Seth Meyers named his son Ashe Olsen, after his wife & his mother: woke?
Seth Meyers and his wife Alexi Ashe welcomed their first child over the weekend. Seth’s rep confirmed the birth of a baby boy, but we still didn’t know the name. Seth was saving the story of the name and the birth for his late-night show, and by the way… whatever happened to paternity leave? Why is Seth Meyers back on the air two nights after his wife gave birth? That’s a conversation for another time, I guess. Because Seth spent seven minutes of his show last night talking about the birth of his first child, and it was adorable. First of all, they named their son Ashe Olsen. Ashe is his wife’s maiden name and Olsen is Seth’s mother’s maiden name. So… his son got matriarchal names! Is Seth Meyers woke? Here’s the segment, and I would suggest watching the whole thing, because he’s a really charming storyteller.
This is such a New Yorker story – the doorman helping them to the Uber, their original plans to have brunch and go to a show, the part about Alexi screaming out the window and unfazed New Yorkers not paying any attention. Regarding the name, Seth told his audience:
“A couple of people have said to us, ‘Ashe Olsen—do you think people will think you named him after Ashley Olsen?’ And to them I said, ‘No one will think that because I’ve long been a Mary-Kate [Olsen] guy.'”
It’s funny because that’s what I thought too – not that he was making a reference to the Olsen sisters, but that his kid is going to get those questions all of his life, probably. “Oh, were your parents big Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen fans?”
I can also confirm that when you have a baby in New York you pretty much just sing "The Schuyler Sisters" for the first 12 hours.
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) March 28, 2016
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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