Hugh Grant reveals daughters' unique names on late-night show
Hugh Grant, the 64-year-old actor known for films such as "Notting Hill," "Love Actually," "Four Weddings and a Funeral," and "Bridget Jones's Diary," has publicly revealed the names of his youngest daughters for the first time. On "Jimmy Kimmel Live," he shared the original names Lulu Danger and Blue and the humorous circumstances surrounding their naming.
12:32 PM EDT, October 31, 2024
During the conversation with Jimmy Kimmel, Grant was asked about his unusual middle name, Mungo. The actor admitted his full name is Hugh John Mungo Grant and joked that it suggests he had "not very kind parents." However, he added that he himself has given his children even more unusual names.
In 2018, Grant married the Swedish presenter Anna Eberstein, who is 18 years younger, with whom he has three children. Their 8-year-old daughter is named Lulu Danger Grant. "On the day we named her, my wife and I panicked. We thought when she grows up, she might like it if she can say in a bar that her middle name is 'Danger,'" the actor explained.
The couple's youngest daughter, 5-year-old Blue, received her name thanks to a suggestion from her older brother. "And we did think about calling her Kevin but then we said, ‘You better think of something else.’ So he said Blue because it was his favorite color," Grant recounted.
All of Grant's children
The actor also has a 12-year-old son, John Mungo, with Anna Eberstein, and two children with his former partner Tinglan Hong: 13-year-old daughter Tabitha Xiao Xi and 11-year-old son Felix Chang Hong. Grant strives to protect his family's privacy.
In an interview with the "Los Angeles Times" in 2020, he admitted that fatherhood has positively impacted him. "Because suddenly, instead of being a half-atrophied, middle-aged golfer, I’m a man with a life full of love. I love my wife, I love my children. They love me. And, suddenly — very unusual for an Englishman — I have all this access to emotion. Almost too much access. Sometimes it’s hard to keep it down," Grant confessed.
From November 22, Hugh Grant can be seen in theaters in the horror film "Heretic."
