Clooney delighted for 'content' Pitt and Jolie

George Clooney has confirmed reports his actor pal Brad Pitt is dating Angelina Jolie, declaring the couple "very content".

Clooney supported his Ocean's Twelve co-star Pitt through his high-profile split from estranged wife Jennifer Aniston earlier this year.

Pitt and Jolie struck up a friendship on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith last year and despite regular photos of the couple together, they both deny they are an item.

However Clooney tells the Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine: "I see them together and they look very content, which makes me happy. I've met her a few times. She is a very beautiful woman and very clued up."