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George Clooney Denies Amal Alamuddin's Mom Opposes Their Marriage on Religious Grounds
Today 4:26 AM PDT
by Zach Johnson
George Clooney has set the record straight.
Just after midnight Wednesday, USA Today published an op-ed from the actor challenging a recent Daily Mail article. Citing unnamed sources, the British tabloid claimed Clooney's future mother-in-law is opposed to his upcoming marriage to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin due to her religious beliefs.
The two-time Oscar winner—who refers to Alamuddin as his fiancée for the first time in print—wrote that according to The Daily Mail, "Amal's mother has been telling 'half of Beirut' that she's against the wedding. It says they joke about traditions in the Druze religion that end up with the death of the bride."
"Let me repeat that: the death of the bride."
http://www.eonline.com/news/558023/george-clooney-denies-amal-alamuddin-s-mom-opposes-their-marriage-on-religious-grounds
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/07/09/george-clooney-daily-mail-exclusive-statement-response/12368061/
The Daily Mail.
