George Clooney returned to the Venice Film Festival with wife Amal Clooney by his side after skipping several events due to illness.
The glamorous couple stepped out together for the world premiere of George’s new film, Jay Kelly, on Thursday, August 28 in Italy.
Amal, 47, turned heads in a vintage 1995 Jean-Louis Scherre fuchsia minidress which featured a floor-length train. The human rights lawyer posed arm-in-arm with George, 64, who looked suave for the date night in a dapper black suit teamed with a matching bow tie.
The pair put on a loved-up display on the red carpet, cozying up to one another for photos. At one point, George was photographed kissing Amal’s hand.
The outing comes after George was forced to bail on several earlier Venice Film Festival work obligations after being too sick to attend.
“Unfortunately, George has a sinus infection and, under doctor’s orders, he has had to scale back his activities today,” a representative told People on Wednesday, August 27, confirming why the actor skipped the day’s events.
Prior to the Jay Kelly premiere, George did not attend a press conference for the movie held earlier on Thursday.
“As you may know, George Clooney is not going to be here because he has a bad sinus infection,” the moderator said. “We really hope, and I think he should be on the red carpet tonight. But he is very sorry he cannot be with us.”
Amal and George Clooney. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Director Noah Baumbach joked, “Even movie stars get sick.”
George and Amal’s relationship appears to be going from strength to strength after the pair first met at the Ocean Eleven star’s Lake Como home in July 2013. After falling in love, they married in 2014 and welcomed twins Alexander and Ella in 2017.
The E.R. alum has often credited finding love with Amal later in life as the reason they get along so well the majority of the time and do not argue.
Amal and George Clooney. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
“There’s a thing about finding the person that you needed to find, particularly at a certain age, and everything from then on is easy,” he told The New York Times in February.
“We renovated our house,” Clooney continued. “Amal would go, ‘I want to paint this wall yellow.’ Well, if I was 27 years old and doing construction work, I would’ve been like, ‘Well, that’s a stupid color.’ But the truth of the matter is that at 60, you just go, ‘OK.’ There are so many things that would have caused friction that don’t.”
Echoing a similar sentiment during an appearance on CBS Mornings in April, George insisted that he and Amal “never had an argument. We still haven’t. We’re trying to find something to fight about.”
Meanwhile, Amal has also publicly praised her husband including during an interview with Glamour published in July.
“I have a partner in life who is so supportive of what I do. So I don’t feel like I have to apologize for it or rein it in,” Amal told the outlet.
She continued: “I feel so incredibly lucky to share every day with him, and now we’re four. I don’t take any of it for granted. I treasure the laughter and the joy that I get from just being with them.”
