George Clooney reveals Amal has faced sexual harassment

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After Weinstein scandal, actor insisted problem was not unique to Hollywood
Said of human rights lawyer Amal: 'She's faced those exact kinds of situations'
He said of sexual harassment: 'It's everywhere and it's a problem for all of us'
Producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused of harassing dozens of women

Published: 08:39 EDT, 23 October 2017 | Updated: 13:59 EDT, 23 October 2017

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George Clooney has revealed his lawyer wife Amal has faced sexual harassment at work.

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the actor insisted the problem is not unique to Hollywood but pervades all industries.

The 56-year-old said of human rights lawyer Amal, 39: 'She's faced those exact kinds of situations in law.'

George Clooney, 56, and Amal Clooney, 39, walk the red carpet at the Venice film festival

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the actor (pictured on Entertainment Tonight) insisted the problem of harassment not unique to Hollywood but pervades all industries

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, he added: 'It's everywhere and so it needs to be addressed as if it's a problem for all of us.

'And we have to take it on full force because the kind of assault that we're talking about now is... it's so infuriating that this was allowed to go on as long as it did.'

Amal Clooney's career

After studying at Oxford University, Clooney worked at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City for three years as part of the Criminal Defense and Investigations Group.

In 2004 she completed a judicial clerkship at the International Court of Justice.

She was subsequently based in The Hague working in the Office of the Prosecutor at the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon and at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Clooney returned to Britain in 2010, where she became a barrister in London at Doughty Street Chambers.

She has been involved in high-profile cases representing the state of Cambodia, the former Libyan intelligence chief Abdallah Al Senussi, Yulia Tymoshenko and Julian Assange.

Clooney also insisted that those who helped Weinstein, 65, to cover up his decades of harassment need to also face the consequences.

He said: 'Harvey would talk about women that he'd, you know, gone out with. I didn't really necessarily believe that because to believe that would believe bad things about actresses that I know and like, and I didn't really buy into that.

'But I will say that somebody knew and if there was a reporter that sat on a story for years and didn't write it, I want to know why because I would have liked to know to these stories.

'And if there was a newspaper or a website that had this information that investigated it, I'd like to see how much ad money they got from Miramax or from the Weinstein Company.

'I want to know who took women up to a hotel room and then left them there for Harvey. I want to know who did that. Harvey's gonna get his and deserves it. But there's other people involved in this and the whole culture of this is gonna have to stop.'

Clooney also spoke about Weinstein in a Good Morning America interview that aired on Monday morning.

Both he and Matt Damon said that they knew Weinstein was a 'bully' and 'womanizer' who bragged of bedding actresses, but had no idea about the level of alleged criminal behavior that was occurring behind closed doors in hotels.

Amal Clooney and George Clooney at the Suburbicon film premiere in Los Angeles

Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal arrive at the 42nd Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused of raping and sexually harassing dozens of women during years of predatory behaviour. He denies rape

Damon confessed that he was aware Weinstein had sexually harassed 'the first lady of Miramax' Gwyneth Paltrow just before the actress shot the film 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Emma' for the studio.

'I knew the story about Gwyneth from Ben [Affleck] because he was with her after Brad [Pitt] and so I knew that story,' said Damon.

'But I was working with Gwyneth and with Harvey on [the 1999 film The Talented Mr.] Ripley.

He then added: 'I never talked to Gwyneth about it but Ben told me that whatever or agreement they had come to there was an understanding... and he treated her incredibly respectfully. Always.'

Movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused of raping and sexually harassing dozens of women during years of predatory behaviour. He denies rape.