George Clooney was 'gobsmacked' when wife Amal became pregnant with twins... as he recalls 'very emotional' moment they decided to have kids By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 15:30 GMT, 16 November 2021 | Updated: 17:26 GMT, 16 November 2021 49 shares 42 Viewcomments They recently celebrated seven years of wedded bliss. And George Clooney admitted he was 'gobsmacked' when wife Amal revealed she was not only pregnant, but was also having twins nearly four years ago. The 60-year-old actor recalled the challenges of planning for fatherhood and the 'very emotional' moment the couple decided that children were in their future as he chatted on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. Mom and Dad: George Clooney admitted he was 'gobsmacked' when wife Amal revealed she was not only pregnant, but was also having twins; seen in 2021 'Listen, I didn't want to get married. I didn't want to have kids. And then this extraordinary human being walked into my life and I just fell madly in love. Then I knew from the minute I met her that everything was going to be different,' he said. 'I didn't know I'd have twins. There is that moment when you go to the doctor and they pull out this piece of paper which is a sonogram and they go, "Here" and you go, "It's a baby boy." I'm like, "Baby boy, fantastic." And then they said, "And the other one is the girl" and I was like, "Oh s**t."' He added: [Amal's] sister has twins and I was gobsmacked because ... I was kind of up for one. I love it now. And thank God they have each other during the pandemic.' 'Listen, I didn't want to get married. I didn't want to have kids. And then this extraordinary human being walked into my life and I just fell madly in love. Then I knew from the minute I met her that everything was going to be different,' he said; seen in October