Baffling Celebrity Quote Of The Week

"People make a big fuss over names. Names of babies, names of albums, names of bands. There’s nothing weird about calling your baby Chewbacca if that’s what you want to call your baby. It’s no stranger than Sarah. A name is just a noise, and if you like it, then f--k what everyone else says." (Chris Martin, who named his kids Apple and Moses, which aren't such bad names, really, especially if you compare them to names like, Yoda, R2-D2 or CHEWBACCA.)

Um, dude?

There is something TOTALLY weird about calling your baby Chewbacca. Like, seriously. Unless you're a Wookie, calling your baby Chewbacca is a) incontrovertible evidence that your geekness has completely overtaken your common sense and that - if you are actually committed to raising children who won't need tens of thousands of dollars worth of therapy - you should probably think really hard about packing away your Hans Solo outfit and skipping ComiCon for a few years and, b) a pretty solid guarantee that your child is going to get pantsed, bad, on the playground, for reals.

A name may be just a noise, but look, so is a fart, and just 'cause you like it doesn't make it a good thing.

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[b]

Okay sir, you and your wife can name your kids whatever. She can wear high heals to show she "trusts the universe to catch her" and on and on. But if a kid whose parents AREN'T celebs tries to put Chewbacca on a resume, he/she will NEVER get a job. So SHUT UP.

[b]

That is Chris Martin, right?

[S]

Delurking to let my freak flag fly and say "Wookiee"...Yes, it IS sad that I know the correct spelling AND choose to share it. And NO, I couldn't be more of a dork.

[Trish]

Can somebody please knock him off his high Wookiee ass and tell him to shut the hell up already. I also read something else this idiot said this morning. Why are we even listening to him?

[ajnabi]

Meh. The reporter probably just asked some rude intrusive question about "why the hell you gave your kids such weird names" then conveniently edited out his/her celebrity-baiting. Yeah, CM should've known better but, dude, I get sick of people asking questions about my kid's weird name too. Of course, I also gave him two normal middle names so he can abbreviate on that future resume. ;-)

[Maxine Dangerous]

I'm totally naming my future spawn Rhoomba-Hoover and Swifferwetjet.

[Suzy Q]

I will beat you up, Maxine Dangerous! Those're MY baby names!!

PS: Is it any wonder this jackass married Gwyneth? They're perfect for each other. Gag.

[Maxine Dangerous]

I was gonna say -- compared to "Gwenyth" and "Blythe," "Apple" sounds downright normal. Well, maybe -normal- isn't quite the right word... :)

Not wanting to be beat up, I hereby switch spawn names to Reddelicious and Grannysmith. ;)

[Robyn G]

I may be the unpopular opinion here, and I don't even know why I'm saying this because I think I'm the only person I know who can't stand Coldplay, but.... (sorta) word, Chris. Well, maybe you've gone a bit far with "Chewbacca", but the general gist of it, I'm down with. F the naysayers, and all that.

And now, since Maxine has backed off of "Swifferwetjet", I guess I am going to have to be the one to fight Suzy Q for it. Best name EVAR.

[Sarah]

He sounds just like his wife...shooting his mouth off trying to sound smart when really he just sounds like he's talking out his butt. Even if he does have a good point it gets lost in the ridiculousness of what he's saying. I still don't think he's gotten to the level of stupidity that Gwenyth has though.

[Linda]

Robyn G—You're not alone. I HATE Coldplay.

[BaltimoreGal]

When I was little I briefly lived in San Antonio and there was a kid in my neighborhood named Chewie! OK, so it's a Latino name and it's spelled Chuy, but not when you're a child and a Star Wars fan...

[DianaCLT]

My kids have normal names (though people still manage to eff up their spellings), but is it wrong that part of the reason I wanted to name my son what we named him is due to his initials spelling "BAT?" I thought it was cool - a built-in nickname when he gets older. Of course, while I was pregnant, he became our BATfetus, who then became our BATbaby, and is currently our BATboy (who tends to drive me BAT-SHIT CRAZY! ;)). I only wish that I had thought of my bro-in-law's idea before decorating his room, because it's only appropriate that his room be a BATcave...

[Kristine]

So I guess no one will be shocked when I tell them that I will name #2 either Esmeralda Sparklepants or Marmaduke.

[Missie]

Dear Chris Martin,

These little beings in your house that you think should be named weird things? Are humans. That will grow up. Into adults. And maybe need real jobs someday if you and Gwyn spend their inheritance before they get it. No one will trust an accountant named Chewbacca.

Sincerely,
The Entire World

[anna]

Is it weird that my main complaint with his daughter's name isn't that it's Apple, but that it's Apple Blythe, and that sounds like apple blight? I know "Blythe" is after Blythe Danner and all, but it still sounds like a tree disease.

My aunt has promised that even if she is dead at the time, if I give any future offspring "creatively" spelled or insane names, she will come back just to smack me into sense. (Luckily, my top 4 names are Susan, Matthew, Laura, and Thomas.)

[Sam]

I think people may have totally overlooked his point, which was that you should name your kid whatever you want to - its YOUR KID. Whether you like the sound of Suzanna, Uniqua, or my own, Amaranth, the name you give your child is the name that you've chosen for them. It's no one else's right to come along and say "Nope, sorry, I don't like that name". I happen to hate the name Judith, but you don't see me going up to parents and asking them why the heck they wanted to give a little girl an old lady's name.

Now if only people would get over putting ridiculous spellings on normal names (Aimee, Syndee, etc.) so that poor cusotmer service people don't have to make asses out of themselves by assuming that they know how to spell...

[Darcy]

"...A name is just a noise, and if you like it, then f--k what everyone else says."

How very self-centered of him. And gee, he grew up with a perfectly reasonable name, so he has no idea what it's like to get his 8-year-old self shoved into a school locker for no other reason than because his parents decided to saddle him with a name like APPLE.

What an ass.