Radical change of life for the one who was once Mrs. Clooney. Or almost. In the 1990s, George Clooney, who was 35 at the time, had yielded to the charms of a young French student 12 years his junior: Céline Balitran. After three years of relationship, the lovers had decided to take different paths. For the better, no doubt. If their story was beautiful, and crazy, the rest of their adventures were also full of nice surprises.
George Clooney, who leads a peaceful daily life with his wife Amal and their twins Ella and Alexander, 5 years old, has retained his love for France, since he has acquired a large property of 170 hectares in the Var. But without Céline Balitran around. For her part, the former model and former candidate of the show The Celebrity Farm in 2004 has also largely rebuilt its life. Mother of two boys, Eliott, 13, and Thom, 8 – from her relationship with Emmanuel Durand, marketing vice-president of Warner Bros -, she turned to a very different professional path.
Céline Balitran works today in the field of education. After collaborating with the Montessori School of Hauts-de-Seine from 2008 to 2012, she set up her own establishment, the Galilée school, a private and bilingual school inspired by her career. “This is a kindergarten and primary school inspired by the educational principles that are close to my heart: curiosity, empathy, tolerance, respect and integrity,” she explained in 2013 to The Socialite Family.
On October 31, 2022, Céline Balitran celebrates her 48th birthday with her family. Her romance with George Clooney is just a distant memory. She had dropped everything to settle in Los Angeles after meeting the star of the series Emergency room at a Parisian party… when she didn’t know him. “When I saw him, I completely cracked up, she said in the pages of the magazine Paris Match. He smiled at me, I smiled at him. We saw each other and we couldn’t take our eyes off each other…“