George Clooney Recalls His First Kiss at Age 11 in the 'Back of a Church in My Hometown' Kimberlee SpeakmanJanuary 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM 0 Joe Maher/Getty George Clooney at BFI Southbank on November 21, 2025 in London, England George Clooney recently dished on his first kiss, including when and where it happened, in a new interview He also revealed what prompted the kiss and whether the relationship lasted Clooney's new movie Jay Kelly is now streaming on Netflix George Clooney had some experience before earning a role as a heartthrob on ER.
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Kimberlee SpeakmanJanuary 6, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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George Clooney recently dished on his first kiss, including when and where it happened, in a new interview
He also revealed what prompted the kiss and whether the relationship lasted
Clooney's new movie Jay Kelly is now streaming on Netflix
George Clooney had some experience before earning a role as a heartthrob on ER.
The Jay Kelly star, 64, dished on his first kiss in a new interview with W Magazine — including how young he was and where he got his first smooch.
"[I had my first kiss] in the back of a church in my hometown of Augusta, Kentucky. I was 11," Clooney recalled to the outlet.
"We were hiding from all of our friends who were outside waiting, saying, 'Kiss her! Kiss her!' The relationship didn't last — 11-year-olds move on pretty quickly," he added.
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George Clooney attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations Presents in November, 2025
Besides his stint as the suave doctor Doug Ross from 1994-1999, he has also starred in several romantic movies throughout his career including 1996's One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer, 2003's Intolerable Cruelty with Catherine Zeta-Jones and more recently, 2022's Ticket to Paradise with Julia Roberts.
However, his kissing scenes haven't always gone as smoothly as he would have liked. He shared in a 2022 interview promoting Ticket to Paradise with The New York Times that the he was once criticized over his kissing skills.
"I remember early on in my career, I had to do a kissing scene with this girl, and the director goes, 'Not like that.' And I was like, 'Dude, that's my move! That's what I do in real life!' " Clooney said at the time.
In the same interview, he revealed that it took him and Roberts several takes to film their one kissing scene. "Yeah. I told my wife [Amal Clooney], 'It took 80 takes,' " he said. "She was like, 'What the hell?' "
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"It took 79 takes of us laughing and then the one take of us kissing," Roberts added, to which Clooney responded, "Well, we had to get it right."
Clooney's new movie Jay Kelly is now streaming on Netflix.
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Published: January 06, 2026 at 06:45PM on Source: ANDY MAG
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