Watch George Clooney Declare His Love for Fiancée Amal Alamuddin, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s wedding—and the corresponding media hubbub—has somewhat stolen the thunder of what had been primed to be the wedding of the fall: the impending union between future Downton Abbey guest star George Clooney and lawyer Amal Alamuddin. But it’s time to put that white dress you marked up in crayon in the closet and pour yourself a glass of Italian wine, because Clooney is ready to reclaim the spotlight.
On Sunday, at a dinner in Tuscany, Clooney was given a Humanitarian Award and fêted as guest of honor by Celebrity Fight Night. He brought along Alamuddin, for their first joint red-carpet appearance, and, in his acceptance speech, he revealed that the duo would be getting married “in a couple of weeks” in Venice.
And now we have been gifted with video footage (!!) of Clooney’s speech at the event, a clip about which we have many thoughts, including:
1) Why does it appear that this gala is taking place in a sixth-grade orchestra classroom during recess?
2) We are very intrigued by the “heh” at 0:23 after Clooney reveals he will be married in Italy in a few weeks. It’s the sort of noise you make when someone tells a not-so-great joke but you feel the need to placate them and offer a negligible, inauthentic grunt. Weird for this moment/in this context!
