Salma Hayek's Kid Asked Her To Take Daddy's Name

Whether or not to take your husband's name after marriage is a deeply personal choice that many people on both sides of the fence like to cast judgment upon. Some people think that keeping your maiden name is a sign that you just aren't into the marriage. Some see it, for better or worse, as part of the "feminist agenda."

Others like to cast aspersions upon women who have taken their husband's surnames as weak, backwards, un emancipated and God knows what else.

Regardless, it really isn't anyone's business. Nevertheless, it seems like every bride has to have some excuse to validate her decision. This is why or why not I am taking him name. It's like the world needs to know, and you better have some reason besides "Oh, tradition" or "it's for my business."

Even celebrities aren't immune.

Salma Pinault nee Hayek has a reason: her daughter.

The Mexican beauty welcomed a daughter, Valentina, with Francois-Henri Pinault in September 2007, and married the French fashion executive 17 months later. But the tot was becoming curious as to why her parents didn't share the same last name - and the innocent question convinced her mum to make the switch.

The actress tells U.S. magazine InStyle, "It was Valentina's request. I didn't think about it until she brought it up. We were shooting a film, and she saw my chair with my name on it. She says, 'What does it say there?' And I said, 'Salma Hayek.' And she said, 'What about Pinault? Why not Pinault?' Because people here (in France) say 'Madame Pinault.'"

And Hayek is thrilled to show her solidarity with her family as she continues her new life in France.

She explains, "I said to myself, 'This is who I am now. I'm starting a whole new life. I've never been happier. Why shouldn't I share it with the people who have been supporting me my whole career, who have been with me since the beginning?'

"I'm a private person, but I should let them in on the fact that I'm a different person, and a better person. It's a new life." Source: Hollywood.com

First of all, can a two-year-old really formulate that kind of question... let alone recognize the different words on the back of her chair?

It's almost as if Salma is embarrassed about changing her name, that she's embarassed to admit that marriage changed her into a different person... a different person that needs a different name.

That's why she's pinning it on her daughter.

Thoughts? Is this CelebLover just jaded?