Kate Winslet reveals why her husband changed his name from Rocknroll to Smith

Kate Winslet’s husband Ned is a one of a kind. In fact, for a while his last name was “Rocknroll”.

Legally!

Except that now it’s not; Ned, who has been married to Winslet since 2012, was born Abel Smith and reverted to his original name. And there’s a reason for that, as Winslet, 45, explained in a virtual interview Thursday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

For one thing, while Ned is used to a certain level of fame (his uncle is Virgin Group co-founder Richard Branson), dating Winslet has cast him in a very public eye.

“When he changed his name to ‘Rocknroll’ I don’t think he anticipated what might happen if he had a girlfriend named Kate Winslet who was quite famous and therefore the press might not. react. well to the fact that she had this boyfriend then called Rocknroll, ”said the Oscar winner. “So that was a little tricky.”

Then they got married and had a son together, Bear Blaze, who is now 7 years old. Winslet has children from her two previous marriages: Mia, 20, and Joe, 17. With Bear, the banality of daily chores meant having a last name like “Rocknroll” got a bit tiring.

“I got to the point where I’m like, you know, I fill out the doctors ‘forms and he says’ mother’s name ‘and’ father’s name ‘, and I’m like,’ Honey … shall we continue. ? She remembers. “And he’s like, ‘Yeah, you’re right. I’ll just change it. “So he changed it.”

Of course, Bear’s last name was never Rocknroll – Winslet made sure of that. “(He) was always going to have my name,” she told Glamor in 2014. “(The kids) Mia and Joe have (Winslet) in their name, so it would be weird if this baby didn’t. we’re not going to call it RocknRoll. People can judge whatever they want, but I’m an adult (expletive). “