I love your last sentence; tied everything up in a nice little package. Brava!

Not in the UK. She's wealthy and went to Oxford, but she's not upper class here. I'm pretty sure that the Clooney family has more influence in Kentucky than the Alamuddins have in England.

Yeah, this article is baffling. I still think of George as Rosemary Clooney’s nephew. Yet the article makes it seem as if Rosemary (if she were alive) would be sittin’ on da porch working the slide-whistle or moonshine jug, and only wearing one shoe. “Well hi y’all! George, ain’t Amal a peach! Hurd she was from up…

Well, fingers crossed! KY politics are just a mess, and I honestly don’t think he could fuck up our “system” any more than it already fucks itself up.

I just remembered why I left Jezebel the first time. It was because of gross, classist bigoted articles like this one. The dude visited his family and you decided that was an opportunity to make fun of people from Kentucky. Ew.

Then I would say either your understanding of Gatsby or Clooney’s background is a tad off*. Clooney is a Lexington, KY blue-blood, who probably had a sliver spoon in his mouth from the day he was born. Clooney has never disguised his background, nor his relationship with his aunt, mother, or father — in fact, one…

As a George Clooney fan, I have say Yay for George showing mad respect to his hometown and family.
As an Amal fan, I have to say Yay for a posh Brit stepping outside of her comfort zone for the hubs
And as a native Kentuckian, I would say go fuck yourself for making fun of the state, but we Kentuckians have too much…

I’m pretty sure his parents were relatively wealthy and influential in Kentucky.

Congratulations, this fails as reporting, as snark, parody, as satire...

Gosh, I wonder how she dealt with the outhouses and not being allowed to wear shoes? Did she help milk ole Bessie and feed the chickens before breakfast? What did the townsfolk think of all them teeth?

Full disclosure, I just like saying and typing “Piggly-Wiggly”.

Oh good! So I’m not unnecessarily cynical! That all makes a lot of sense, honestly, and we could do a lot worse, as far as politicians go.

Actually, that is the popular speculation. The entire reason he got himself a wife with some clout is that he wants to be taken seriously in another arena (ie politics), and the lifestyle he was living wasn’t up to it. If he goes the politics route, it will likely be in the state he was born in, as California and New…

My mom called George “Nick Clooney’s son” the entire time he was on ER

yeah, as a Kentuckian, I’m not offended by the attempt to make fun of our accents, I’m offended by how wrong it is. Also, that joke runs out way before this article ended.

TV anchor people do pretty well. Maybe not millionaires but dude didn’t grow up hustling for change outside of the local Piggly Wiggly.

His father was a TV anchorman and ran for congress. His Aunt was a huge deal actress/singer.

I do not know what to make of this article. It’s either in jest (poorly done) or just mean.

Is he running for office or something? Suddenly this long time bachelor has the perfect wife, he’s making photo ops in Kentucky... sorry, I may just be way too cynical.

Why are they both so tall? Are they giants?