George Clooney says he will no longer kiss women on-screen
Jay Kelly star George Clooney has declared that his lips are exclusively reserved for one woman only - his wife Amal.
He's canoodled with some of the most stunning women in Hollywood throughout his illustrious career, but the actor is now officially calling it a day.
Clooney concluded that he will no longer be locking lips with female co-stars in films after having a conversation with his spouse of 11-years, renowned human rights lawyer Amal.
The actor, 64, has been completely smitten with his other half from the moment they met, as he previously revealed he knew 'fairly quickly' that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
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He popped the question just seven months after they started dating and admitted they hadn't even discussed getting hitched before he 'dropped it on her'.
"When I asked her, we had never talked about it," Clooney told CBS This Morning in 2015. "There wasn't like, 'Maybe we should get married...' I dropped it on her!
"I have someone I can talk to about anything and someone who I care about more than I’ve cared about anything, so it’s really nice."
The couple, who are parents to eight-year-old twins Alexander and Ella, both have hectic and high-profile careers, but maintaining their family unit remains their main focus.
Which might be why the Ocean's Eleven star has now made a vow to stop 'kissing girls' in cinematic projects.
Clooney is no stranger to smooching on-screen, as he's snogged starlets such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Lopez, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Julia Roberts while in character.
But those days are now over, which I'm sure comes much to the disappointment of many budding actresses vying to be cast as his love interest.
Explaining how he came to the decision, Clooney told the Daily Mail: "I've been trying to go the route Paul Newman did: 'Okay, well, I'm not kissing a girl any more'.
"When I turned 60, I had a conversation with my wife. I said, 'Look, I can still play basketball with the boys. I play with 25-year-old guys. I can still hang, I'm in shape'.
"But in 25 years, I'm 85 years old - it doesn't matter how many granola bars you eat, that's a real number."
According to reports, the late and great actor Newman famously asked director Sidney Lumet to scrap a kissing scene with his co-star Charlotte Rampling in the 1982 movie, The Verdict.
He is said to have told the filmmaker that his lips were off-limits to anyone but his wife, legendary actress Joanne Woodward, who he enjoyed a 50-year marriage with until his death in 2008.
And it seems Clooney really rated Newman's show of respect to his spouse, as he's now decided to take a leaf out of his book.
Hilariously, the Ticket to Paradise star previously revealed that a director once tried to school him on his smooching skills while he was snogging a female co-star on set.
"I remember early on in my career, I had to do a kissing scene with this girl," he told the New York Times in 2022.
"And the director goes, 'Not like that'. And I was like, 'Dude, that’s my move! That’s what I do in real life!'"
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Olivia Burke