Kelly & Michael: Popular Baby Names
Michael Strahan talked about the popular baby names of 2014. A lot of them are based on films. Katniss from The Hunger Games is one of the names. They didn’t like that. Elsa from Frozen and Kahleesi from Game of Thrones are on the list. That was in the last baby list too though. Imogene is on the list. Kelly loves that name, but Michael doesn’t. Charlotte, Isla, Cora, Penelope, Violet, Amelia, which Michael loves, Eleanor, Harper, and Claire are also on the list. Kelly loved all of those names. Oliver, Finn, Atticus, Declan, and Asher are the top four boys names.
Michael asked Kelly how she came up with her kids names. Michael was actually always supposed to be named Joaquin, because they loved the name and it was the Mexican Robin Hood, but Mark’s grandfathers both died a month before he was born, and they named him after them. So, then the next baby would be Joaquin or Sophia.
Kelly & Michael: How Kelly Ripa Named Her Children
Kelly & Michael talked about popular baby names and how they came up with the names for their kids. (Alan Bailey / Shutterstock.com)
Then when she was in the cab on the way to the hospital, Barry Manilow was on the radio and Kelly started singing “Lola Consuelos” and decided to switch to Lola. Her doctor asked for the names, because they never knew what they were having and said, “You have a Lola.” Then they found out that Joaquin was a boy because there was no way to surprise you at this point and had Joaquin. Michael said there’s a way to surprise you if you’re like Halle Berry in Extant and you come back pregnant. They had to just keep having kids so they could use Joaquin. The nurses called him Elvis because he had so much hair. They all had hair, but he had so much. By the time he was four months old, it had fallen out and it grew back white, blonde, and curly.
Michael’s oldest daughter Tara-Tanita, who they call Tanita, was named by her grandmother. She was French and German, but was living in Germany at the time and named her for some scandal that was happening at the time. Michael said that Michael Jr. was a reach. For Isabella and Sophia, they just tried to find names that go together, and those names are always popular. Their middle names are after their grandmothers. Michael’s middle name is Anthony, which is like everyone Kelly went to school with.
Kelly & Michael: App for Brushing Your Teeth
There’s a new Bluetooth app at the bathroom sink. It goes with your toothbrush, so as you’re brushing your teeth it tells you how long you’ve been brushing and what you missed. It’s a really cool app, but Michael’s curious because they have perfect teeth on the app. It might not work for Michael. Oral B. created it and didn’t think of everyone. Michael wants to sue. Lola used to have a Justin Bieber toothbrush that would play a song. When it was done singing, you were done, and her brothers hated it.
Summer Sizzle Travel Trivia: Diane Keaton
The Summer Sizzle Travel Trivia dancer was Becky Cohen from New York, New York. Michael said she committed. Nancy Storey from Clinton, Ontario, Canada was the contestant. She’s doing a 150-kilometer bike ride for MS because she lost her sister to MS a year ago. She’s nervous and has padded shorts. She played for the Tradewinds Islands Resorts in Florida. It’s valued at $4,300. The question was:
In which of Diane Keaton’s films did we say Kelly also appeared?
She got it right! It was Marvin’s Room. Kelly joked that there’s talk of a sequel. She picked 150 for the kilometers she’s biking to win eight place settings of American made fine china from Lennox valued at over $500.
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