Susan Sarandon has a heartfelt cause why she by no means dropped her final identify regardless of splitting from ex-husband Chris Sarandon a long time in the past.
The actor, 78, was married to the “Fright Night” star, 81, from 1967 to 1979. The previous couple first met whereas attending the Catholic College of America in Washington, D.C., within the mid-’60s.
“He was a very kind man and he kept me alive, you know, so I’m happy to have that name,” the “Thelma & Louise” actor instructed The Sunday Instances of why she held on to her ex’s final identify as a substitute of returning to her maiden identify, Tomalin.
The “Step Mom” alum gushed in regards to the affect Chris had on her life once more final yr throughout an episode of his podcast, “Cooking by Heart.”
Confessing that he “basically saved my life actually with his kindness,” she instructed Chris through the September 2023 episode, “I credit you with my foundation and my survival. One of the reasons I’m here is just to publicly say that.”
Susan later welcomed a baby with Italian director Franco Amurri, 66. The pair dated from 1984 to 1988. She’s additionally mother to 2 sons with ex Tim Robbins, whom she dated from 1988 to 2009.
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Elsewhere within the interview with The Sunday Instances, Susan, who’s selling her new film “The Gutter,” admitted to the publication that whereas she by no means hesitated to maintain Chris’ final identify, she does want she would’ve modified her first identify.
“Sigourney Weaver, Tuesday Weld and Stockard Channing all started out Susans and they had the sense to change that name and I’m stuck with Susan,” she defined. “It’s kind of nice to do a rechristening as you start to realize who you are.”
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Regardless of by no means remarrying, the “Witches of Eastwick” star instructed “Entertainment Tonight” over the summer time that she’s nonetheless “open to love.”
“On every level, absolutely. I wouldn’t say I’m looking for a guy to share my medicine cabinet, but I love an adventurer,” she mentioned on the New York Metropolis premiere of her movie “The Fabulous Four” in July.
