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George Clooney "hurt" to know that the Royal Baby wasn't named after him

Royals Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed the name of their ... Read More
Royals Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed the name of their baby boy, Archie Harrison

Mountbatten-Windsor

, on Wednesday. While the world gushes over the news, George Clooney can't help feeling a little slighted that they didn't name it in his honor.

Speaking at an event for his new show, Clooney was asked how he felt that they didn't include the name George in their baby's moniker at all. "That kind of hurts," Clooney said, before laughing and admitted, "I like it! Archie. It's good!"

The baby's middle name could also be inspired from actor Harrison Ford, the star said that he understood the choice if that's the case. "Well, he was president in a movie, once," Clooney reasoned with a shrug, before admitting his own reverence for the '

Star Wars

' icon. "And, if you think about it, it is Harrison Ford. I'm gonna [re]name my daughter Harrison now."

Clooney was speaking at the premiere of his show in Hollywood, one day after the royal baby's birth, which happened to be Clooney's 58th birthday, and the actor joked that the Royal Baby "is stealing my thunder!"

"This was my day! I was sharing it already with Orson Welles and Sigmund Freud!" Clooney quipped.

Despite having two children of his own, Clooney said that he doesn't feel it's his place to give the Duke and Duchess, or anyone else for that matter, advice on anything. "I don't give advice, I'm 58," he said. "At 58 you just go, 'Ugggh.' I just walk with a walker everywhere I go."
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