FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013 file photo actor George Clooney attends the premiere of "Gravity" at the AMC Lincoln Square Theaters, in New York.
Britain's Daily Mail has apologised to George Clooney over a story that claimed his fiancee's mother opposed the marriage on religious grounds.
Clooney is engaged to London lawyer Amal Alamuddin, who comes from a family of Druse - adherents of a monotheistic religion based mainly in Lebanon, Syria and Israel.
The Daily Mail, citing unnamed sources, reported that her mother Baria Alamuddin wanted her daughter to marry a Druse man.
Clooney called the story "completely fabricated."
The Daily Mail said on Wednesday that the story had been "supplied in good faith by a reputable and trusted freelance journalist."
But it said in a statement that "we accept Mr. Clooney's assurance that the story is inaccurate and we apologise to him, Miss Amal Alamuddin and her mother, Baria, for any distress caused."