The Stunning Transformation Of Amal Clooney

Before meeting his wife Amal Clooney, actor George Clooney was seemingly determined to never board the marriage bandwagon. Following his divorce from actor Talia Balsam in 1992, Hollywood's eternally eligible bachelor declared, "I won't marry again," per InStyle. But when he crossed paths with the Lebanese-British barrister, who met him in Italy in 2013 through a common friend, something changed radically. "I was taken with her from the moment I saw her," George said about his first meeting with his future wife (via Vogue). Email exchanges turned into dinner dates and before long, a romance was brewing.

The couple's trip to Kenya sealed the deal for George, who decided to propose marriage in 2014 (via The Hollywood Reporter). "I was on my knee for like 20 minutes, I finally said, 'Look, I'm gonna throw my hip out,'" he said, recalling the moment Amal said yes, on "CBS Sunday Morning." 

If marriage came as a surprise to the "Out of Sight" actor, fatherhood was another happy thunderbolt. "I didn't know I'd have twins," he said, admitting to People that he was initially only up for parenting one child. But since becoming a father in 2017, George has been so involved that he apparently made sure their children's first word was "mama," Amal revealed. As for her, starting a family has been "a joy beyond anything I could ever have imagined" (via Time).