--- description: The two-time "Sexiest Man Alive" winner is reportedly off the market. title: George Clooney May Be Off the Market image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt962a4c09ab23fd96/69868cb6d0b6f2399430402f/tout12803.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rumors Swirl of George Clooney's Engagement to Amal Alamuddin by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 2:38 PM CUT  George Clooney is reportedly engaged to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin. George Clooney is reportedly engaged to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin. by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 2:38 PM CUT Hundreds of thousands of people are about to have their romantic fantasies dashed: actor George Clooney is reportedly engaged to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin. Alamuddin was spotted Thursday with an enormous ring on her left ring finger, which sparked rumors of the engagement, _People_ [reports](www.people.com/article/is-george-clooney-engaged-to-amal-alamuddin "undefined"). Clooney and Alamuddin have yet to confirm the news, but if it’s true, the union would be Clooney’s second. Clooney married actress Talia Balsam in 1989; the pair were divorced in 1993. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/78354/george-clooney-engaged/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/78354/george-clooney-engaged/"},"headline":"Rumors Swirl of George Clooney's Engagement to Amal Alamuddin","datePublished":"2014-04-27T14:38:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:31:20.551Z","description":"The two-time \"Sexiest Man Alive\" winner is reportedly off the market.","url":"https://time.com/78354/george-clooney-engaged/","keywords":["celebrities","George Clooney","engagement","amal alamuddin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt962a4c09ab23fd96/69868cb6d0b6f2399430402f/tout12803.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt962a4c09ab23fd96/69868cb6d0b6f2399430402f/tout12803.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Clooney Reportedly Engaged","caption":"George Clooney is reportedly engaged to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.","creditText":"","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/78354/george-clooney-engaged/","name":"Rumors Swirl of George Clooney's Engagement to Amal Alamuddin"}}]}] ```