Clooney has cited French privacy laws protecting children from paparazzi as a key factor in the family's decision to become citizens.

The actor's longtime friend and frequent co-star Julia Roberts has been there since the beginning, as Clooney met his wife Amal and as they went on to welcome children. While speaking to Variety in an interview published on Tuesday (Dec. 30), Roberts spoke about Clooney's parenthood journey.

Hollywood megastar George Clooney and his wife Amal are now officially French citizens. The couple and their 8-year-old children were granted citizenship by the European nation recently and it was confirmed by the French government over the weekend, according to the Associated Press.