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Ashlee Simpson is officially a Wentz. I’m not sure if that’s an upgrade or a downgrade. On the one hand, she no longer shares a last name with Joe Simpson. And that can really only be a good thing. On the other hand, there’s no denying that she is now forever a part of Fallout Boy. I’m pretty sure that changing your last name to Wentz comes with a complimentary lifetime supply of eyeliner. Ashlee says she changed her name because she thinks it’s something women should do.
Newly married Ashlee Simpson is changing her name to Ashlee Wentz in honor of her husband, Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz.
“I think that that’s something that a woman should do when they’re marrying a man,” she tells PEOPLE. “It’s a tradition that I think is a great tradition.” The singer, whose May 17 wedding featured an Alice in Wonderland-themed reception, says that privately she’ll go by Ashlee Wentz and professionally she’ll be Ashlee Simpson-Wentz.
Pete Wentz says he left the name change decision to his wife. “These decisions with Ashlee and her name are all completely up to Ashlee,” Wentz says. “I want her to do these kinds of things the way she wants to do them.” Still, he admits, he was flattered. “Oh man, I was like upgrade me! You know what I’m saying? The Wentz family, our Christmas card just got upgraded!” he says. “It feels insane. It feels unreal.”
[From People]
I think it’d be nicer if she phrased her reasoning behind changing her name as something she wanted to do, or thought she personally should do. Applying it to all women – and using the word “should” – makes it come off as very old-fashioned.
Still, she offered the brilliant quotation, “It’s a tradition that I think is a great tradition” so it’s pretty clear Ashlee Simpson-Wentz doesn’t stop and thinking about the words she chooses before spouting off. So something tells me she didn’t exactly pause to consider the implications of her phrasing.
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are shown out in NY after the Caribbean honeymoon on May 23rd. Images thanks to WENN.
Written by JayBird
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good call JB, she’s a fucktard and best left alone.
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You’re right JB, she does sound awfully old-fashioned. But I agree, the first thing I thought when I read the headline was also that at least now she doesn’t share her Überdad’s last name. Though keeping Simpson-Wentz for professional things? Sucks if you ask me, that’s worse than either name on its own. It’s like that stupid Longoria Parker thing.
I hate that she generalises like this. I for one have a last name that is quickly becoming extinct, we’re the only family in the world to have it. If I ever got married, I would keep the name and make sure my children would have it as well, simply to keep it alive.
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Ashlee Simpson can shove her traditions up her and her ugly ‘husbands’ ass. What is the point of her changing her name anyone when they will break up soon (I very much doubt that they are going to last). I suppose all this efforts to prove that they are so in ‘love’ will come in handy when they are trying to deny that the only reason they actually got marry was because she might have gotten pregnant beforehand.
I hate when celebrities say crap like that, it just shows their true ignorance and it is offensive when they generalize others.
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She is a complete & total asshat. (Jody already took fucktard
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Any philosopher worth thier salt will tell you that the argeument from tradition isn’t a valid arguement, but I doubt Asslee Simpson-Wentz knows anything about philosophy.
I’m getting married in November & I’m NOT changing my name. I like the one I have, thankyouverymuch. My fiance isn’t really happy about it, but I don’t care. I can alwas change it later on
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There is nothing wrong with being old fashioned or holding onto a “tradition”. When I got married I was honored to make a commitment to my husband and part of that was taking his name.
Anymore marriage itself is thought of as being old fashioned.
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I agree, there isn’t anything wrong with changing one’s name. Its a personal choice for every bride. Its just a BS reason…
I need to add that my fiance isn’t too happy about my choice, but he isn’t actually mad at me about it
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I changed my last name to my husband’s name. One reason was because my maiden name was really hard to spell and most people had a really hard time grasping it, so it was a bit of a relief to have a simpler last name. Plus I just wanted to. It was a pain in the ass changing it legally, though!
By the way… what the hell is with the space shoes? They look stoopid.
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Well, I am certainly glad that Ashlee is now the purveyor of what is good and right in this world. Without her wisdom, the women of the world would not know what to do!
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This idiot is ruining everything I love. First she has an 80s themed birthday party, then an Alice in Wonderland reception? Someone kill her, please! No one will miss her!
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Following Ashley’s logic, wouldn’t Pete have to change her last name?
Seriously though, Ashley was stuck between a rock and a hard place. I’m glad she decided to spilt the difference and go with Simpson-Wentz to honor both her father/pimp and her lover/molester. Oh yeah, and her new husband too.
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What an idiot! How was I able to live without her telling me what I, as a woman, should do? I didn’t take my husband’s last name and never will .. it’s a personal decision for each woman (or man) to make. And what’s with his idiotic shoes, anyway? These two make me sick. Talking about tradition and all that shit when the only reason they got married is because she’s knocked up!
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@Bohdi- I got married last October, and due to mostly my apathetic nature, have managed to only change my name at our bank. You’re smart, turns out changing your name is a huge pain in the ass.
My parents chose to not give me or my 3 sisters middle names. With the thought that when we married, we could use our maiden name as the middle, though it does seem ridiculously old fashioned and really annoying when doing any kind of formal announcements (my first and last name were a total of 10 letters- that doest look very good centered in script), it is however good if your ancestors may someday be big into genealogy , and if you don’t want to give up your last name.
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My mom’s cousins didn’t have middle names either for just that reason. I just like my name. Plus I don’t want to drop my middle name & 4 names is ridiculous!
My mom changed her name for her first husband, changed it back, & then decided not to change it again when she married my dad. I have my dad’s last name & people STILL think my folks aren’t married
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I think its great when people get married whos names look awesome hyphenated… sadly that is RARELY the case.
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^^ I had a friend who got married to a man whose last name was King, and her last name was Lyon. She decided to hyphenate them both, not because she was particularly attached to one name or the other, but because she wanted to be Mrs. Lyon-King. Can’t argue with that.
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JB–that is probably one of the coolest names ever, good for her. I married an Italian, so my last name is as many letters as my entire name was before. Hmm… maybe I did that subconsciously.
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Personally, I was glad to be rid of my father’s name – maybe Ashlee was going for the same thing?
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She’s still a Simpson regardless, poor dear.
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I took my husbands name, although I use my maiden name as a middle name in professional situations, so it is (using Ashlee’s name as an example) Ashlee Simpson Wentz. I don’t do the hyphenate because it would be a ridiculously long and tongue-twisting name. But in everyday conversation I leave the maiden name out.
I’m not sure she was telling everyone else what they should do, just that is what she thinks and why she changed her name. Whatever you think, it was her choice, and if that’s the reason why she wanted to do it, than who am I to say anything about it?
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Cute..the one about Mrs. Lyon-King.
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There’s nothing wrong with changing your name to honor your commitment to your husband. It’s something that is becoming more and more of a rarity in these modern times, while husbands taking their wives’ last names as their own is starting to become trendy. (Especially in Japan for legacy purposes.) Whatever the reason, it is certainly their own choice. I chose to take my husband’s name because mine happens to link me to a notorious Nazi, but that’s another story…
All that being said, Ashlee is an airhead. The whole “tradition” thing would have worked with me had she NOT been pregnant when she got married, NOT been sleeping with her boyfriend before marriage, and NOT been such a damn bad liar. Stoning women for fornicating was also a “tradition”. Surely the daughter of an ex-minister should know that.
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@JayBird…That last name is funny as hell.
I would have kept it like that too 
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Everone is welcome to see some wild pics of my ex girlfriend
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