Posted on 07/30/2026 4:02:59 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
George and Amal Clooney have been forced to evacuate their home in south-eastern France as a wildfire burned nearby, his agent confirmed to Associated Press on Thursday.
The Clooneys bought their hilltop estate, Domaine du Canadel, in Brignoles in the Var in 2021 and it has since become their primary residence. Last December, the French government awarded the whole family – including the couple’s nine-year-old twins – French citizenship.
In a letter to Didier Bremond, the mayor of Brignoles, the actor wrote that while “at this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment and as we evacuate Brignoles”, he wanted to “emphasise two things”.
“First we hope you and the people of our city are safe and second that Amal and I are determined to ensure that, whatever happens to our village, we remain fully part of this community and [will] contribute to its rebuilding. We love Brignoles and the friends we have there.”
The fire near Brignoles broke out on Wednesday afternoon and burned some 130 hectares (321 acres), local officials said. Some 600 residents were evacuated and four firefighters injured.
Speaking to Esquire magazine earlier in the year about his rationale for relocating from the US, Clooney said neither he nor his wife, a highly respected human rights lawyer, did not want their children either observed by paparazzi or being raised with an urban myopia.
“A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm, and as a kid I hated the whole idea of it,” he said. “But now, for them, it’s like – they’re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grownups and have to take their dishes in. They have a much better life.”
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His carbon footprint is getting too large.
“Mother Earth Spirit Gaia is just balancing the carbon scales.”
Proving that, ‘Mother Earth Spirit Gaia’ and ‘Karma’ are twin sisters! I. Love. It. :)
“Karma is currently filing her nails and finishing her cocktail. She will be with you shortly.”
Seriously, I do NOT wish anyone ill will - especially in a natural (or more likely man-made) disaster. But the HUBRIS is magnified twenty-fold when we’re dealing with ‘celebrities.’ (AKA, ‘Celebutards.’)
And, as always, I’ll add: ‘Shut up and ENTERTAIN ME, you trained circus monkey!’
“Mmmmmmm...I wonder why?”
Excellent question. ;)
Plenty of lush, green, wet, verdant forested land in Wisconsin.
We haven’t burnt up since ‘The Peshtigo Fire,’ which happened on the very same day as ‘The Great Chicago Fire.’
All FReepers Welcome! Bring your checkbook. ;)
“...if you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Amal..”
LOL!
Boo! Hiss! Get off the stage! Get the hook, LOL!
That’s about 420 acrtes.
“sprinklers”
They have a pond.
Nowadays, with remote control watering systems, people can be their own fire department.
One of my former neighbors made a living installing underground water tanks for irrigation.
It’s been raining heavily in Florida the past week or so after a prolonged drought.
AI is unaware of it.
... you’re welcome =o)
Fire jihad……another asymmetric war tactic the Mohammedians use against the west, but no one will admit it.
Too bad the Clooneys are so stupid….as stupid as Ellen DeGenerate and Rosie O’ Dungheap.
George and Amal Clooney desert their £20m Berkshire mansion for a new life in France after severe flooding submerges sprawling riverside garden
I stand corrected. It was his neighbors who complained.
“”Their new neighbors:””
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Neighbors? If their house doesn’t burn down, that’s their new squatter roomies. Couldn’t happen to a more worthy couple.
George and Amal shouldn’t complain. As good leftist-globalists they should embrace the ‘15 Minute City’ that will soon subsume their capitalist-elitist Manor.
That’s a shame.
I will be sure to apply what I have learned about George and Amal Clooney and their beautiful French home as I work through my daily routine and important life decisions.
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