George Clooney has great female friends

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George Clooney has great girl friends

10 August 2011

George Clooney likes to be surrounded by ''strong'' women and values ''honesty and humour'' in his friends.

George Clooney has "truly great" female friends.

The 50-year-old actor - who recently split from girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis after two years together and is now rumoured to be dating former wrestler Stacy Keibler - values the company of women and insists he doesn't always have any romantic involvement with the "strong" ladies he likes to surround himself with.

He said: "I've always had really great friends on both sides of the aisle, so to speak.

"I grew up with strong women, my mom is strong and so is my sister and so was my aunt, Rosemary Clooney.

I've always been comfortable around women. I have some truly great women friends and the friendship is non-romantic."I've always been comfortable around women. I have some truly great women friends and the friendship is non-romantic."

The 'Syriana' actor values honesty and humour in his friends, and loves the way his loved ones keep him grounded.

He told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "I look for a sense of humour and fun, an interest in other people and, most important of all, honesty.

"I don't surround myself with people who are on my payroll and have to agree with every word I say.

"There's a lot of smooth talking around. But for every person who says to me, 'Wow, you were brilliant in that', there's a friend, or my mom, dad, or sister, rolling their eyes and going, 'Yeah George, you're really a genius.' That's very important to me."

Dexterdidit wrote:Maybe he doesn't consider his girlfriends "friends" it could be part of the problem....

George Clooney says he likes to be surrounded by strong women -- and values honesty and humour in friends.

The 50-year-old, who recently split from girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis after being together for two years, is now rumoured to be dating former wrestler Stacy Keibler, reports contactmusic.com.

"I've always had really great friends on both sides of the aisle, so to speak. I grew up with strong women, my mom is strong and so is my sister and so was my aunt, Rosemary Clooney," said Clooney.

"I've always been comfortable around women. I have some truly great women friends and the friendship is non-romantic," he added.

The actor also values honesty and humour in his friends, and loves the way his loved ones keep him grounded.

"I look for a sense of humour and fun, an interest in other people and, most important of all, honesty. I don't surround myself with people who are on my payroll and have to agree with every word I say," he said.

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watching wrote:That sound you can hear is me on the floor laughing my ass off!

pattygirl wrote:Amen,, to that. However, if a strong woman loves her man, she can do wonders in the bedroom, too.

pattygirl wrote:Amen,, to that. However, if a strong woman loves her man, she can do wonders in the bedroom, too.

Katiedot wrote:So true. It's the same way when he said that "I don't think a woman being thin is important" but is only ever seen out with women who weigh something between scrawny and seriously skinny.

pattygirl wrote: Besides, wouldn't you rather see a beauty on his arm, than a plain jane? I know I would. Beauty compliments gorgeous so well.

Katiedot wrote:

pattygirl wrote: Besides, wouldn't you rather see a beauty on his arm, than a plain jane? I know I would. Beauty compliments gorgeous so well.

Hm, no. Although I'm realistic enough to know that he will never in a million years end up with a plain Jane, I do find it weird that people think he should only date beauties as though he were too good for anything else. No wonder overweight (and I guess ugly) women have such issues if the message they get all the time is 'you don't deserve this because of the way you look'.

God bless Pierce Brosnan for his taste in women and for sticking two fingers up to the world.

The two women you mentioned weren't George's dates. One was his assistant and the other is his sister.

Katiedot wrote:Oh I agree he's friendly to everybody, but in terms of associating himself publicly with someone (ie: with a date) then he has a 100% rate of only dating thin women. I don't know how to explain this well (it's my bed time now so please excuse woolly thinking) but there's a difference between people he might employ, casually know or be related to and someone he chooses to be with.

I'm not bemoaning that because he lives in Hollywood and clearly thinks a 30-year old slim woman is the ideal for him.

blubelle wrote:I think he is like Johnny Appleseed. Spreading his uhum seed around. He wants to share himself with as many women as possible. Eventually he may even get to those of us here that want hm. Yes, I'm living in a fantasy world.

blubelle wrote:Eventually he may even get to those of us here that want hm. Yes, I'm living in a fantasy world.