George Clooney's $100M Lake Como party pad has hosted the likes of the Obamas, and - but has his love affair with the home ended?
George Clooneys $100M Lake Como Pad for Sale?
George Clooney's $100M Lake Como party pad has hosted the likes of the Obamas, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - but has his love affair with the home ended? Geo...
, 65, and Amal's legendary Villa Oleandra mansion is where the film star first locked eyes with Amal, 48, after she attended one of his lavish dinner parties in 2013.
The treasured memory of meeting his wife is what has stopped him from selling the property previously, which he purchased for $10million from the Heinz family in 2002.
Yet, , rumours have started to swirl over whether George is finally ready to sell up after 24 years.
His dreamy 18th-century estate overlooking the shores of Lake Como has welcomed dozens of A-lists through its doors.
The sprawling 25-room property, one of the largest private residences on the lake, boasts an outdoor pool and tennis courts.
The Obamas, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Anniston are among the stars to have been invited to George's party pad.
The Hollywood actor's home has even transformed into a wedding venue when Emily Blunt married husband John Krasinski in 2010.
Is George Clooney selling his legendary $100M Villa Oleandra in Lake Como which has some of Hollywood's biggest stars over the years (pictured)
The dreamy mansion is where George, 65, first locked eyes with his wife Amal, 48, after she attended one of his lavish dinner parties in 2013 (pictured in 2025)
He previously denied reports in 2023 suggesting he had listed the Italian villa on the market.
'The first I heard of it was when Page Six published the story', George said. 'Everyone picked it up. It's not true.'
Despite his deeply special connection to the villa George and Amal spend little time in Lake Como anymore, using it only for small getaways in the summer.
George currently resides on a farm in France with Amal and their nine-year-old fraternal twins, Alexander and Ella.
The megastar owns multiple homes around the world, including a $14.7 million New York City condo, a 17th-century mansion on the English island of Sonning Eye and a $8.3 million wine estate in Provence, France.
Here are all the lucky stars that have been invited to the plush property over the years.
The Obamas
Barack Obama and his wife Michelle enjoyed a relaxing trip at George's Italian mansion back in 2019 (Barack and George pictured on a boat ride in Lake Como in 2019)
Barack Obama and his wife Michelle enjoyed a relaxing trip at George's Italian mansion back in 2019.
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Former president Barack and first lady Michelle, as well as their daughters Malia and Sasha joined the Clooneys at a charity dinner for The Clooney Foundation for Justice.
close to the couple's multi-million villa after attending the glamorous charity event.
While they were in the area, the Obamas enjoyed the idyllic town of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue,
Ahead of the former presidents arrival, George was reportedly left panicked after a
Eager to impress their high-profile pals during their summer European getaway, George asked his bodyguard Giovanni to call the local plumber Dante Pennè - who later detailed the pandemonium he was met with when he visited the property.
Dante was roped in at the last minute to fix the problem at hand before the Obamas made their arrival.
Unaware at the time as to who the Clooneys were expecting, the plumber admitted he quipped back: 'Let me work, otherwise I won’t be able to fix it.'
Dante's talents were put to good use and within a few minutes he was able to sort and drain the thermometer.
He revealed he was awarded for his efforts with a selfie with the 'worried' Ocean's Eleven star - who he noted was clad in a sweaty Casmigos t-shirt.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The Sussexes joined George at his Italian villa in Lake Como in the summer of 2020 to relax by the pool and explore on motorbikes shortly after their wedding (pictured in Australia in 2016)
in Lake Como in the summer of 2020 to relax by the pool and explore on motorbikes shortly after their wedding.
According to the authors of biography Finding Freedom, George was said to have arranged for Harry and Meghan to fly from London to Lake Como on his own private jet.
The newlyweds then arrived into Milan's airport, and from there were driven in an unmarked car to George and his human rights barrister wife's Villa Oleandra.
During the three-day visit, a source said: 'Meghan and Amal spent a lot of time relaxing by the pool and playing with the twins while George and Harry checked out George's motorbike collection.
'Harry took one of them out with one of his protection officers. George recently had an accident, so he wasn't back on his bike yet.''
'The duke and duchess weren't the only guests that weekend. Eugenie and her fiancé, Jack Brooksbank, were already at the villa when Harry and Meghan arrived, their visits overlapping briefly.'
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The Duke and Duchess and the Clooneys are understood to be close friends.
The Clooneys were among the 200 guests who partied the night away at Frogmore House to celebrate the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding in 2018.
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski (pictured in June) said 'I do' in a storybook private ceremony on the grounds of George's Lake Como Villa in 2010
The couple said 'I do' in a storybook private ceremony on the grounds of George's Lake Como Villa in 2010.
George directed John in Leatherheads and played host to the lavish wedding that featured fellow celebrities Matt Damon, his wife Luciana, and Emily's Devil Wears Prada co-star Meryl Streep.
Emily reminisced about her lavish wedding alongside her brother-in-law Stanley Tucci earlier this year.
After Emily and John went back to Lake Como with her sister Felicity Blunt and her husband Stanley, they took a photograph in front of George's home.
She said: 'It was very special for John and I to go back, and to go back with these guys [Felicity and Stanley].
'We actually took a photograph with the four of us on Lake Como, it was so wonderful. We sent it to George and he was thrilled.'
The entire cast of Ocean's Twelve
George hosted the entire cast of Ocean's Twelve - Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Matt Damon - at his villa for a weekend (pictured with close pal Julia last year)
George's villa served as the set for various scenes of the film Ocean's Twelve, in which he starred alongside Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Matt Damon.
The entire cast has even enjoyed a stay in the multi-million pound villa.
Julia, whose longtime friendship with George is well-documented, previously revealed some interesting new details about their weekend at the villa.
When asked about what it's like to hang out with the actor and liquor mogul, she said: 'You know, yeah, everything that you think he is, he is more than that.'
'We all lived there, when we were doing Oceans 12 we all lived at George's house. Can you imagine?' she said of the 2004 shoot.
She added: 'And I was pregnant for the first time and you would have thought I was made of glass.'
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The Oscar-winning actress revealed they were always trying to help her in any way, adding: 'my bedroom was on the first floor because they didn't want me to take the stairs.'
'They just wanted to dress me in cotton balls and usher me. It was really, really charming, yeah.'
Julia added of their friendship: 'We are very good friends.'
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer has long been friends with George and visited him and Amal at their lake house in 2018 (pictured with Adam Sandler's wife Jackie in 2025)
Jennifer has long been friends with George and visited him and Amal at their lake house in 2018.
as she arrived to pal George and Amal's Lake Como home with her Murder Mystery co-star Adam Sandler.
Stepping off the boat, she showcased her style in a simple black vest and tailored suit trousers while her bodyguard followed behind holding a bottle of rosé for the hosts.
During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the past, the Friends star revealed how incredible it was to see George become a father.
'It’s amazing to see him with children. That is what we talked about, that anything can happen,' she told the host.
Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt spent time with his long time pal George at his villa in the summer of 2024 (pictured that year)
Brad Pitt spent time with his long time pal George at his villa in the summer of 2024.
The Troy actor was seen arriving via private jet in Milan, where he was escorted through the airport by security guards, a source told PageSix at the time.
When talking to an attendant, Brad mentioned he would be spending time with George in Lake Como, which is only an hour drive north from Milan.
Brad was also alone and not with his much-younger girlfriend , a jewelry executive in .
The site also claimed that Brad was dressed casually in a bucket hat with a dark jacket and jeans as he ran out of the airport and into a waiting Land Rover car as a Mercedes-Benz followed.
George has been known to host Brad many times at his Lake Como villa. When he was married to Jennifer Aniston, they stayed there for several days as they dined on pasta and motor boated on the lake.
Pitt also took his second wife, Angelina Jolie, to the Como villa.




