George Clooney reveals that he tricks his kids into believing they’re talking to Santa Claus

George Clooney has lengthy had a status for being a prankster on the set of his films, which has seemingly carried over into his parenting type.

The 59-year-old actor did a digital interview for The Late Present with Stephen Colbert on Friday, the place he was selling his new Netflix movie The Midnight Sky.

With Christmas simply across the nook, Clooney revealed the minor prank he pulled on his youngsters, in an effort to get them to behave throughout Christmas.

Clooney did the interview from his dwelling in London, and joked that he was attempting to cease his youngsters from fully assimilating as Brits, joking that his youngsters, three-year-old twins Alexander and Ella wished to go away out milk and mince pie for Santa, as a substitute of milk and cookies.

He additionally revealed that he ‘devised a method’ to maintain his youngsters, who he shares with spouse Amal Clooney, in line over the hectic vacation season

‘At three years previous, you’re simply attempting to maintain your youngsters in line on the whole so I devised a strategy to get them to behave throughout this time,’ Clooney stated.  

‘Once they’re asleep within the morning — they sleep in the identical bed room — they begin to make noises and you’ll hear the 2 of them getting at one another, and I stand outdoors the door and I am going “Oh hello Santa!” and you then hear Santa is there and he’s like “Ho ho ho,”‘ Clooney stated together with his greatest jolly St. Nick impression.

‘And I say, ‘What are you doing right here Santa?’ and he says, ‘Oh, I’m simply ensuring that the children are being good youngsters.’”

“And you may hear them going, “We’re Santa! We’re!” Then he leaves and so they come out and so they’re unbelievably properly behaved,’ he added.

Whereas the trick has labored wonders over the vacations, he is already attempting to determine tips on how to adapt it to Easter time.  

‘I’m apprehensive in regards to the Easter bunny, as a result of I’m not fairly positive what he seems like,’ Clooney joked.

Clooney added that he was in London as a result of there was presupposed to be a ‘drive-in premiere’ of his film The Midnight Sky.

‘I landed and so they got here out and stated, we simply bought to Tier 3, it’s important to go quarantine for 2 weeks in your own home,’ Clooney added.

He added that his spouse Amal is with him in quarantine, ‘and that makes all of it fantastic,’ together with having his youngsters there.

Clooney stars in and directs The Midnight Sky, his seventh function movie as a director, debuting December 23 on Netflix.