--- title: George Clooney Tells David Letterman How He Met Wife Amal description: George Clooney reveals the surprising way he met his now-wife Amal Alamuddin, while appearing on David Letterman's Netflix series. canonical: https://time.com/5127468/george-clooney-talks-amal-with-david-letterman/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-31T19:19:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:15.062Z og:title: Here's the Surprising Way George Clooney Met His Wife Amal og:description: Apparently, he didn't even have to leave his house og:url: https://time.com/5127468/george-clooney-talks-amal-with-david-letterman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37153297b2329201/6988fa25bc6cfc25503e4d54/george-clooney-tells-david-letterman-how-he-met-wife-amal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Paramount Pictures' "Suburbicon" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Surprising Way George Clooney Met His Wife Amal twitter:description: Apparently, he didn't even have to leave his house twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37153297b2329201/6988fa25bc6cfc25503e4d54/george-clooney-tells-david-letterman-how-he-met-wife-amal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George Clooney Tells the Surprising Story About How He Met His Wife Amal > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 31, 2018 7:19 PM UTC  WESTWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 22: Amal Clooney and George Clooney arrive at the premiere of Paramount Pictures' "Suburbicon" at Regency Village Theatre on October 22, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) WESTWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 22: Amal Clooney and George Clooney arrive at the premiere of Paramount Pictures' "Suburbicon" at Regency Village Theatre on October 22, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) Gregg DeGuire—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 31, 2018 7:19 PM UTC [George Clooney’s](http://time.com/4920700/george-clooney-on-babies/) reputation as a heartthrob has no doubt made it easy for him to meet plenty of potential mates, but when he first met wife [Amal Alamuddin Clooney](http://time.com/3686665/amal-clooney-human-rights-trial-armenia/), he didn’t even have to leave his own house. The actor, who recently [welcomed twins with Amal](http://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/) in June of last year, revealed the surprising way he met his spouse during an appearance on [David Letterman’s Netflix series](http://time.com/5090142/barack-obama-david-letterman-new-talk-show/), _My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman_. Clooney explained that Amal came to visit his famed Lake Como home with a mutual friend in 2013 while en route to Cannes; however, it was his agent who seemed to have a premonition about what this chance meeting would become. “I got a call from my agent who said, ‘I met this woman who is coming to your house, who you’re going to marry,’” he said. “It really worked out that way.” Clooney also shared that he was initially unsure if Amal was interested in him — and that this first meeting included his parents. “The funniest thing was my mom and dad were visiting so my parents were there,” he said. “And we just talked, we stayed up all night talking. And I got her email address, because she was going to send me some pictures of my parents. So we started writing. 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