.3 billion.But how did Gertz manage to become so successful?It turns out that the star gave up pursuing a fully-fledged acting career (her last movie appearance was in 2022 for a cameo appearance in Jason Orley's I Want You Back) and instead, she's now chasing other ventures.Gertz married her husband back in 1989. Credit: Vivien Killilea/Getty/An American FantasyIn 1989, the actress married Tony Ressler, an American billionaire businessman, and together they started securing deals to keep that money flowing including becoming the co-owners of the MLB team, the Milwaukee Brewers as well as for the NBA team, the Atlanta Hawks.Combined with her investments in other businesses, she's managed to secure herself a fortune over the years.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter back in 2018, Gertz cleared up some rumors about her success."Everyone thinks I married a rich guy," she said at the time. "But I made more money - way more money - than Tony when I met him. I paid for our first house. I paid for our first vacation. I married him because I fell in love with him."Gertz and Ressler back in 1989. Credit: Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/GettyRessler also confirmed that at the time he knew his soon-to-be wife was an actress, though he wasn't quite sure what her actual credentials were."He was a nice guy with a job,” Gertz said of her now-husband. "Which is what any Jewish girl from Glenview would want. It would have been nice if it was a doctor or a lawyer, but a banker was OK, too."So there we have it guys, even if you marry rich, make sure you have your own avenues of money flowing in - that's the life lesson we all learnt from this, right?Featured Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty

Being George Clooney must be pretty nice. The actor is widely regarded as the most handsome man on the planet, he sold his tequila company for $1 billion and has found the love of his life, who he has married and had a child with. To put it simply, George Clooney is living the best life. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Clooney explained the story of how he and Amal Clooney met, fell in love, became engaged and got married in the space of one year and two months. It all began in 2013, when Amal Alamuddin was in Lake Como, Italy, with a mutual friend. She and George met each other at a dinner party and the rest, as they say, is history. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BYlaZ-Egviw/]] "I thought she was beautiful, and I thought she was funny and obviously smart," George said. "I don't know [what she thought of me]. She probably thought I was old. Then she sent some pictures from when she was here, and we were writing each other, emailing, talking, mostly about what was going on in each other's lives, and over a period of time it became clear we were more than just friends." Their first date was in October 2013, with George inviting Amal to join him at Abbey Road Studios, where he was supervising the Monuments Men movie score. "That was a good first date. Then we went for dinner. She said, 'Let's go to this place.' It was one of those places that was incredibly hip and chic. And when we came out, there were 50 paparazzi there. But she handled it like a champ. And pretty quickly, things escalated once I was in London." George was in the capital for six weeks, and the couple got pretty close. "We spent Christmas together in Cabo San Lucas. Then we went on a safari in Kenya. Amal loves giraffes; they're her favourite animal. She went to this place called Giraffe Manor, where the giraffes stick their heads through the windows and kiss you." [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BI9nsZkjIoh/]] When he returned to LA, in February 2014, the actor claims that he knew that Amal was the one. He showed his friend Ben Weiss "a picture of her, looking back, smiling at these giraffes, and I said, 'I think I'm going to ask her to marry me.'" Clooney quickly bought a ring, but never mentioned a possible engagement to Amal. "Nothing. It was a full-on leap of faith. She was in England, coming back [to Los Angeles], and she'd had a conversation with her parents, who were like, 'What are George's intentions?' And she was saying, 'Take it easy. We've been going out for six months.' And then she showed up." The actor proposed to Amal over dinner, and despite knowing that she was the one for him, he was worried that he may have jumped the gun: "My only doubt was if she thought maybe it was too soon," he explained. "But there was no doubt that we were the right couple and that we were the right team. And we were a team from right off the bat. Immediately, we felt we were just happy, and we have been happy ever since." [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BFV0ZnhPOli/]] Clooney says that finding the type of love that he and Amal possess "changes you in every way that every person who's fallen madly in love changes. Suddenly, the other person's life becomes more important than your own. That's not unique to us; that's [unique to] all people who are lucky enough to find the perfect partner. I'm sorry I was 50-something when it happened, but only because I could have spent even more time with her." The couple married in Venice in September 2014. It was meant to be a secret."We didn't tell anybody else that we were going to do it, but eventually somebody figured it out," George said. "Oh, my God! Once people got wind of it, it became an event. We took a bus from here to Venice, then we got on a boat, and once we got on the boat, there were so many paparazzi and so many people standing there waiting. We were sitting down in the boat, and I was like, 'You know what? Why are we hiding? Why are we ducking? We shouldn't be ashamed of this.' And we got up and waved." [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/8ykEQBvOkT/]] Clooney and Amal now have twins, but having kids is something which he thought he would never do. "It had never been part of my DNA. We didn't plan on it. We never talked about it until after we were married, which is funny. There was an assumption that we didn't want them. And then, after the wedding, Amal and I were talking and we just felt we'd gotten very lucky, both of us, and we should share whatever good luck we've got. It would seem self-centred to just have that belong to us." What a lovely story. While George Clooney could more than likely have any woman in the world, this story shows that once you've found the one, you know.