Riley Keough Reveals Baby Daughter’s Name, Confirms She Used A Surrogate
etcanada.comRiley Keough just revealed her baby daughter’s name. Keough and her husband Ben Smith-Petersen welcomed the little one via surrogate in August 2022.
They only confirmed the news earlier this year. During a new interview with Vanity Fair, Keough told the reporter of her baby girl: “This is Tupelo.” Keough said of surrogacy, “I think it’s a very cool, selfless, and incredible act that these women do to help other people. “I can carry children, but it felt like the best choice for what I had going on physically with the autoimmune stuff,” the actress — who has Lyme disease — continued.
Tupelo was where Elvis Presley — Keough’s grandfather — was born in Mississippi. “It’s funny because we picked her name before the ‘Elvis’ movie,” Keough revealed. “I was like, ‘This is great because it’s not really a well-known word or name in relation to my family—it’s not like Memphis or something.” She went on, referencing the 2022 movie starring Austin Butler, “Then when the ‘Elvis’ movie came out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that.
I was like, ‘Oh, no.’ But it’s fine.” READ MORE: Riley Keough Officially Becomes Sole Trustee Of Lisa Marie Presley’s Estate The little one’s full name is Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen, the magazine revealed, with her middle name being a tribute to Keough’s late brother; Benjamin Storm Keough.
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