George Clooney is a powerful and respected man in Hollywood, with a massive platform. And he’s using that platform to voice a very real concern: The safety of his kids and all kids of public figures.
The Oscar-winning actor issued an open letter to press outlets, where he spoke out against endangering innocent children who unwittingly have their photos posted on the publications.
George addressed the letter to “The Daily Mail and other publications.” In it, he explained how having pictures of his kids may put them at risk because of his wife Amal Clooney’s profession as a human rights lawyer. He penned the open letter after he saw pictures of Billie Lourd’s baby published on the internet.
Read his impassioned letter here:
“An open letter to the Daily Mail from George Clooney:
Having just seen photos of Billie Lourd’s 1 year-old baby in your publication, and the fact that you subsequently took those pictures down, we would request that you refrain from putting our children’s faces in your publication. I am a public figure and accept the oftentimes intrusive photos as part of the price to pay for doing my job. Our children have made no such commitment. 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. We cannot protect our children if any publication puts their faces on their cover. We have never sold a picture of our kids, we are not on social media and never post pictures because to do so would put their lives in jeopardy. Not paranoid jeopardy but real world issues, with real world consequences.
We hope that you would agree that the need to sell advertisement isn’t greater than the need to keep innocent children from being targeted.
Thank you,
George Clooney”
George’s request is the latest in a long line of celebrities who have asked for their children’s privacy to be respected.
George and Amal share four-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella.
