KATIE HOLME
a huge name to propel herself back to the top. That’s the way it works if someone has bowed out of major productions for so long, or had a string of flops. Sadly, both apply to Katie,” says our insider. “I believe that’s the advice that’s been sent her way.”
A separate insider says Katie’s heard the message loud and clear, and has already reached out to her old friend George Clooney in the hope of working with him.
“George has a real soft spot for Katie and is willing to bend over backwards to help her,” says a source. “They’ve been chatting on the phone several times a week while he’s in LA and she’s in New York.
“He’s all about generating his own projects and is sifting through scripts to find one that would be a fit for both of them. George’s friends haven’t seen him this creatively inspired for a long time!”
While it’s full steam ahead for George, 59, and Katie’s collaboration, sources say their respective partners, Emilio Vitolo Jr and Amal, aren’t thrilled with their newly reignited chemistry.
“All these non-stop phone calls between Katie and George must be getting on Amal’s nerves,” suggests the source. “She’s used to women batting their eyelashes at her husband, but there’s something about Katie hovering around that she’s uncomfortable with.”
Manhattan restaurateur Emilio is also said to be concerned. Things between he and Katie seem to be cooling, with a source saying, “Emilio wants to be a star in his own right, and has even styled himself on a young George Clooney. So it must be unsettling for his girlfriend to all of a sudden be in conversation with the real thing.”