I’ve mentioned this a few times over the past few weeks, but George Clooney has been looking really, really old during the Tomorrowland promotional tour. He’s 54 years old now and during some of his appearances, he didn’t look a day under 63. While we all age and I don’t want to get age-shaming about anyone, male or female, I have been wondering why George’s appearance seemed to really decline so rapidly over the past year. What could it be, what could it be? Could it be that George’s attempt to rebrand himself as a happily married man with a lovely 17-years-younger wife has sort of blown up in his face? Or is it just that George’s back is killing him and chronic pain will age you?
In any case, George thought it would be a good idea to chat about how he’s totally fine with aging and that trying to look younger will just make you look older. Yeah, George, that goes for trying to look hip by marrying a woman 17 years younger too!
George Clooney is Hollywood’s ultimate Silver Fox, so we’d probably go into mourning if he ever decided to dye his salt-and-pepper strands. Luckily, the 54-year-old actor maintains he’s not touching his grays.
“For me, it’s never been an issue or an option,” he told BBC radio’s Jenni Murray about his famous hair during an interview promoting his new film, Tomorrowland. “I don’t think it would make much sense. I’ve seen it happen, and particularly on men I don’t think it works very well. I think it actually makes you look older. I’m a big believer in the idea that you can’t try to look younger — you can just try to look the best you can at the age you are.”
And although he embraces his mature mane, the actor said that aging does affect him.
“There is nothing fun [about aging],” he shared. “I know for actresses it’s infinitely worse because of public perception based on nothing except studios not hiring them, but I think for all of us you have to come to terms with getting older and not trying to fight it. You have a couple of options, which [are]: get older or die. You have to get used to the idea that your roles in films and who you are and how you’re perceived is going to change. And that will disappoint people at times.”
We imagine the support of his successful, gorgeous and crazy-stylish 37-year-old wife, Amal Clooney, helps the star feel youthful as well.
“She’s someone I enjoy spending every minute of the day with, and I’m very proud to be around,” he gushed about the lawyer and civil rights activist. “And watching the things she does I admire so greatly. I’ve always been involved in things other than this business, long before I was successful at it. She’s been doing it quietly and unheralded for a long period of time, and I’m very proud to be married to her.”
His grey hair is like the least offensive part of Clooney. That being said, he has dyed it before, usually for a particular role, which I guess is “okay” in the book of Clooney. I don’t think hair dye is a big deal for men or women, and I’m saying that as a woman who started going grey in my 20s, and I’ve been dyeing my hair for years now. So my attitude on dye is: no judgment. But George is right in general – the more people try to seem youthful, the older they look.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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