Wait, Meryl Streep is not his real name? The day the Hollywood icon revealed everything about “The Graham Norton Show”

When the Hollywood elite jumps through the pond to chat with Graham NortonThere is Something about this large red sofa that shares them secrets of their lives. Some are super secrets reveal that become exclusives The show Graham Norton. Others include not so secret revelations that trigger a conversation and the exceptional jokes for which the cat is known.

In 2015, The show Graham Norton celebrated his 18th season with a very special sofa. It was the night of women The show Graham Norton! And not just any ladies, some of the biggest names in the game, including two Oscar winners. And it turns out that the two icons of the scene and the screen had something in common with each other. It’s time to talk about celebrity birth names!

Graham Norton had an extraordinary range of stars sitting with him during this 2015 episode. Meryl Streep And Carey Mulligan were on site to discuss their film Suffrage. Nicole Kidman was in London with the West End in Photography 51. Nigella Lawson was Nigella Lawson. And Gabrielle Aplin Mounted on stage as a rising British star. With such a range, One might wonder what Graham had in his sleeve as discussion points for women. Well, such a subject was the true identity of Meryl Streep.

The names of the Oscar winners were officially revealed on “The Graham Norton Show”

“Meryl Streep, you were not always Meryl Streep,” the Irish host told a perplexed Oscar winner. By realizing what he was referring to, Streep shared a truth that some may not know. “At birth, I had to be named Mary because my mother’s name was Mary, and her mother’s name was Mary, and her mother’s name was Mary.” It was tradition. Something she did with her first daughter, who is now going Mame Gummer. She revealed that it was a way to “integrate” and make everyone happy in the family. Anyway, despite an honorary name, including her second name being Louise, named after a family friend, “Meryl” was a name that her father compensated. A name she hated. She revealed to the sofa that she would have preferred to be called “Patty” or “Kathy”. But as Graham noted, she would be a completely different person if he had been a “cake” or a “kathy”. Meanwhile, she also criticized the fact that her last name must have had a “P” instead of a “T”.

Well, after exploding his name, Graham turned to Kidman to reveal that she was not always Nicole Kidman because she had an “adorable” name. And again, confusion. The winner of an Oscar, like the other winner of the Oscars, had no idea where this questioning line was going. Perhaps the public relations teams had a night off. When she finally seized where Graham was going, she revealed that Hōkūlani was her Hawaiian name. Mic drop! What? Born in Hawaii still known as an Australian, Kidman revealed that his name meant “Star Heavenly”. How apropos. So where did his parents discover this beautiful name? Of a baby elephant born at the Honolulu zoo at the same time as she.

What happened to the namesake of Nicole Kidman’s elephants?

Like the curious and brilliant spirit he is, Graham revealed that he was curious to know what had happened to Hōkūlani the elephant. Well, a sweet woman named “Barbara” to the zoo sent an email to the series to reveal that the beloved elephant had died. “”She was found dead in the ditch of her exhibitionAnd it was speculated that she was pushed in by another young Elephant Jealous of the Mothering Attention She was receiving from an older female. “Well, that took a turn! Graham shared the tragic events of the elephant with such candor, the audience in stitches. Storytelling, and Barb’s Desire to Share Something A Bit More “Warm and Fuzzy.”

Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman are not alone in Hollywood. There are countless other superstars that were born with different birth names. For example, Reese Witherspoon Go by the name of her mother’s young girl rather than by “Laura Jeanne” as she was born. Bruno Mars is a much more flash name than “Peter Gene Hernandez”. Natalie Portman adopted the young girl’s name of her grandmother and changed the spelling of her name “Neta-Lee Hershlag”. Emma Stone used its real name “Emily” while competing Looking for the PARTIDGE family. The artist known as the name Rihanna is actually “Robyn Rihanna Fenty”. Of course, Lady Gaga is also known as “Stefani Joanne Germanotta”. To say that the list is endless is an understatement. Although it means Graham has many more stories to get out of his celebrities panel in the future!

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