George Clooney Revealed the "Really Dumb Thing" He and Amal Did With Their Kids.George and Amal Clooney’s attempt at teaching their kids to be more cultured didn’t go exactly as planned.During an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the actor revealed that he and his wife let their 3-year-old twins learn fluent Italian. .The only problem, of course, is that neither parent speaks Italian."We did a really dumb thing, which is, they speak fluent Italian," he said of his son and daughter. .I mean fluent Italian at 3. But I don’t speak Italian, my wife doesn’t speak Italian, so we’ve armed them with a language, George Clooney ."I’ll say, ‘Go back in and clean your room,’ and they’ll be like, ‘Eh, papa stranzo,’" Clooney said.Joking, he concluded, "I’m from Kentucky, English is a second language to me."