George, Amal Clooney casually mentioned pregnancy to Julie Chen

Los Angeles: Presenter Julie Chen has said actor George Clooney and his lawyer wife Amal had "casually mentioned" the pregnancy news to her.

The "Big Brother" host has revealed she came to know about the not-so-secret information when the couple lightly dropped the news on her, reported ET Online.

"Here's the truth of the matter. My husband (Leslie Moonves) and I saw George and Amal about three weeks ago, and they casually mentioned that they were expecting twins. And we were all like, 'Is it a secret?!" said Julie.

But the TV personality said George treated as if the news was no big deal and simply shrugged.

However, Julie did not feel it was her place to break the news.

"We didn't feel right telling anybody," she said.

Earlier, the actor's mother, Nina Clooney had said that he will make a "great" dad.