Elisabetta Canalis “Father-Daughter” Relationship With George Clooney
October 31, 2011 by Hollywoodite
The relationship detailed by George Clooney’s ex, Elisabetta Canalis, since she’s STILL talking about him, is pretty creepy. It sounds like she was subjugated; inured to being a filler girlfriend.
Canalis even rewrites history, claiming marriage never came up with Clooney. This despite an interview with Italian gossip magazine, Chi, in June of this year – just before they split, where she claimed, “I am a firm believer in marriage, in the future I will be married, but for the time being I am happy as I am… I don’t need anything to confirm how happy I am.”
Canalis believed in marriage while they were dating, in her own words… so, was she careful never to mention it? It’s one or the other, surely. She wanted to marry or not. She discussed her feelings with a random journalist , but not her boyfriend.
Huh?
Well, in a new interview Canalis overshares about her relationship dynamic. Neither of the former-couple comes out well, although there may be something goofy in the translation from Italian to English.
Elisabetta Canalis, the Italian TV personality who dated George Clooney for two years until their split last June, offers some surprising details about their relationship in Questo Amore (This Love), a new book by Italian journalist Bruno Vespa.
Praising the Oscar winner, 50, as “the person who valued my feminine side the most” and “also one of the best people I have met from a charitable point of view,” Canalis, 33, went on to say, “he has been a special for me, and very important, just as a father would be.”
Asked by Vespa to elaborate, she said, “between us there was more of a father-daughter relationship. I was unable to clarify this up ’til now.”
As for their breakup, Canalis – who competed on Dancing with the Stars earlier this season, denies reports that Clooney’s long-held aversion to marriage was an issue.
“George and I never spoke of marriage nor of having kids,” she says. “I don’t put limits to the possibility of having them, but neither George nor I had ever envisaged having kids together. The end of the relationship was not caused by a marriage issue, but instead by our personal needs.”
Although Clooney has since moved on with another Dancing alum, Stacy Keibler, Canalis has only kind words for him.
“George is a real gentleman even in his private life,” she says. “I was very much respected both as a woman and partner.” – via People Magazine.
PHOTO CREDIT – FLYNET PICTURES
