George Clooney and Wife Amal Depart Venice Film Festival After Emotional "Jay Kelly" Premiere amid His Illness Gabrielle RocksonAugust 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM Best Image / BACKGRID Amal Clooney and George Clooney leaving Venice at the airport on Friday, Aug.
- - George Clooney and Wife Amal Depart Venice Film Festival After Emotional "Jay Kelly" Premiere amid His Illness
Gabrielle RocksonAugust 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Amal Clooney and George Clooney leaving Venice at the airport on Friday, Aug. 29 -
George Clooney and wife Amal Clooney were photographed leaving the Venice International Film Festival on Friday, Aug. 29
The actor's planned appearances were cut back as he dealt with a sinus infection, but he attended the red carpet premiere of Jay Kelly on Thursday, Aug. 28
Jay Kelly next premieres at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado
George Clooney and Amal Clooney are saying goodbye to Venice.
On Friday, Aug. 29, the couple were spotted leaving the Venice International Film Festival after they premiered his new film Jay Kelly the night before.
The actor had to back out of several appearances at the festival due to a sinus infection, appearing in good spirits as he smiled while holding two cups in his hand on Friday.
George, 64, covered his eyes with a pair of black sunglasses while his black shirt was tucked into his pants. Meanwhile, Amal, 47, wore a large sunhat, shades and a black summer dress.
Jay Kelly next premieres at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado this weekend.
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Amal Clooney and George Clooney leaving Venice on Friday, Aug. 29
George and Amal arrived in Venice on Tuesday but, after feeling unwell, he "was advised to head straight home and rest up" before Thursday's world premiere, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
On Wednesday, George had to miss dinner with cast mates and was seen boarding a boat to leave the Hotel Excelsior around 4 p.m. to go home and rest.
"Unfortunately, George has a sinus infection and, under doctor's orders, he has had to scale back his activities today," his rep told PEOPLE at the time.
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George also missed a press conference for Jay Kelly on Thursday morning. "As you may know, George Clooney is not going to be here because he has a bad sinus infection," the moderator said at the panel with the cast. "We think he should be on the red carpet tonight, but he is very sorry he cannot be with us."
Director Noah Baumbach then said, "Even movie stars get sick."
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Amal Clooney and George Clooney leaving Venice on Friday, Aug. 29
The star was ultimately able to attend the premiere of Jay Kelly alongside Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Baumbach and more on Thursday night. After Thursday's screening at the premiere, the movie earned a 10-minute standing ovation, according to reports from Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter.
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Amal Clooney and George Clooney at Venice Airport on Friday, Aug. 29
As the crowd clapped, George planted a kiss on his wife, who appeared emotional.
"Jay Kelly is about a man looking back at his life and reflecting on the choices, the sacrifices, the successes, the mistakes he's made," Baumbach said in his director's statement of the film. "When is it too late to change the course of our lives?"
The statement continued, "Jay Kelly is an actor and as such the movie is about identity. How we perform ourselves. Who are we as parents, children, friends, professionals? Are we good? Are we bad? What is the gap between who we've decided we are and who we might actually be? What makes a life? Jay Kelly is about what it means to be yourself."
Jay Kelly is in theaters Nov. 14, then on Netflix Dec. 5.
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