Hollywood stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts have gushed over their friendship with U2 as they lifted the lid on their own Irish roots.
The A-list stars have both spent some time on Irish shores over the years, with Julia having spent weeks here filming Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins in 1996, and George recently embarking on a trip to the island before Covid, to meet distant relatives. The Hollywood heartthrob said: “It was a couple of years ago, just before Covid. I was going there with my father to see some old relatives.
“There were a lot of Clooneys, yeah it was pretty fun actually. Yeah, it was really great – I mean it’s a funny thing where you go to meet people who you are related to who you have never met before…so many look like my uncle George…just really interesting things when you can see your family.”
