George Clooney, who avoided talks about his relationship with lovely barrister, Amal Alamuddin, has finally confirmed his engagement to the lawyer in what appeared to be a scathing letter addressed to U.K. tabloid Daily Mail. In Clooney's book, you can't mess with his fiancée and his future mother-in-law.
His piece, which was published on USA Today, pertains to a report run by the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail article has already been taken down as of this writing.
Clooney wrote in the piece, "First of all, none of the story is factually true. Amal's mother is not Druze. She has not been to Beirut since Amal and I have been dating, and she is in no way against the marriage - but none of that is the issue. I'm, of course, used to the Daily Mail making up stories - they do it several times a week - and I don't care. If they fabricate stories of Amal being pregnant, or that the marriage will take place on the set of Downton Abbey, or that I'm running for office, or any number of idiotic stories that they sit at their computers and invent, I don't care."
Clooney has also referred to Alamuddin as his fiancée.
"The Daily Mail has printed a completely fabricated story about my fiancée's mother opposing our marriage for religious reasons. It says 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," Clooney said in the piece.
What supposedly made Clooney even more furious was the religion angle of the story, of which the star said might have serious implications.
"The Daily Mail, more than any other organization that calls itself news, has proved time and time again that facts make no difference in the articles they make up. And when they put my family and my friends in harm's way, they cross far beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence," Clooney stated.
BBC said that Daily Mail has since issued an apology and went on record saying that the report is inaccurate. Moreover, the tabloid has also said that it will be conducting an investigation as the information apparently came from a trusted freelance journalist who had given the information in good fiath.
"We accept Mr Clooney's assurance that the story is inaccurate. We have removed the article from our website and will be contacting Mr Clooney's representatives to discuss giving him the opportunity to set the record straight," Daily Mail said in a statement.
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