George and Amal Clooney have welcomed a Yazidi refugee into their home

George Clooney has revealed that he and his wife, Amal, have welcomed a Yazidi refugee from Iraq into their home in a new interview.

The Hollywood star, who recently had twins, did not name the man but he is living in one of George’s homes in Augusta, Kentucky, and studying at university.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, George explained: “He was on this bus to Mosul, and ISIS shot the two bus drivers and said, ‘Anybody who wants to go to college, we will shoot them.’

“He survived and came to America. He got through all the checks, and once he got through those, it was like, ‘Listen, we got your back. You want to get an education? You want to move your life forward? This is something that we can do.'”

George and Amal are known for their humanitarian work, with Amal being a human rights lawyer, however, George went on to admit that they made a pact to not let their efforts put them in danger now that they are parents to three-month-old twins Alexander and Ella.

Recalling a terrifying time when Amal was in the Maldives working to get former President Mohamed Nasheed out of prison, George said: “When she finally got out of there, she had another client in jail in Azerbaijan, and I said, ‘I’ll tell you what, let’s make a deal: I won’t go to South Sudan and you don’t go to Azerbaijan. How is that?’ And she said, ‘For now, fine.’

“I don’t know that she’ll stick it out.”

George also admitted that he has well and truly left his bachelor lifestyle behind and is loving life as a hands-on father.

Asked if he missed the “old days”, George said: “I sure don’t. That seems like a lifetime ago. Now my house is filled with the warm sounds of babies crying.

“You should see when my friends show up and see me change a diaper, the laughter that comes from them. I go, ‘I know, I know.’

“I’ve given them so much s**t for so many years, I deserve every bit of it.”

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