This is for all of those people who whine about Star Magazine – Star gets it right (sometimes). Last week, Star had a story about Kate Winslet and how she’s “desperate” to give her third husband, Ned Rocknroll, tons of Rocknroll babies. And now here we go. Kate Winslet is pregnant! This is her third pregnancy – as I said in last week’s post, she cements each marriage with a baby. So Kate’s third child will be a Rocknroll baby. Ugh. I mean, congrats.
Kate Winslet is pregnant!
The Titanic actress, 37, and her husband Ned Rocknroll are expecting their first child together, PEOPLE has confirmed with her rep exclusively.
“Kate and Ned are delighted” over the news, the rep adds.
Despite her previous marriages ending in divorce, Winslet — also mom to daughter Mia, 12, and son Joe, 9 — always knew she wanted to expand her family further.
“I’m hoping to have more kids,” Winslet told InStyle in 2006. “I don’t know whether one or two. Oh, God, I would love to have more.”
The Oscar-, Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning actress and Rocknroll, 34 — who is the nephew of Richard Branson — tied the knot in a secret ceremony in December after they began dating in the fall of 2011.
Eh. What else is there to say? I bet Kate enjoys this pregnancy more than her previous pregnancies, and I bet this experience will be so different for her. Her youngest child is 9 – she gave birth to Joe before she had her Oscar (plus a slew of all of the other major awards). Her career is set, so if she wants to take some time off to enjoy everything, she probably will.
Oh, there was one thing I was going to nit-pick about. I’ve seen people describe Ned as “rich” and “coming from a very wealthy family”. Well… his uncle (Richard Branson) is rich. Ned is not, from what I know. Ned is wealth-adjacent, but he hasn’t made his own fortune or anything. He expects his uncle to support him, he expected his first wife to support him, and I suspect that Kate is paying all of his bills right now. Just FYI.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
The Guardian has a funny article calling for good names…http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2013/jun/05/first-name-baby-rocknroll-kate-winslet
predictable but amusing!
Congrats to them. Wonder if having a baby with each marriage also cements a divorce (seeing a pattern).
Maybe she is trying to see how many kids she can have with different last names……
There is no need for talk like that
Actually I think there is…I was thinking the same. 3 kids with three different fathers. I know I sound like a dinosaur but it’s my honest opinion!
I’m with Sue. Some women just have to have a baby with each husband, Christie Brinkley syndrome…it’s biology at its best, spread the gene pool around. But just yuk Kate with this douche.
Clint Eastwood has how many children with how many women? I rarely see him catch flack for that?
I’ll be honest, I think it’s worth comment that she’s had three baby daddies. I also think its worth comment when a man has multiple baby mamas. Either way, it’s noticeable and comment-worthy, and maybe even an indication of bad judgment?
@Ann: Does anyone even talk about Clint Eastwood at all? He’s an old fossil. But yeah, I think it’s kind of eyebrow-raising worthy of him, too.
Nobody’s saying we should stone her for having 3 kids by 3 different fathers. But it does indicate a certain lack of relationship stability.
@Faye – Haha, good one and so true. I tend to think poorly of anyone who has that many marriages and kids with different partners. I know we’re living in a modern society and all, but c’mon….it’s a *little* tacky.
Hey, if it keeps her off the screen, I’m all for it. I used to be a big Winslet fan but since REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, I’m over her. She and Leo chewed so much scenery in that film that I don’t feel the need to see either of them act again.
Really? That movie was depressing as hell but I still thought she was great in it. Have people soured on Winslet? I still think she’s one of the best working actresses.
I agree with you Andrea, I thought she rocked in RR, though it was depressing and she’s one of my favorite actresses too!
Yeah… Revolutionary Road was a miserable experience, except for Michael Shannon.
As for her having three different baby daddies… it happens, although some women don’t wear the situation well.
They should name it Elvis Ilove, no matter what gender.
And on a more serious note – I hope she will have enough common sense to give the child her last name. Winslet is normal and pretty, Rocknroll is ridiculous. But her other children have their fathers’ last names, and Ned would probably feel discriminated that the dumb-ass name he chose on a drunken escapade would be considered worse than Mendes or the other one. Even if their child will be the smartest, most likeable, athletic and social person in the world, it’s a given that he/she will be bullied in school with the last name Rocknroll.
Can you imagine going to school with “Rock and Roll” as a last name? It’s pretty much asking for children to bully your child.
totally support the baby being a Winslet
As a teacher, I know I’d giggle inwardly every single time I had to write or call out his name… I’ve been rolling it around my mouth… Oldtime Rocknroll…..hmmmm, absent.
On bullying, kids will bully because they are bullies. Thinking about the children at my school, most of them wouldn’t even get it (the name) and the bullies do what they do for every conceivable reason: from having the “wrong” handball to being overweight. At my school, at least, any bullying would be nipped in the bud very quickly.
@Violet…. I’m sure your anecdotal evidence refers to preschool children. Kids are not beyond understanding that “Rocknroll” is a fun word, and not a surname with any authentic history behind it.
Violet – I agree that kids are bullies but usually in every class there are a few chosen scapegoats – nerds/unfortunate looking/with ridiculous names/with an embarassing family etc.- and the rest is left alone. This child already has an embarassing family – him as a father plus a mother who gets naked in every movie (it’s her job, I know, but kids will google it, I’m sure) and has 3 children with 3 different fathers. The name Rocknroll will only make it worse. They will get it because the most hurtful bullies are not the small ones, who are too young to understand but the teenagers.
@Normanbate’s mother – “”plus a mother who gets naked in every movie (it’s her job, I know, but kids will google it, I’m sure)””
It’s not her JOB to appear naked in films. It’s a choice Kate Winslet makes. I am not picking on Kate since their are other respected actresses who regularly removed their clothes eg Helen Mirren in her younger days. HOwever, a long list of similar calibre actresses can be made who haven’t appeared naked on film.
LAK – I know that, I just wanted to point that she is doing it as a part of her job because otherwise it would sound like some version of slut-shaming. I’m not judging her for that – it’s not like she’s getting naked in men-magazines, during paparazzi-friendly vacation or posting nude pictures on social networks. But yes, I agree, many great actresses refuse to lose their clothes in movies and If I was an actress, I’m sure I would do the same.
So baby names then, “webuiltthiscityon” or “ilove” rocknroll?
Congrats to the happy couple.
Or Iwanna Rocknroll (KISS).
“I like that old time”
Sex Drugsand
You called it Kaiser, LOL.
He doesn’t work? So it’s another K-Fed..good god, Kate you disappoint me. As if the surname Rocknroll wasn’t enough.. lol
He is Head of Marketing Promotion and Astronaut Experience for Virgin Galactic.
I just love that job title.
Is that a real title??
The Perks of having a very rich uncle….
Rich uncles can take you far in the UK, just ask Kate Middleton / Gary Goldsmith.
Thinker – a very rich indulgent uncle…
Joy – it is a real job.
They recently auctioned off a flight to the tune of more than $1M on the inaugural space flight at Cannes 2013 Amfar gala. So whether it’s a BS title/job or not, someone in marketing had to have organised to make that happen since it garnered a tonne of publicity.
Maybe they are the answer to Lainey’s blind. Everyone is guessing Jessica Simpson but this could work. He is a huge douch for changing his name to rocknroll or however you spell it. What a loser and I no longer like Kate. It shows she is just as stupid as he is to get with a man-child like this. It is also tacky to have a bunch of kids with different father’s. she has zero good judgement. If she doesn’t stay married to this lose she is going to end up alone at holidays.
Oh interesting, they could fit it. Except for the part about “not being embarrassed to be seen with her” – that seems to point more to JSimp than to Kate.
The most offensive thing about her British KFed is just how Busted he looks, like come on girl, if you were gonna have a kept man: Couldnt he be pretty?
He’s not pretty and as if the name “Ned” wasn’t awful enough he had to change his last name to RockNRoll. I hope he has a great personality and a big dong, that’s all I can say….
Right?! If you must have a KFed, then so be it but at least make sure he’s super fine.
@Originalkitten. Maybe he should have changed his last name to ‘Stark”.
What was his real last name anyway and why did he change it in the first place? Whatever the reason, a man who chooses “Rocknroll” as a last name is per se a douchebag.
Mr. Rocknroll’s original name was “Abel Smith.” I agree that “Ned” is awful. I cannot hear it without thinking of Nancy Drew’s boyfriend, Ned Nickerson! I read every one of those books as a kid & his name has stuck with me.
I think Kate should insist that he change his last name again, to Nickerson, & salvage whatever dignity he may still have.
I vote for “imalittlebit” and for Donny and Marie to be the godparents.
I can’t believe that Kate Winslet gets a child whose name will be Rock’n’Roll. They always surpise you.
I somehow forgot she had been married 3 times now….
Me too. Maybe it’s because she spread them out over such a long time.
I know a lot of people get married multiple times, I just never understand why. After the second divorce, don’t you just go “I think I’m done.”? Is it still special if you do it over and over again? I would feel like a fool saying something along the lines of “til death do us part” for the 3rd time.
Eh. Never been married so maybe I just don’t get how “special” it is.
I completely agree with everything you said here. Never been married either so maybe that’s why I share your sentiments.
I don’t really understand it either, but more to the point, I don’t really care. That probably sounds pissy, but it likely has more to do with marriage being a non-priority for me than anything else. Elizabeth Taylor’s love life sounds more like a series of expensive hassles than grand romances to me, ‘Le Scandale’, or not. Who can be bothered?
Is it obvious that I’m not a particularly romantic woman? I go the movies alone, it’s SO MUCH EASIER!
LOL It is easier than a date but I still drag a friend, sometimes kicking and screaming. I never get movie dates. I did it once and it was the dumbest thing. You can’t talk, you can’t enjoy the movie because you’re nervous/excited, …. so why?
I digress. I always imagine that some people simply get lucky and meet a lot of people they want to marry. “Lucky” is a bit of a perspective thing here but you know what I mean. Others are probably just hopeless romantics or like weddings? Also, who can afford that many divorces? Well, Kate certainly can.
Honestly, marriage is not at the top of my list either. Not that I want to die alone (maybe they’re also afraid of that?) but marriage? Eh.
I agree that anything beyond 2 husbands is a tad tacky. My mother was married 3 times, so I’m speaking from experience 😉 .. I’ve been married to the same guy for 25 years.. you need to balance those things in the family 🙂
Her older kids have sane, nice names, so hopefully this one will too, first and last name.
I can’t say I understand all her choices, but Zi love her as an actress, she’s one of the best.
No matter what name the kid gets…school is NOT gonna be his FAVO place to be..he’s doomed thnx to mummy and daddy ROckNROLL.HAha
He’s better looking than Casper but he still seems like a boy-toy. His face is odd, as if his features aren’t completely developed yet. Semi-embryonic?
Eh. Successful men pay all the bills for the women carrying their children. Her husband before this one probably paid for everything, and he cheated. She wants more kids, and this young airhead makes her happy. Being adjacent to the Branson fortune probably means she gets some good business info of her own, too.
Airhead, yes but he is not much younger then her. She is 37, he is 34 – not much of a difference. It’s not like she found herself a boy-toy half her age and can justify his laziness and immaturity with his young age, smoothness and flexibility. He is still young, so is she, but it would probably be much easier to understand why Kate Winslet – once a serious, classy actress, chose to procreate with a guy named Rocknroll if he was 15 years younger and didn’t look like a mix between unattractive long-haired version of Paul Rudd (if he was balding from the top) and Sid the Sloth.
congrats to them, hopefully they go with the last name Winslet because Rocknroll is asinine. it takes a certain kind of douche to think that name is a good idea.
That would be a total deal breaker for me.
Maybe the baby will have his old last name? I’m grabbing at anything.
What is with his haircut???
The best thing about this story is all the names everyone is coming up with. 😛 Oh, and congrats and all that jazz.
This is what she does. Get’s married, has a baby then divorces.
Here’s hoping that this time – for the child/children’s sake – it’s different.
Better than having babies out of wedlock.
Agree.
Disagree. Divorces are expensive and more to the point, I’m flexible about out of wedlock birth as long as you take proper care of the kid.
Too many divorces will eat away at her savings.
I dont agree. Its easier to understand an accidental pregnancy with a boyfriend. Its not easy to understand saying vows, pledging fidelity and devotion till death do your part, multiple times- because it makes you look stupid on multiple levels.
Remember that absolutely gorgeous model she was dating before this guy. How do you go from that high to this low so fast?
I immediatly thought of you Kaiser when I read that Kate was pregnant yesterday. You were right!
Having three children with three different men seems very…complicated.
it seems she has a nice relation ith her ex-husbands
You are really good at the assumption game.
Just… blarg.
I’m sorry….wtf is Ned Rocknroll?? Beside her next ex??
a baby for 3 different daddies? isnt there a name for that….but reading the story yesterday, y’all called this one
I love her, but I get the feeling he’s going to cheat and move on to a 20 something down the road.
Well, many of my high school classmates married and had children young – especially the women – the men in my class have waited a bit longer. I already see that some of these women are getting divorced or having apparent problems in their marriage. Sometimes I wonder when I’ll meet the right guy, but am glad that I’ve waited a bit longer than the rest. I definitely do not want to be 30 and already divorced or end up married 3 times with 3 baby daddies. I just met a nice guy and I’m taking my time to see if he’s the one. No need to rush into marriage and/or pregnancy. No wonder half of all marriages end in divorce.
Brava, kibbles. You’re a smart woman.
Reading some comments here,you’d think that a third baby with a third husband makes her the lowest human being.
How is it that every recent post about Elizabeth Taylor, she’s celebrated as one of the greatest people who ever breathed?
She had 4 children with 3 husbands. Is one of them in the headlines for being a total wreck?
On the other hand Dina Lohan had all her 4 children with the same husband. I guess reproducing again and again with the same specimen is no guarantee for success after all.
*ding ding ding*
Its amazing how people will gloss over one person & vilify another
Yup. I’m not a fan of Kate other than thinking she’s a great actress but I don’t get all the pearl clutching over this. That those kids are loved (which I’m sure they are) are the most important thing.
Because Liz Taylor lived at a time when marriage was the only option for women. Kate has many more options, including not saddling herself with a man-child with a ridiculous name.
It’s Kate’s life. She’s happy. I can think of worse things than having 3 kids to 3 different fathers. She has the money and resources to make it work.
Can’t get past “RocknRoll”. The name suggestions are hilarious! Keep them up Celebitchies!
Perhaps Kate will do us all a favor and quit acting for good, stay home and homeschool her Rocknroll baby, for everyone’s sake.
I love her!!! Congrats!!!
He should have changed his surname to Flanders. That would make me love them.
I lost so much respect for her since she got with him. But of course she’s pregnant. And they’ll probably name their child Queen or Kiss or Elvis or something that ‘goes’ with Rock N Roll because he’s soooooo freaking cool. Vomit.
It’s END or NED Rockn’roll ? lol
I have laughed more at this post than anything else today. There is iced tea all over my keyboard.
Katis Price is on baby #4 with baby daddy #3. Never thought I’d compare the two, but Kate Winslet and Katie price now have a lot in common. I have a friend divorced twice thinking of marriage #3 at 38. I find it odd. She already dated/married two marines that both ended in divorce why another military guy again? Ugh.
It probably has more to do with the lifestyle and rank than the actual man.
Always liked Kate Winslet, but not as much anymore. Not picking such great films and talking as though she doesn’t care about appearances when you can completely tell she does. And, yes, I’m sorry- having three kids with three men does not indicate stability, whether you’re married to those people or not. Just the fact that she’s married to some overgrown baby who thinks he’s incredibly cool (what Jerry Seinfeld calls swinging orthodontist syndrome) and has some joke title job through his uncle- what is she thinking? When did she become JLo?
If its a girl they should name her Olive
Thee children by three men. Not cool, not classy.