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So much for the early rumours.
George Clooney, who is expecting twins this June with his wife Amal, debunked recent headlines that they're having a boy and a girl.
"I don't know where this rumour comes from that we're going to have a boy and a girl. We ourselves don't know yet and don't want to know," he told the French outlet Paris Match (via People) in a new interview.
He's not alone: Stars including Gisele Bundchen, Victoria Beckham and recently, Natalie Portman, all claimed to have been kept in the dark on the sex of their children in utero.
Clooney did admit to new-dad nerves, though. "How can we not be anxious about this immense responsibility?" asked the star. "Bringing a child into this world... even two! We are very happy, very excited, but also a bit nervous, it's normal."
He, and perhaps Amal, will make a red carpet appearance soon: Clooney will receive a career award at this year's César ceremony (the French Oscars) on Friday.
And both he and Amal are taking extra precautions with two little ones on the way, Clooney added.
"We decided to be much more responsible, to avoid the danger," he said. "I won't go to South Sudan any more or the Congo, Amal will no longer go to Iraq and she'll avoid places where she knows she isn't welcome."
News that George and Amal Clooney, who married in Italy in 2014, were expecting twins broke earlier this month when US television show host Julie Chen said daytime show The Talk had "confirmed" the rumours.
Actor Matt Damon also confirmed the news, telling the US Today show he had known about the expected arrivals "for months".
"[George Clooney and I] were working together last fall and he came up to me on set and took me aside and told me and I was so happy for him," Damon said, explaining the actor had told him to "not tell anybody".
"I said, 'How are along are you?' And he said 'eight weeks!' And I said, 'Don't say anything!' He didn't know the 12-week rule. You're supposed to wait!"
However, it seems the Hollywood gag order on Amal's pregnancy has been lifted, with George Clooney speaking publicly about his wife's pregnancy for the first time to Paris Match.
with USA Today