George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin Wedding: Celebrity Couple Gets Practice After Attending Other Nuptials In Italy [PHOTOS]
The world may be waiting to see them tie the knot, but George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin appear to be very content in letting other couples shine as well, as they were reportedly guests at another prestigious Italian ceremony over the weekend.
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In fact, Alamuddin even played an important role in the ceremony-as the officiant.
The two were reportedly spotted at the nuptials of Alamuddin's cousin, Bahrain-based businessman Tarek Miknas, to the stepdaughter of Bulgarian tycoon and princess, Darina Pavlova, at the 15th-century Villa Mangiacane in Florence.
People Magazine reports that Alamuddin officiated the symbolic ceremony and stood with the bride and groom on a grassy ledge overlooking the city and countryside while standing under a canopy of grape vines. It is unclear how large the guest list for the nuptials was, but Clooney was in attendance with his soon-to-be Mrs., and kept a lower-profile in order to ensure the attention remained on the bridal party.
Alamuddin's role as officiant comes just one week after her fiancé slammed British tabloid The Daily Mail for publishing a false report that his future mother-in-law did not approve of him because he wasn't a part of their strict Druze religious sect-a report Clooney vehemently denied.
"The Daily Mail has printed a completely fabricated story about my fiancee's mother opposing our marriage for religious reasons," Clooney wrote in USA Today. "It says Amal's mother has been telling 'half of Beirut' that she's against the wedding. It says they joke about traditions in the Druze religion that end up with the death of the bride."
"But this lie involves larger issues," he added. "The irresponsibility, in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and more appropriately dangerous. We have family members all over the world, and the idea that someone would inflame any part of that world for the sole reason of selling papers should be criminal."
The paper issued an apology to Clooney and explained the story had been provided by a trusted freelancer, though Clooney has reportedly rejected the apology.
