Celebrity godparents
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Celebrity godparents Liz and Damien Hurley
By Anneke HakIn the world of
celebrity the best way to affirm your celebrity status is to give
birth and name someone equally as fabulous as you are as your offspring\'s godparent. The result: a who\'s who of celebrity godparents stretching from
Tom Cruise to Sofia Loren.
Here\'s our pick of the ever-growing brood of celebrity godparents.
Bluebell Madonna Halliwell
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Bluebell Madonna\'s godparents: Victoria Beckham and Kenny Goss
When you’re the daughter of a
Spice Girl, and you’ve got a name like Bluebell Madonna, you just have to have fabulously famous godparents.
George Michael’s partner Kenny Goss and
Victoria Beckham were announced as the godparents at
Geri Halliwell’s daughter’s christening on 22 April 2007. The decision to ask VB may come as a surprise to some, as the Spice Girls famously fell out when Geri left, but before giving birth Geri was reported to have turned to Victoria for advice on motherhood.
Lila Grace Moss
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Lila Grace Moss\' godparents: Jude Law and Sadie Frost
As one of the world’s most famous
supermodels,
Kate Moss could have had her pick of celebrity godparents for her daughter Lila Grace. Moss bestowed the honour on her best friend from the Primrose Hill set,
Sadie Frost and her husband-at-the-time,
Jude Law. When Frost and Law divorced Kate reportedly relieved him of his duties and hired long-time friend and lead singer of
Primal Scream, Bobby Gillespie. Sadie takes her godmother role very seriously, and allegedly banned Moss’ then-boyfriend
Pete Doherty from a holiday, telling Kate that she should keep the troublesome singer away from Lila. Moss herself is godmother to Sadie and Jude’s daughter Iris. She also shares godparent duties with
David Beckham for ex-
Hollyoaks actress Davina Taylor and footballer David Gardner’s son Grey.
Nicole Richie
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Celebrity godparents: Nicole Ritchie\'s godfather, Michael Jackson
Having been unofficially adopted by
Lionel Richie at two years-old (officially at nine)
Nicole Richie’s life was never going to be ‘normal’. Her godfathers are none other than veteran record producer Quincy Jones and the King of Pop,
Michael Jackson. Her godmother is oil-heiress Nancy Davis. On 20 November 2003, Nicole defended her Jackson on Access Hollywood, admitting that she and other children would occasionally sleep in the same room as him, but ‘absolutely nothing went on’.
Drew Barrymore
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Celebrity godparents: Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow with godfather Steven Spielberg
Drew Barrymore’s godparents are
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls director
Steven Spielberg - who originally cast her as Gertie in
ET - and veteran Italian actress
Sophia Loren. On Barrymore’s 20th birthday Spielberg sent the actress a quilt with a copy of the January 1995 issue of Playboy wrapped inside (Drew had posed nude for the issue), and a note saying ‘cover yourself up’ - the famous director had had his art department manipulate the image so that Drew appeared fully clothed. Spielberg is also godfather to actress
Gwyneth Paltrow. Drew is a godmother herself to the late
Kurt Cobain and singer
Courtney Love’s daughter Frances Bean.
Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt
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Celebrity godparents: Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt\'s godfather Bono
According to the Daily Mirror,
Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie made a unanimous decision to offer the position of godfather to their twins Knox and Vivienne to U2 front man
Bono. The Mirror quoted a friend saying, “Brad and Angie think the world of Bono. They’ve been friends for years.” Brad is said to be a huge U2 fan, and earth mother Angelina deeply respects the superstar for his humanitarian work. The rumoured choice for godmother is Angie’s ex lesbian-lover Jenny Shimizu, but not surprisingly, Brad is yet to agree.
Max and Emme Lopez
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Celebrity godparents: Max and Emme Lopez\'s godfather Tom Cruise
While
J .Lo was pregnant it was joked that the role of godparent to her unborn children was in such demand that she was going to hold auditions. According to reports when the twins were born on 22 February 2008 Jennifer and husband
Marc Anthony chose
Scientologist Tom Cruise as a godfather. Cruise is said to have showered the twins with gifts, spending a reported £100,000 on designer christening outfits, ordering a giant fish tank for their nursery and giving them complete Disney box sets. Tom and his wife
Katie Holmes were also reported to be planning to host a £100,000 ‘welcome to the world party’ for the bundles of joy.
Matilda Rose Ledger
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Celebrity godparents: Matilda Rose\'s dad Heath Ledger with her godfather Jake Gyllenhaal
After becoming friends on the set of
Brokeback Mountain,
Michelle Williams and the late
Heath Ledger decided to name their co-star
Jake Gyllenhaal as godfather to their daughter Matilda Rose in 2006. When Heath died suddenly Jake promised to fulfil his duty as godfather and help Michelle raise Matilda. Gyllenhaal described being Matilda’s godfather as an ‘amazing honour’ in an interview with Page Six, and is said to have taken on the responsibility of keeping the memory of Matilda’s doting father alive. Jake himself has a celebrity godparent; his godmother is
Halloween star
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Coco Cox Arquette
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Celebrity godparents: Coco Cox Arquette\'s godmother Jennifer Aniston
No big surprise here –
Courteney Cox Arquette asked her real-life
Friend and former co-star
Jennifer Aniston to be little Coco’s godmother. Jen and Courteney are so close, that it’s been rumoured that Courteney’s hubby
David Arquette has had to
ask for some time alone as a family. Hanging out with Coco might make Jennifer feel a bit better about ex-husband
Brad Pitt’s ever expanding brood with
Angelina Jolie!
Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz Beckham
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Celebrity godparents: The Beckham boy\'s godparents, Elton John and David Furnish
The Beckham trio possibly have the king of celebrity godparents.
Spice Girl Victoria and ex-England captain
David asked none other than
Elton John and his partner David Furnish to carry out the godly duties for their tots. David’s best friend football agent Dave Gardner, and husband of Davina Taylor (whose son Grey’s godparents are David Beckham and
Kate Moss), is also
Brooklyn’s godfather. Including non-famous godparents, Brooklyn has four godfathers and one godmother, and Romeo three godfathers and two godmothers.
Damien Hurley
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Celebrity godparents: One of Damien Hurley\'s godfathers Heath Ledge
As you can probably tell from her totally over the top wedding which took part on two continents, Liz Hurley doesn’t like to do things by halves. Ms Hurley’s only child Damian has no less than six godfathers. That’s right. Six. Little Damian won’t ever have to worry about having no-one to take him to the zoo. The godfathers include Liz’s ex-boyfriend Bridget Jones’s Diary star Hugh Grant, Sir Elton John and his spouse David Furnish, the American comedian Dennis Leary and the late Heath Ledger.
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