Visitors at Amal Clooney’s house better be ready to unplug — because phones are off-limits.
In an interview with Glamour published on Thursday, Clooney spoke about the value of privacy and the boundaries she sets to protect it.
“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,” Clooney told Glamour.
The human rights lawyer added that it was important to create a space where people feel like they can have “a safe and frank exchange” with their loved ones.
Keeping phones at bay is also about protecting her children’s privacy, she said. She and her husband, George Clooney, welcomed twins Alexander and Ella in 2017.
“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 minimize any impact on our children,” Clooney said.
That commitment to privacy extends to keeping her kids entirely out of the public eye.
“We don’t put our children out there, we’ve never put their photo out there or anything like that,” she said.
The Clooneys are famously protective of their kids.
In November 2021, her husband, George Clooney, wrote an open letter to the media, urging outlets to avoid publishing photos of their kids due to her line of work.
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“The nature of my wife’s work has her confronting and putting on trial terrorist groups and we take as much precaution as we can to keep our family safe,” he wrote.
In an August interview with GQ, George Clooney discussed the pitfalls of fame and reiterated his point about shielding his kids from the limelight.
“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,” he said.
The Clooneys are among several public figures who’ve spoken out about the challenge of protecting their privacy while living in the spotlight.
In 2022, Eva Mendes said she won’t share photos of her and Ryan Gosling’s daughters until they give her consent.
Lindsay Lohan said in May that parenting in Dubai feels easier than in Los Angeles, thanks to the UAE’s strict photography laws.
“I get the privacy, I get the peace, I get the space. I don’t have to worry there; I feel safe,” Lohan said.
A representative for Clooney did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular hours.
