Riley Keough is celebrating her daughter’s delivery month with a candy shock.
The Daisy Jones & The Six actress revealed the identify of her and husband Ben Smith-Petersen‘s child woman in a canopy story for Vainness Truthful, launched Aug. 8.
“That is Tupelo,” she instructed the outlet of her 12-month-old daughter, whose full identify Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen honors her late members of the family. Tupelo, for instance, is the identify of the Mississippi metropolis the place Riley’s late grandfather Elvis Presley was born. “It is humorous as a result of we picked her identify earlier than the Elvis film. I used to be like, ‘That is nice as a result of it is not likely a well known phrase or identify in relation to my household—it isn’t like Memphis or one thing.’ Then when the Elvis film got here out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that. I used to be like, ‘Oh, no.’ Nevertheless it’s positive.”
Tupelo’s center identify is a nod to Riley’s late brother, Benjamin Storm Keough, who handed away in 2020 on the age of 27.
Throughout her dialog with Vainness Truthful, Riley additionally shared that Tupelo was born by way of surrogate in Aug. 2022. “I believe it is a very cool, selfless, and unbelievable act that these ladies do to assist different folks,” she mentioned of surrogacy. “I can carry youngsters, but it surely felt like the only option for what I had happening bodily with the autoimmune stuff.”
