{"id":21809,"date":"2026-07-30T07:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21809"},"modified":"2026-07-30T07:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:48:44","slug":"george-amal-clooney-evacuate-french-home-due-to-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21809","title":{"rendered":"George, Amal Clooney evacuate French home due to wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F07%2F135935510.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George and Amal Clooney have fled their home in France as wildfires in the area rage on. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">The A-listers \u2014 who live with 9-year-old twins Ella and Alexander in Brignoles in southeastern France \u2014 announced they\u2019d evacuated in a letter to mayor Didier Br\u00e9mond, per a representative for the \u201cOcean\u2019s Eleven\u201d star, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/george-and-amal-clooney-forced-to-evacuate-home-in-france-as-wildfires-burn-12030609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cDear Didier, At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment,\u201d they wrote. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">\u201cAs we evacuate Brignoles we want to emphasise 2 things, first we hope you and the people of our city are safe and second that Amal and I are committed to making sure that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we\u2019ll be part of making it whole,\u201d they went on, noting that they \u201clove\u201d the town and their \u201cfriends who live there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for the Clooneys did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>George and Amal Clooney, pictured above in February in Italy, have reportedly evacuated their home in France amid ongoing wildfires.  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The power couple, seen here earlier this month in Italy, own a farm in the town of Brignoles. <span class=\"credit\">COBRA TEAM \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>George, 64, and Amal, 48, keep a primary residence at their farm in France, though they also famously own homes in Lake Como, Italy; near the \u201cO Brother, Where Art Thou\u201d actor\u2019s family in Kentucky; and in England.<\/p>\n<p>Three thousand people in the Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur \u2014 where the human rights attorney and Oscar winner reside \u2014 have evacuated, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/29\/world\/live-news\/france-spain-wildfires-heat-wave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to CNN<\/a>. Per the outlet, 224,000 people were also evacuated in the Gironde region of France.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reports that the \u201cuncontained\u201d fire <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-spain-bordeaux-wildfires-heat-wave-climate-change-c3d9c45cdbf57d19bbec46d49e5237de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is four times the size of Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the \u201cGood Night, and Good Luck\u201d star \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2014\/09\/27\/george-clooney-and-amal-alamuddin-tie-the-knot\/\">tied the knot with Amal<\/a> in 2014 in Italy \u2014 gushed about the life he\u2019d built in France with his wife, saying they were \u201cvery lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, we live on a farm in France,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a68136276\/george-clooney-jay-kelly-interview-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Esquire<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Their evacuation was revealed in a letter to the town\u2019s mayor, according to People. The Clooneys are seen here in New York City in September 2024. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple, shown here in January at the Golden Globes, wrote that they \u201care committed to making sure that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we\u2019ll be part of making it whole.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Penske Media via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cA good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut now, for them, it\u2019s like \u2014 they\u2019re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grown-ups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clooney also expressed concern that his twins wouldn\u2019t \u201cget a fair shake at life\u201d in \u201cthe culture of Hollywood.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi,\u201d he explained. \u201cI don\u2019t want them being compared to somebody else\u2019s famous kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>George and Amal, seen here in June 2025, recently obtained their French citizenship. <span class=\"credit\">Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple, pictured above in May 2025, are raising their 9-year-old twins Ella and Alexander in France. <span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>News emerged that the couple had <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/29\/celebrity-news\/george-clooney-and-wife-amal-obtain-french-citizenship-after-worrying-about-raising-their-kids-in-hollywood\/\">obtained their French citizenship<\/a> in December. <\/p>\n<p>In 2022, George <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/29\/george-clooney-admits-to-making-terrible-mistake-with-his-twins\/\">joked that he\u2019d \u201cmade a terrible mistake\u201d <\/a>in teaching their children multiple languages, particularly Italian \u2014 even though he and Amal don\u2019t speak the language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we\u2019ve armed them with a language they can harm us with,\u201d he jokingly told \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d at the time. \u201cAnd we both don\u2019t really know what they\u2019re saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The twins also speak French and English.<\/p>\n<p>George also joked that he\u2019s \u201cfrom Kentucky,\u201d so \u201cEnglish is [his] second language.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George and Amal Clooney have fled their home in France as wildfires in the area rage on. The A-listers \u2014 who live with 9-year-old twins Ella and Alexander in Brignoles in southeastern France \u2014 announced they\u2019d evacuated in a letter to mayor Didier Br\u00e9mond, per a representative for the \u201cOcean\u2019s Eleven\u201d star, according to People&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/135935510.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}