Amal Clooney is on Vogue and Talking

Amal Clooney has landed her first Vogue cover, and inside, she weighs in on gun control, the #MeToo movement and shares insight into her life with George Clooney and their twins.

The 40-year-old human rights lawyer revealed that Alexandra and Ella, born in June of 2017, have said their first words, with a little help from George.

• “We’ve had some ‘Mamas’ and ‘Dadas,’ ” Amal shared. “George was very careful to ensure that ‘Mama’ was the first word.”
• Still, she admitted that juggling two isn’t always picture-perfect. “When I was nursing, it was much more complicated, because there are two,” she explained. “I had all manner of weird cushions and pillows and machines.”
• But her ability to make it all work is part of what drew George to Amal in the first place, he told Vogue: “Her life was incredibly exciting – the clients she was taking on and the superhuman work that she was doing. I was taken with her from the moment I saw her.”
• Amal has worked as an advocate for women around the world, and she shared her thoughts on the #MeToo movement.
• “I think because of the brave women who have come forward to tell their stories, the future workplace will be safer for my daughter than it was for people of my generation,” Amal told the magazine. “We’re in a situation where a predator feels less safe and a professional woman feels more safe, and that’s where we need to be.”
• She didn’t stop there. Amal and George recently donated $500K to March for Our Lives, which is advocating for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the deadly Parkland, Fla., shooting.
• “I’ve seen lots of commentary where people have tried to say, ‘This isn’t about having too many guns or allowing semiautomatic and automatic weapons to be purchased too easily – surely this is about mental health, or about violence and movies,’” she said. “The fact is, there are violent movies all over the world, and there are mental-health issues in other countries. But this doesn’t happen in other developed countries. The difference is guns, and how widely and easily available they are.”