Lord, I completely forgot that Kate Winslet was knocked up. I kept forgetting about her pregnancy over and over again, so that whenever she did show up on a red carpet, I was like, “OMG, Winslet’s knocked up, how did I forget that?” Well, I won’t have to remember it anymore. Winslet gave birth to her first RockNRoll baby, her third child overall. According to Page Six, Kate and her husband Ned RockNRoll (seriously) welcomed a baby boy.
It’s a boy for Kate Winslet! The Oscar-winning actress, 38, and her third husband, Ned Rocknroll, the 35-year-old nephew of Virgin tycoon Richard Branson, welcomed a 9-pound boy into the world at a London hospital on Monday, a source close to the family told me.
Winslet, who now has had a child with each of three different husbands, has also responded to criticism of her parenting of Mia, 13, and Joe, 9. “People go, ‘Oh, my God! Those poor children. They must have gone through so much,’ ” she told Vogue. “They don’t go from pillar to post; they’re not flown here and there with nannies. That’s never happened . . . My children live with me. That is it. That is it.”
When she hasn’t been in labor, Winslet has been busy promoting “Labor Day,” in which she plays a single mother who offers a ride to a wounded escaped convict, played by Josh Brolin. Things take a Stockholm-syndrome turn for her character. The movie hits theaters at the end of January.
Well, congrats. I was kind of hoping she would have a girl, but that’s just me – I think girls are more fun. I’m glad everything seems healthy and what have you. I was really looking forward to hearing the name, especially what last name the baby would have. Ned famously changed his name (legally!) to Ned RockNRoll as an adult, which means this baby will probably carry the RockNRoll name. Either that or the baby will be Hyphenate Winslet-RockNRoll. When I thought it might be a girl, I suggested Eylove RockNRoll. So what about the boy? What boy’s name goes with RockNRoll? Yeezus RockNRoll? Benedict Timothy Carlton RockNRoll? Moonunit RockNRoll? The possibilities are endless.
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Kate’s rep’s statement referred to the baby as “Baby Boy Winslet”, I think it was their subtle way of confirming they’re giving the baby her last name. Thank goodness.
She’s already said the baby’s last name wouldn’t be RocknRoll and that she would never change her name to that either! I think people conveniently forget that, so they can keep making their RocknRoll jokes.
I read somewhere that the baby’s last name will be Winslet. He is currently known in the hospital where she gave birth as ‘baby boy winslet’.
And boys are just as much fun as girls! (I have a boy and we have a great time together, nothing less than my girlfriends with daughters)
I agree. A little boy just in time for Christmas! I don’t normally coo over celeb babies, but this is sweet.
Sexundrugsun, obviously…
Congrats to them. Her daughter being a teenager already makes me feel very old all of a sudden!
Bwaaa haaa haaa. Too funny! I can picture Kate out calling him in for his supper. “Sexundrugsun. Come and get your bangers and mash”.
Justin Kanye RocknRoll sounds like a hardcore name to me. 😀
Nice one!
Or they could call him just Rock.
is that a combination of JB and Kanye… o the disaster this boy will bring
Contests to Kate and Ned. I really hope they give the baby her last name.
I could never, EVER take a guy seriously with a name like RockNRoll.
Maybe he has an extra-wonderful personality.
Maybe he has an extra-wonderful something else…
Right? I can’t stand it! What do we know about this guy? The name alone suggests he is a giant a-hole. I hope she didn’t pick a loser.
Not to mention he can’t even be introduced on his own merit. All of his introductions come with the tag line “nephew to billionaire Richard Branson”. How pathetic.
Why? Does a celebrity’s spouse have to be ‘someone’ in order to make them OK?
Maybe Kate simply likes him a lot. Just sayin’.
I’m with you on this one, Ice Maiden. I’d also note that it seems to be fairly common for male celebrities to marry women who aren’t especially famous or successful in their careers, and that no one bats an eye when that happens. When’s the last time someone mocked Matt Damon’s or Christian Bale’s wives for only being famous by right of connection to their husbands?
Exactly! I was going to say that there’s a touch of sexism here. When a man marries a ‘nobody’, that’s fine, but when a woman does the same, then suddenly it’s ‘pathetic’?
I would say the fact that Ned is not famous, not especially handsome, and not particularly anything much of interest (except a rich man’s nephew) indicates that Kate just fell in love with him for himself, which is surely a good thing. After all, her marriage to the very high-profile and accomplished Sam Mendes didn’t end up too well, did it?
I wonder what happened on the island during the fire. Winslet was there with her model boyfriend and her two kids. When the fire happened, Winslet got herself and her two kids out – while carrying Richard Branson’s 90-year-old mother down the stairs and to safety. Where exactly was the model boyfriend and why didn’t he help? No one seems to have talked about that.
Makes me wonder if the model showed what kind of man he really is during that emergency; saved himself first. Maybe Ned stepped up in the midst of the fire and ashes afterwards and showed that he is the kind of man you want around during an emergency – despite the odd name change.
The spokeperson refered to the baby as so they probably decided he wouldwear only his mother name. kate already said he wouldn t be a Rocknroll anyway…
I’m guessing Robert as a name. No idea why, though. I think it will be a more “classic” name, to go with Kate’s other children.
I don’t think Kate has confirmed whether or not the baby would be a RockNRoll – she’s only said that she wouldn’t be changing her name because she likes being a Winslet.
Didn’t she say RocknRoll would be too much for a child to take on?
Well, wen he grows up he can always change it to Reggae
Kind of off topic but does anyone know how the surname rocknroll was chosen? I can see that being a drunk 19 yr old thing (or something Justin Therouxwould do) but actually seeing that to completion is ridiculous.
I like how the fact that Ned is a Branson nephew had to be mentioned. Lol. Otherwise few would know who he is.
I still don’t know who he is, other than Kate Winslet’s husband!
I just mentioned that up thread before I read your comment. I guess if he weren’t nephew to Billionaire Branson than Kate wouldn’t know nor care who he was either.
Well, Kate and Richard have been friends for years. Kate and Ned supposedly started dating after she saved his grandmothers life in that fire. Maybe that’s how she was able to ignore the name change, and it’s possible that they actually fell in love.
I agree. Kate has plenty of money of her own and has never struck me as the gold-digger type at all. Besides, being a billionaire’s nephew doesn’t really mean much. Son, yes, but nephew?
I only know him as the guy with the stupidest name ever
Congrats to them!
Ned seems a bit loopy, but I hope it all works out for her.
“My children live with me. That is it. That is it.” Is she trying to say that Mia and Joe don’t spend time with their dads?
Lol… No, she never said her children don’t “see” their fathers. Most children of split parents have a primary residence with one of their parents. Just because she said they live with her, doesn’t mean they don’t have visitation or spend time with their fathers for vacation. And to be honest, her children are of the age where they can decide which parent they want to live with. Maybe they choose to be with their mother. I think Kate tends to overcompensate in the public, because she feels she is being judged.
If she is committed to be a present mother to her children, what is the issue?
oh god. she can’t do that to her kid. he has to have her last name!
Every time I’m reminded she married him, I lose more respect for Kate. Wonderful actress, horrible taste in men.
Ikr. I really like her, so I hate to say it, but 3 kids with 3 men?? Eeehhh..
She looks stunning in that red gown!
I really love her as an actress and mostly as a person, too, but someone tell her she doesn’t have to marry and then procreate with every man she’s involved with.
She should never have messed with her face (back in 2010, or whenever that was – shortly before her divorce). She looks like Madonna now.
What is a Ned RockNRoll?
I sort of like the idea of using both surnames. “Winslet-Rocknroll” has a nice ring to it.
No, the baby will not carry the Rocknroll name. He was announced as “Baby Boy Winslet”. Why would anyone assume a child would have its father’s last name, anyway?
Oh I don’t know, maybe 100’s of years of tradition. Although there is not as much precedent for children taking a father’s assumed name.
Baby boys are treasures! Kate looked beautiful throughout her pregnancy.