It’s the end of an era for George Clooney. The Wolfs star has parted ways with the English-style Los Angeles estate he has maintained for about three decades, according to TMZ. The publication reports that the three-acre property has been scooped up by newlyweds Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo. The NFL star and the model paid $14.5 million for the estate, which is in LA’s Studio City neighborhood. Clooney bought the spot in 1995 for $2.2 million—from folk-rock icon Stevie Nicks, no less.
The Oscar winner recalled his purchase of the 7,354-square-foot house in a 2012 segment of the CBS program Person to Person. “I was in the second season of ER living in a little house and I thought, well maybe it’s time to get a little bit larger house off the street so I wouldn’t fall prey to every photographer,” Clooney said. “To me, it was a sign of making it, to be able to buy your own home.” In the years since, the actor invested millions into expanding and renovating the six-bedroom, six-bathroom dwelling.
CBS’s cameras also got an inside look at the the two-story home, revealing a theater equipped with a popcorn machine, multiple bars, a basketball court, and an open-air dining room with a temperature-controlled wine wall as some of its A-list amenities. Hardwood floors, stone fireplaces, and coffered ceilings were also shown. Since then, the Fantastic Mr. Fox star married civil rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin (now Amal Clooney) and welcomed twins. In 2018, she told Vogue that the former bachelor pad, where Clooney once threw legendary dinner parties, had transitioned into more of a “low-key” family home.
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McCaffrey and Culpo were married in June. According to public records, the sale of their new marital dwelling closed on September 23. The tree-lined plot hosts the main home as well as multiple guesthouses, a tennis court, and a pool, per TMZ. As for the Clooneys, they maintain an international real estate portfolio with homes in England, Italy, France, and New York City.
