Rocket Zot: baby name causes media meltdown
Australian celebrity Lara Bingle and her actor partner Sam Worthington have revealed the name of their baby son, but not before a meltdown on twitter at News Limited journalist Annette Sharp who made fun of their son’s name in an article.
The couple named their son Rocket Zot, which prompted Sharp to pen an interesting article mocking the name as a reject from the Kardashian baby name book.
This quote taken from a balderdash article in The Daily Telegraph Australia, April 4, 2015 – is very embarrassing. My sons middle name IS
— Lara Bingle (@MsLaraBingle) April 3, 2015
a respectful nod to my late father, whose nickname was affectionately, Zot. I wish Australian journalism, and in particular The Daily
— Lara Bingle (@MsLaraBingle) April 3, 2015
Telegraph, would rethink employing people who have some respect, and integrity, who either fact check or not comment – rather than just
— Lara Bingle (@MsLaraBingle) April 3, 2015
print the juvenile, spurious ramblings of some pseudo journalist called Annette Sharp. http://t.co/hcoF6OhMfZ
— Lara Bingle (@MsLaraBingle) April 3, 2015
The actress says the name comes from her father’s nickname. Her father Graham died from bowel cancer in 2009.
The outburst breaks a long silence from Bingle and her partner Worthington, who have had periods away from social media and are rumoured to have married in the past year.