George Clooney shares why he waited until his 50s to have children

George Clooney has revealed why he waited until his 50s to become a father.

The 59-year-old movie star shares his three-year-old twins Ella and Alexander with his wife Amal Clooney whom he married in 2014.

And during an appearance on the Today show Thursday he explained that he had children only once ‘I found the right person to have them with.’

Becoming a parent had not been at the forefront of his mind earlier in his life, he explained to Today show anchor Hoda Kotb. 

‘There are some people, their goal was: “I have to have children.” Mine wasn’t,’ said George, whose many relationships were a media sensation before he met Amal.

‘I wasn’t looking at life, going: “My life will be unfulfilled without children.” I felt like I had a pretty full life,’ said the Ocean’s Eleven heartthrob.

‘Then I met Amal and realized that my life had been pretty empty. And then when you throw these two kids in there, then suddenly you realize how incredibly empty it was,’ he said adding that fatherhood ‘fills it all up, it makes it fun.’

Having children has provided him with ‘everything’ showbiz had not including ‘a sense of belonging and a sense of home and unconditional love – all the things that you were hoping you could get from a really good career and a dog.’

George, whose homes include a country estate on an island in the Thames and a villa on Lake Como, shared: ‘You realize that this is a lot more than that.’

Before Amal he was married to Joyce Van Patten’s daughter Talia Balsam from 1989 until 1993 and dated a string of names including movie star Renee Zellweger, Hee Haw alum Linda Thompson and Italian showgirl Elisabetta Canalis.

During his single days as a top Hollywood personality he famously had a beloved pet pig called Max who died in 2006 at the age of 18.

In fact Max was rumored to have caused the end of his relationship with French model Celine Balitran when she demanded that he choose either her or the pet. 

George is currently directing a movie called The Tender Bar and was recently pictured hard at work filming in the Boston suburbs. 

The movie is based on the 2005 memoirs by Pulitzer-winning author J.R. Moehringer who used to spend time at his uncle’s Long Island bar in search of a father figure.

J.R.’s memoir reveals his father was a DJ who left when his son was a baby prompting the author to search for a stand-in among the barflies.

Ben Affleck has been tapped to star as the bartender Uncle Charlie amid a cast that includes Ready Player One actor Tye Sheridan.