George Clooney Fixes Wife Amal's Dress Train While on Kennedy Center Honors Red Carpet

Mar. 15, 2025

George Clooneyto the rescue!

While walking the red carpet of theKennedy Center Honors ceremonyin Washington, D.C., over the weekend, George, 61, aided wifeAmal Clooneyfrom a potentialwardrobe malfunction.

Dressed in a red Valentino gown, Amal, 44, paired the dress with a matching clutch and cape, which became tangled on the carpet at one point while photographers snapped pictures.

George, dressed in a black tuxedo, was captured attending to his wife of eight years — with whom he shares5-year-old twins Ella and Alexander— untangling her long accessory piece, before they posed for photos together.

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George was honored Saturday at the Kennedy Center Honors for his lifetime achievements.

Others who were honored during the annual ceremony includedAmy Grant,Gladys Knight, Tania León andU2, which is composed of band membersBono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.

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“Growing up in a small town in Kentucky I could never have imagined that someday I’d be the one sitting in the balcony at the Kennedy Center Honors,” George said, perABCNews.

“To be mentioned in the same breath with the rest of these incredible artists is an honor. This is a genuinely exciting surprise for the whole Clooney family,” the actor — whose parents Nick and Nina were also there to support him — added.

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Outside of the New York Public Library, George told PEOPLE what heloved most about working with Amalto create the event. “Well we collaborate on everything. We collaborated on twins!” theTicket to Paradiseactor said. “But you know, this is an exciting one because Amal’s gotten journalists out of Egypt, out of Azerbaijan, prisons, out of — all over the world, Myanmar.”

The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony will air on CBS Dec. 28.

source: people.com