George Clooney and his wife Amal have reportedly forked out £90k on a playhouse for their two-year-old twins Ella and Alexander.
Built to emulate the family’s main home, the swanky outhouse will feature two floors and include a fully functioning kitchen and bathroom, complete with running water.
The mini pad also allegedly features a zip-wire and a life-sized toy giraffe for the kids to ride on.
Lavish playhouse: George Clooney and his wife Amal have forked out £90k on a playhouse for their two-year-old twins Ella and Alexander
What’s more, the actor and his human rights barrister wife are said to have enlisted Barbara Butler – a playhouse specialist – as well as Michael S Smith, who redesigned the Oval Office during Barack Obama’s presidency in 2010.
George and Amal are spending nearly £1m on renovations to their mansion in California currently, including a new pool house and living quarters for their staff.
The Sun reports that a source close to the pair said: ‘It is extravagant but George and Amal want the best. They are also adamant the kids are appreciative and don’t take anything for granted.’
This comes after the pair donated more than $1 million of their personal funds to help mitigate damage from the coronavirus.
The 58-year-old star and his 42-year-old spouse have split the donation into six chunks for different organizations worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Deadline.
The money will help everyone from George’s colleagues struggling in Hollywood amid a shutdown of the industry, to more direct relief efforts.
Helping out: The couple have donated $1 million of their money to coronavirus aid efforts, according to Deadline (pictured together in May)
George and Amal have donated $250,000 each to the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF), the SAG-AFTRA Fund and the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles.
The Oscar winner is a board member for the MPTF, which exists to support industry workers in need, as well as elderly industry professionals, and is also addressing needs arising from COVID-19.
The SAG-AFTRA fund supplies emergency financial assistance and health insurance to performers in need, and is currently offer grants to its members affect can help with health insurance premiums, food and medical care.
The Mayor’s Fund provides much-needed medical supplies to hospitals and healthcare workers battling the coronavirus outbreak, as well as assistance for unhoused Angelenos and seniors.
The remaining $300,000 will be split among the Lebanese Food Bank, the Lombardo region of Italy and the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
Helping hand: George and Amal have donated $250,000 each to the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF), the SAG-AFTRA Fund and the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles (pictured together in 2018)
The Lebanese Food Back helps feed the elderly, people with disabilities or chronic disease, single mothers, orphans and those unable to work in the midst of the pandemic.
The funds earmarked for Lombardy will be donated to hospitals in the region taking care of infected individuals, while the NHS money will also go to hospitals and healthcare workers on the front lines.
George and Amal join a growing list of celebrities donating their own money to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Cardi B announced on Wednesday that she would be donating $ million in conjunction with Fashion Nova, with $1,000 being distributed every hour for 42 days.
She previously donated 20,000 meal replacement drinks to New York City healthcare workers.
Also on Wednesday, Halsey donated 100,000 masks to medical professionals amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Personal stake: George is a member of the board on the MPTF; pictured in May in Beverly Hills
In a message posted to social media, the 25-year-old singer explained: ‘Every single day I am in awe of the medical workers on the frontlines. Their determination, selflessness and empathy is the single greatest example of our capacity to love and survive as humans. I am beyond privileged to be self isolating in my home, without the fear and obligation of essential work employment.
‘Without a sick family member to care for. A child to feed. A financial crisis to navigate. So I tried to find a real way to make a difference.’
Rihanna has also donated $5 million to frontline healthcare workers and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the state.
Meanwhile Lady Gaga will be curating a World Health Organization benefit concert schedule for April 18, and she’s already helped the Global Citizen organization raise $35 million for PPE.
Rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill have also helped out inmates packed in prisons and vulnerable to COVID-19 with a donation of 100,000 surgical masks for prisons.
Frontlines: The remaining $300,000 will be split among the Lebanese Food Bank, the Lombardo region of Italy and the UK’s National Health Service (NHS); shown in October