George Clooney and Julia Roberts on Why They By no means Dated

George Clooney and Julia Roberts shared new particulars about their friendship — together with why they by no means dated.

Clooney, 61, and Roberts, 54, appeared in a sit-down interview with Access Hollywood that dropped Wednesday forward of the discharge of their upcoming movie, Ticket to Paradise.

Throughout their chat, host Equipment Hoover hit the costars with rapid-fire questions on their longtime connection.

When requested about their first impressions of each other, Clooney mentioned Roberts “made me snicker,” and Roberts known as him “mild.” The celebs had been then requested concerning the high quality they admired most about each other — Clooney praised his costar’s “kindness,” and Roberts mentioned she respects his “fortitude.”

Hoover then requested a query many followers of the 2 have been questioning for years: “Did you ever have a no-dating coverage again within the day… Years and years in the past earlier than you had been ever in a relationship?”

Roberts responded, “To not date one another? I do not assume we wanted to state it!”

Clooney supplied extra context about why they by no means took issues to “a unique stage.”

In accordance with the actor, “Julia was all the time in a relationship, or I used to be in a relationship. And we had been quick associates instantly. So it was nothing, but it surely’s been nothing however enjoyable for us. So, I do not assume that was ever actually a factor.”

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Clooney and Roberts have starred in a number of movies collectively. Their onscreen credit embody 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven, 2002’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, 2004’s Ocean’s Twelve, and 2016’s Money Monster.

Of their newest collaboration, they play a divorced couple who make a “truce” with the intention to cease their daughter (Kaitlyn Dever) from marrying a person she simply met.

Ticket To Paradise hits theaters Oct. 21.