George and Amal Clooney have fled their home in France as wildfires in the area rage on.
The A-listers â who live with 9-year-old twins Ella and Alexander in Brignoles in southeastern France â announced theyâd evacuated in a letter to mayor Didier BrĂ©mond, per a representative for the âOceanâs Elevenâ star, according to People.
âDear Didier, At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment,â they wrote.
âAs 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 weâll be part of making it whole,â they went on, noting that they âloveâ the town and their âfriends who live there.â
Representatives for the Clooneys did not immediately respond to Page Sixâs request for comment.
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 âO Brother, Where Art Thouâ actorâs family in Kentucky; and in England.
Three thousand people in the Provence-Alpes-CĂŽte dâAzur â where the human rights attorney and Oscar winner reside â have evacuated, according to CNN. Per the outlet, 224,000 people were also evacuated in the Gironde region of France.
The Associated Press reports that the âuncontainedâ fire is four times the size of Paris.
In October, the âGood Night, and Good Luckâ star â who tied the knot with Amal in 2014 in Italy â gushed about the life heâd built in France with his wife, saying they were âvery lucky.â
âYou know, we live on a farm in France,â he told Esquire at the time.
âA good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid, I hated the whole idea of it,â he continued. âBut now, for them, itâs like â theyâre 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.â
Clooney also expressed concern that his twins wouldnât âget a fair shake at lifeâ in âthe culture of Hollywood.â
âI donât want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi,â he explained. âI donât want them being compared to somebody elseâs famous kids.â
News emerged that the couple had obtained their French citizenship in December.
In 2022, George joked that heâd âmade a terrible mistakeâ in teaching their children multiple languages, particularly Italian â even though he and Amal donât speak the language.
âSo, weâve armed them with a language they can harm us with,â he jokingly told âCBS Morningsâ at the time. âAnd we both donât really know what theyâre saying.â
The twins also speak French and English.
George also joked that heâs âfrom Kentucky,â so âEnglish is [his] second language.â
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