--- ---  # George Clooney Admits Fatherhood Is Messy For Him Too  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 29, 2017 6:59 PM UTC  George Clooney and Amal Clooney attend the Cesar Dinner at Le Fouquet's on February 24, 2017 in Paris, France. George Clooney and Amal Clooney attend the Cesar Dinner at Le Fouquet's on February 24, 2017 in Paris, France.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 29, 2017 6:59 PM UTC In an [interview with](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/fall-preview-clooney-suburbicon-fatherhood-trump-49482292) the Associated Press, new father,[ tequila entrepreneur](http://time.com/money/4321556/george-clooney-net-worth-55th-birthday/) and Hollywood icon George Clooney shared some relatable nuggets about his experiences as a parent. Namely: [having baby twins](http://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/) with high-powered international lawyer [Amal Clooney](http://motto.time.com/4697511/amal-clooney-isis-united-nations-speech/) isn’t all picture-perfect family moments. There’s plenty of mess, too. “I just have to clean the barf off of my tux,” Clooney joked [in signature style](http://time.com/4631679/george-clooney-on-trump-on-meryl-streep/) about his experiences preparing for big event appearances. “It used to be my barf but now it’s the twins’ barf. So it all works out.” George and Amal welcomed infants Ella and Alexander earlier this summer. Since then, the family of four have been spending most of their time in Clooney’s longtime preferred vacation spot of[ Lake Como, Italy](http://time.com/4878179/george-clooney-paparazzi-twins-voici/). He also commended Amal on her skills. “She’s like an Olympic athlete,” he said of his wife; the two have been [married](http://time.com/3437763/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-married/) for nearly three years. “She’s doing so beautifully.” For Clooney, who’s heading into the press circuit to promote his new movie [_Suburbicon_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491175/) out Oct. 27 — which he directed, and which stars Matt Damon — fatherhood wasn’t necessarily in the cards. But he seems to be taking to it just fine. “Right now my job is changing diapers and walking them around a little bit,” he said. “I really didn’t think at 56 that I would be the parent of twins. Don’t make plans. You always have to just enjoy the ride.” George Clooney Admits Fatherhood Is Messy For Him, Too ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4920700/george-clooney-on-babies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4920700/george-clooney-on-babies/"},"headline":"George Clooney Admits Fatherhood Is Messy For Him Too","datePublished":"2017-08-29T18:59:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:55.042Z","description":"The 'Suburbicon' director dishes on barf, diapers and how his wife Amal is dealing with their infant twins Ella and Alexander.","url":"https://time.com/4920700/george-clooney-on-babies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","George Clooney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3e4a8e9965a424f/6988dbb722fb856a49e229bc/george-amal-clooney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3e4a8e9965a424f/6988dbb722fb856a49e229bc/george-amal-clooney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dinner At Le Fouquet's - Cesar Film Awards 2017 In Paris","caption":"Dinner At Le Fouquet's - Cesar Film Awards 2017 In Paris","creditText":"Stephane Cardinale - Corbis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4920700/george-clooney-on-babies/","name":"George Clooney Admits Fatherhood Is Messy For Him Too"}}]}] ```