Amal Clooney has shared the firm boundary she sets at home to shield her young children from public scrutiny - a no-phone policy for guests.
The human rights lawyer, who lives in the English countryside with husband George Clooney, 64, and their eight-year-old twins Ella and Alexander, explained the rule in a new interview, saying it’s all about preserving her family's privacy.
The 47-year-old explained that she doesn’t allow phones in their home in a bid to remove any potential “intrusion” and “minimises any impact” on their children, with her and George’s high-profile careers.
She told Glamour last week alongside friend and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury: “Creating private moments and spaces is becoming increasingly difficult.
“But that’s also why we entertain a lot at home. I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone’s phones away! “
Adding: “It’s important to get that balance where you have time alone with your family and with your friends where people feel like you can have a safe and frank exchange. And I would say becoming a parent means you’re more troubled by some of the intrusions.
“So we do the best we can to minimise any impact on our children. We don’t put our children out there, we’ve never put their photo out there or anything like that.”
Amal, who has represented major political figures and victims of human rights abuses, is no stranger to intense public interest.
And with George still one of Hollywood’s most recognisable faces, the couple have taken steps to keep their family life as private as possible.
Her comments come months after George opened up to GQ in a joint interview with longtime friend and Wolfs co-star Brad Pitt, discussing the challenges that come with global fame.
He explained: “A lot of people - even who reach a fairly high level of fame - find a way to be able to kind of live a normal life, walk around the streets of New York without being followed and stuff like that.
“And there’s, I dunno, five or six of us where it’s just never subsided. And there’s never been that like, ‘Hey, let’s take a walk through Central Park and not get hammered.’ It just hasn’t happened yet. It will, obviously. But it hasn’t happened yet.
“So I have a goal of trying to protect, I don’t want pictures of my kids. We deal in very serious subject matters, with very serious bad guys, and we don’t want to have photos of our kids out there. So we have to work hard at trying to stay private, and it’s tricky, as you can imagine.”
In April, it was reported that Amal could potentially face restrictions on entering the United States due to her legal work on an international war crimes case.
President Trump signed an order in February targeting individuals linked to the ICC, citing concerns over alleged anti-Christian bias and labelling the charges against Netanyahu as “illegitimate and baseless.” The order included both financial penalties and potential travel bans for those involved in the proceedings.
At the time, the Financial Times reported that UK legal figures involved in the ICC’s decision, including Baroness Helena Kennedy and Lord Justice Adrian Fulford, have been warned by the UK Foreign Office they could be banned from entering the United States.
While Amal and husband George are based primarily in the UK and Italy, they also own property in the US. If restrictions were enforced, they could complicate the couple’s ability to travel to their American residence.
Neither Amal nor her legal team has commented publicly on the reports.
