George Clooney: 'I had split therapy after divorce'

George Clooney has insisted that he is to blame for the breakdown of his marriage.

The 50-year-old, who was married to actress Talia Balsam for four years until 1993, admitted that he had therapy after their divorce.

Clooney told The Sun: "I was not prepared to face up to the fact you need to work at a marriage. I was 28 and not as tolerant as I should have been.

"I went into therapy for the first and only time in my life after the marriage was over. I found out you can use therapy to justify pretty much anything.

"They will say, 'You are not wrong to feel that way'. Sometimes you just want them to say, 'You are a real jerk'.

"I have probably worked harder at friendships than I did my marriage."

The actor, who recently split from girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, confessed that he puts work above relationships and isn't surprised that his partners get frustrated.

Clooney explained: "I love working. I love being on a film set, trying to make something special. It is a very selfish life.

"It means my relationships seem to last between two and three years. At that point, these independent women think it is time to call it a day. They see me travelling round, putting work first, writing, directing, acting. It seems I never stop.

"I don't blame them for wanting more from a relationship."

Clooney was reportedly looking to break up from Canalis for the past month.

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