Now the world knows that the former perennial bachelor, 55, who stunned everyone in 2014 by proposing to Amal, a Lebanese-British human-rights lawyer, is about to become a first-time father — times two.
Multiple sources confirmed to WHO that Amal, 39, is expecting twins — a boy and a girl — this spring.
“George is excited but nervous,” says a source close to the couple’s inner circle. “He is excited about the kids, but also has the normal amount of nerves that come with being parents.”
For her part, Amal “strikes me as someone who’ll be a fantastic mother,” says another insider. “Intelligent, loving, funny, smart, nurturing. She doesn’t seem someone who will let kids get away with being Hollywood children.”
With houses in L.A. and Lake Como, the couple has been spending more time at their newly renovated mansion just outside of London that they purchased for a reported $12 million shortly after their wedding in September 2014.
Both have continued to work but Amal “stopped traveling for dangerous missions months ago,” says another source. Clooney “knows how brilliant Amal is in her work and how nurturing of a person she is,” adds the source close to the couple’s inner circle. “He knows she will be a wonderful mother.”
As for the actor, he “hinted that he might be taking some time off,” says the Suburbicon source. “That would be very rare for him, but now it all adds up. He’s going to be the best dad.”
This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com.
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