George Clooney has been an outspoken critic of the paparazzi and their sometimes brazen disregard for privacy. Shortly after Princess Diana died in 1997, Clooney made a heated public statement against tabloid journalism, suggesting their tactics played a role in her death. At the premiere of his movie “The Peacemaker” later that year, he was in no mood to call a truce with the tabloids, saying, “… tabloid journalism, that’s what I believe needs to be looked at and that’s what I will continue to fight. Clooney also shared his frustrations with how Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, was being tenaciously pursued by the press, comparing her treatment to that of Diana, telling WHO magazine in 2019, “I think it’s irresponsible and I’m surprised by that.”
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Clearly, Clooney takes privacy very seriously, and as his family has grown, he’s only become more strident in calling out the paparazzi for going too far. In 2017, Clooney threatened to sue French magazine Voici for publishing pictures of his twins, Alexander and Ella. Clooney said, “Over the last week photographers from Voici magazine scaled our fence, climbed our tree, and illegally took pictures of our infants inside our home.” Voici countered Clooney’s claims, saying there was a “public demand” for the photos. Clooney once again pleaded for Alexander and Ella’s privacy, penning an open letter to the Daily Mail in which he argued, “[We] never post pictures because to do so would put their lives in jeopardy.”
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