George Clooney Cooked Romantic Meal for Amal Alamuddin, Then Pulled Out $650,000 Engagement Ring
George Clooney's recent engagement to Amal Alamuddin delighted the actor's friends and family and new details about the romantic proposal have surfaced.
On April 22 the Hollywood actor and film producer, 52, reportedly cooked for the British lawyer, 36, at his Studio City, Calif. home and surprised her with a $650,000 diamond ring. Weeks prior Clooney traveled to Dubai to ask the Lebanese human rights lawyer's family for her hand in marriage.
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"George cooked a meal himself for Amal at home on April 22, then he surprised her by getting down on bended knee and presenting her with the ring," a source told the New York Post's Page Six.
"He was so happy she accepted, he was calling friends with the news later that night," the insider revealed.
Last week Clooney and Alamuddin, who began dating in September, celebrated their engagement to the with friends in Los Angeles. Alamuddin debuted her emerald-cut diamond ring estimated at 7-plus carats, which has two tapered baguettes set in platinum on the side.
"The ring is no doubt the highest clarity as emerald cuts have such clean interiors you can see every blemish and inclusion within the stone unless they're practically flawless," David Allen from 77 Diamonds, who did not design the ring, told Daily Mail U.K.
The couple first stepped out together publicly during an outing in London in October, three months after Clooney's split from former pro-wrestler Stacy Keibler. They have since enjoyed a number of globe-trotting jaunts including a trip to Tanzania and New York City.
Clooney's parents Nina and Nick Clooney expressed their delight about the engagement earlier this week.
"We weren't at all surprised when they told us they were engaged, and we couldn't be happier for them," Clooney's mom Nina said. "On an intellectual level, they are equals. That is very important to him. Amal's world couldn't be more different from the Hollywood lifestyle."
Clooney, a successful actor and film producer, is passionate about humanitarian work and he has been at the forefront of advocacy for resolving the war in Darfur. Alamuddin, who was born in Beirut and raised in England, also has a philanthropic background.
She is currently representing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and is an adviser to Kofi Annan, the special envoy to Syria.
The happy couple are already said to be considering a summer wedding with Clooney's Lake Como, Italy, estate, said to be a potential venue.
"It's only four months away but they want to get married at the end of the summer, in early September, before Amal returns to work," a source said, with another adding "Lake Como would be a beautiful wedding location, but it may not give them any privacy. It is very easy for the public and paparazzi to see into the property."
