He recently said he’s spent most of the year in isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic to protect his asthmatic son, Alexander, who has asthma.
And George Clooney, 59, made an appearance via video link on Lorraine on Tuesday and said he and wife Amal, 42, are said they won’t see their parents this year.
As talk turned to family life, George spoke about how his twins, Ella and Alexander, three, are looking forward to Christmas but admitted this festive season will not be the same.
Sad: George Clooney told Lorraine Kelly on her UK show on Tuesday he and wife Amal won’t be with their parents at Christmas but hope this is the last one that they will be apart
He said: ‘[Christmas] is very exciting [for the kids].
‘It’s an odd year, as we all know, so the idea of not being with Amal’s parents and my parents for Christmas is unfortunate and sad, but we are going to get through it and there is light at the end of the tunnel.
‘I look at this Christmas as the last Christmas that we will have to all of us be separated for a while. That would be the Christmas present that we would all like.’
He said ‘It’s an odd year, as we all know, so the idea of not being with Amal’s parents and my parents for Christmas is unfortunate and sad, but we are going to get through it and there is light at the end of the tunnel’
George added: ‘I look at this Christmas as the last Christmas that we will have to all of us be separated for a while. That would be the Christmas present that we would all like’
On doing housework in lockdown, George revealed: ‘I was broke a good portion of my life, I lived in a one bedroom apartment and did all the laundry and stuff.
‘It’s been a while, as you can imagine, and so suddenly I am doing ten loads of laundry and mopping floors and washing dishes and staining all the woodwork.
‘I feel like my mother in 1964 and I have a whole new respect for her. She had no help at all and two kids when she was 19.’
Lorraine also asked George about his reputation for being very generous financially to his friends.
On doing housework in lockdown, George revealed: ‘I was broke a good portion of my life, I lived in a one bedroom apartment and did all the laundry and stuff. It’s been a while, as you can imagine, and so suddenly I am doing ten loads of laundry and mopping floors’
He explained: ‘Most of my friends are trying to put their kids through school and college and most of them didn’t sort of get as lucky as I did.
‘I just met Amal, but we weren’t dating, and I was making out my will and I was like, “Who you gonna give it to?” And I was like, well I am going to give to these guys so why wait until we are all buying dentures?’
While George has said many times that he would not go into politics, Lorraine suggested Amal for President and then he could be the First Man.
He responded: ‘Well, there are certain laws that you have to be an American citizen, but in a perfect world, Amal for President, I would be happy to be First Man…
‘I would be doing all the laundry and mopping the floors. Listen, the world would be a lot better if it was run by Amal and the Amals of the world.’
It could work: While George has said many times that he would not go into politics, Lorraine suggested Amal for President and then he could be the First Man (pictured in 2018)
After Lorraine commented on how well countries run by women have fared during the pandemic, George commented: ‘Well, it would certainly be a more peaceful world [if women ran it].
‘We know that for sure. I am all for it. We are well due for a female President, maybe we will in the future. We have a female Vice President, so that is pretty exciting.’
On spending a lot of time in the UK these days, where he shot his new movie The Midnight Sky, George said: ‘I was there for about nine months last year but once we left in February we haven’t been able to get back.
‘We were hoping to get back to see Amal’s mum in London, but we will get there.’
Lorraine is on weekdays from 9am on ITV
New role: Clooney has been busy promoting his new science fiction film The Midnight Sky, which is being distributed by Netflix