Jaime King Says Taylor Swift Is an "Amazing" Godmother
These celebrities were made an connection they conscionable couldn't refuse.
One of the biggest decisions immoderate parents marque is selecting who volition beryllium their child's godparents, the 2 (or more) individuals invited to beryllium progressive participants successful their kids' upbringing oregon to service arsenic ineligible guardians successful the lawsuit of an emergency.
Needless to say, a batch of thought goes into the appointment. And Paris Jackson recently shared wherefore she thinks her begetter Michael Jackson picked Elizabeth Taylor —who died astir 2 years aft his 2009 passing—to beryllium her godmother. (ICYMI, Macaulay Culkin serves arsenic her godfather.)
"I deliberation due to the fact that I was increasing up successful the spotlight. There's decidedly a portion of him that knew that we would person a precise akin experience," the 26-year-old said successful the September BBC docuseries Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar , per People . “I was homeschooled and due to the fact that of that, I don't cognize what it was similar to beryllium astir different kids my age. Hanging retired with adults, each the time. And I deliberation it was conscionable the aforesaid for her.”
Given the value of the role, sometimes godparents request a infinitesimal to see the position, too. Take Tyler Perry , for instance, who was picked by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to beryllium the godfather of their girl Princess Lilibet Diana . While the manager was "honored," helium admitted successful the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan that helium needed to "take a minute" to bespeak connected the decision, particularly if it meant having to instrumentality portion successful a nationalist royal christening successful England.
"I got disconnected the phone, took it each successful and past In called them back," Tyler said. "I go, 'Uh, clasp connected a second. Does this mean we got to spell implicit determination and bash each of that successful the religion with them and fig each that out? ‘Cause I don't privation to bash that. Maybe we tin bash a small backstage ceremonial present and fto that beryllium that and if you person to bash it there, past that's OK.'"
Instead, Harry and Meghan—who are besides parents to Prince Archie Harrison —held a backstage christening successful California, and Tyler was surely gladsome helium said yes to being Lili’s godfather. "She's conscionable truthful beautiful," he raved on a 2023 occurrence of Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa . "They marque beauteous babies, that’s each I’ll say."
Several different stars person taken connected the precise peculiar role, too—including Meryl Streep , Jennifer Aniston and Taylor Swift .
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The Grammy victor revealed successful July 2024 that she’s godmother to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds ' kids James , Inez and Betty arsenic good arsenic lad Olin . She’s besides taken connected the relation for Jaime King 's son Leo .
"I ever thought if I were to person different kid that she would beryllium the perfect godmother due to the fact that the mode she not lone treats maine but the mode she treats different quality beings," the Lights Out histrion told E! News successful 2016. "She's truthful loving and truthful giving and truthful generous and she does everything from her bosom and she's incredibly brave and authentic. It's a precise uncommon happening to travel across."
Now, work connected for much celebrities who are godparents...
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Stephen Curry & Ayesha Curry
The NBA prima and his woman are godparents to Lindsay Lohan and husband Bader Shammas ' son Luai , arsenic they revealed with a hoops jersey the jock talented them astatine a Golden State Warriors crippled successful February 2024.
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Tyler Perry
The filmmaker recalled the astonishing infinitesimal erstwhile helium was crowned godfather to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 's girl Lilibet Diana .
"They were beauteous superior connected the phone," helium recalled successful the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan . "I go, 'OK, what's going on?' They said, 'Well, we'd similar for you to beryllium Lili's godfather.' I go, 'Whoa.' I instrumentality a infinitesimal to instrumentality that in. And I thought, 'I'd beryllium honored. I'd beryllium perfectly honored.'"
Taylor Swift
The vocalist announced successful 2015 that Jaime King had dubbed her godmother of her lad Leo Thames. The Grammy victor posted a photograph of her archetypal gathering with her godchild connected Instagram, writing, "Meeting my boy."
Swift besides shared successful July 2024 that she is godmother to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds ' kids.
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Jessica Alba
Swift isn't the lone celeb that King tapped to beryllium a godparent to her children, having revealed successful a 2013 Instagram station that Jessica Alba was her eldest son James ' godmother.
"Thank you Jess for your unending emotion and light," King wrote. "We are truthful grateful for you." Plus, King shared That '70s Show prima Topher Grace is James' godfather.
Khloé Kardashian
Kim Kardashian named her small sis arsenic North West 's godmother during her baptism successful Israel in 2015. Three years later, Khloé Kardashian returned the favour erstwhile she named the SKIMS laminitis arsenic her girl True Thompson 's potential ineligible guardian , starring to hostility with their older sister Kourtney Kardashian .
"So I can't marque thing authoritative until the babe is born…but I americium going to astir apt person Kim arsenic the ineligible guardian if, deity forbid, thing happens," the Good American mogul explained successful a 2018 occurrence of Keeping Up With the Kardashians . "I don't cognize my parenting benignant until I person a baby, but from what I envision my parenting benignant to be, I bash deliberation it'll beryllium much similar Kim. A small much stricter."
Kim's absorption to the title? "It is my honor," she said. "And I volition instrumentality specified bully attraction of your kids."
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Dolly Parton
The renowned state singer-songwriter known for her large dependable and large hairsbreadth was named godmother to "Wrecking Ball" artist Miley Cyrus after forming a adjacent enslaved with her father Billy Ray Cyrus when they worked unneurotic successful the aboriginal 1990s.
"We conscionable benignant of jelled, 'cause we're some state kids. We had a batch of amusive conscionable talking astir that," Parton said connected SiriusXM's Just Jenny successful 2019. "And past erstwhile Miley came along, I said, 'She's got to beryllium my fairy goddaughter.'" Parton would aboriginal marque an quality connected Hannah Montan a arsenic the titular character's fairy godmother.
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Jennifer Aniston
The 1 wherever Courteney Cox asked Jennifer Aniston a precise peculiar question.
Cox and her ex-husband David Arquette tapped her Friends co-star and real-life bestie arsenic their daughter Coco Cox Arquette 's godmother.
After Cox posted a video of her and Coco singing a screen of Demi Lovato 's "Anyone" successful 2020, Aniston commented, "Aww, conscionable similar her godmother taught her."
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Joan Collins
The English histrion and writer is godmother to supermodel Cara Delevingne .
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Jamie Lee Curtis
The Oscar winner, once dubbed the "scream queen" owed to her starring roles successful the Halloween film franchise, is godmother to siblings Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal .
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B.J. Novak
Who says you can't enactment friends with your ex? While their romanticist narration ended, The Office costars and writers remained truthful adjacent that Mindy Kaling named B.J. Novak the godfather to her kids, Katherine Kaling and Spencer Kaling . While she has ne'er publically identified the begetter of her children, immoderate fans person wondered if it's Novak. As for however they consciousness astir the speculation?
"It doesn't fuss me," the A Wrinkle successful Time prima told Marie Claire successful August 2022. "He's the godparent to some my kids—and they person specified a large relationship—and truthful acold [the rumors haven't] affected my happiness astatine all, it hasn't affected my kids oregon B.J…If that's what is going to beryllium titillating to people, I'll instrumentality it."
Macaulay Culkin
After becoming adjacent friends with Michael Jackson as a kid star, the Home Alone actor was named the godfather of Paris Jackson , the precocious popular legend's lone daughter.
"I americium adjacent with Paris," Culkin said on Marc Maron 's WTF podcast successful 2018. "I'm going to pass you present I americium precise protective of her, truthful conscionable look out. I americium a precise unfastened publication erstwhile it comes to things but similar with her, she is beloved by me."
Nick Jonas
He proved he's a sucker for his niece Valentina Jonas , revealing connected Snapchat successful 2017 that his older member Kevin Jonas and his woman Danielle Jonas asked him to beryllium her godfather .
The "Jealous" vocalist posted a photograph of himself and his sister-in-law Katie Deleasa holding Valentina connected her "Dedication Day," wherever they were officially named her godparents.
Vin Diesel
After Paul Walker 's tragic death in 2013, his Fast & Furious co-tar Vin Diesel was archetypal and foremost determination for his past 15-year-old goddaughter Meadow Walker . Their enslaved held fast, and the enactment prima was determination to locomotion Meadow down the aisle astatine her wedding to Louis Thornton-Allan successful October 2021.
"I could accidental that I americium truthful arrogant of the idiosyncratic you are becoming," Diesel wrote successful a 2019 Instagram post for Meadow's 21st birthday. "But the information is I person ever been arrogant of you."
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Tim McGraw
From costars to adjacent friends. After starring successful 2 films together—Friday Night Lights and Country Strong— Garrett Hedlund selected Tim McGraw to beryllium the godfather to his lad Rhodes Robert , who helium shares with his ex-girlfriend Emma Roberts .
"He's idiosyncratic that I respect and respect, not lone arsenic an astonishing begetter and an astonishing husband, astonishing instrumentalist and astonishing actor," Hedlund told Kelly Clarkson successful 2021. "I've known him for a agelong time."
After archetypal moving unneurotic successful 2006 erstwhile they played begetter and son, Hedlund explained, "I got to archetypal acquisition him arsenic a father...and we've remained specified adjacent friends. He's the best."
Victor Garber
From Spy Daddy to godfather! Jennifer Garner tapped her Alias costar Victor Garber for the important relation erstwhile she and then-husband Ben Affleck welcomed daughter Violet Affleck successful 2005.
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Bryan Cranston
Aaron Paul was the 1 who knocked erstwhile helium asked his Breaking Bad costar Bryan Cranston to beryllium the godfather of his 2 children with woman Lauren Paul .
Cranston said that being a godparent to his friend's kids is "truly answering a call."
"It is genuinely allowing maine to spell done the acquisition of what it feels similar to beryllium a grandfather," helium shared with British GQ . "My jaws wounded from [smiling]."
Of choosing Cranston, Paul told Jimmy Fallon , "I emotion the antheral to death. He's 1 of my champion friends successful the world, and it was conscionable a no-brainer."
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Jake Gyllenhaal
The award-winning histrion is godfather to Matilda Williams , the girl of his Brokeback Mountain costars Michelle Williams and the precocious Heath Ledger . Matilda counts her mom's Dawson's Creek costar-turned-BFF Busy Philipps arsenic her different godparent.
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Meryl Streep
"I mean, she's Meryl Streep."
That was the response Billie Lourd , girl of the late Carrie Fisher , gave Andy Cohen when helium asked what the champion portion of having the Oscar victor arsenic her godmother was during a 2019 occurrence of Watch What Happens Live .
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Sting & Trudie Styler
The British stone prima and his woman are the godparents to Madonna and Guy Ritchie 's son Rocco Ritchie .
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Rupert Everett
Madonna's adopted son, David Banda , has the My Best Friend's Wedding actor arsenic a godfather, everlastingly and ever.
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Zach Braff
The Garden State histrion was fixed the rubric from his Scrubs costar and real-life champion person Donald Faison, who has two kids, Rocco Faison and Wilder Faison with woman CaCee Cobb .
"Thank you to @caceecobb for increasing this for @donald_aison and I," Braff joked successful Aril 2015 aft Wilder's birth. #GodfatherII."
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Kathie Lee Gifford
A longtime person of Kris Jenner, the erstwhile Today big is godmother to Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner .
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Cameron Diaz
Angels forever! Barrymore picked her Charlie's Angels costar and champion person Cameron Diaz to beryllium the godmother to her younger daughter, Frankie Barrymore Kopelman .
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Steven Spielberg
The famed manager gave his goddaughters their large breaks, casting Barrymore successful E.T. and Gwyneth Paltrow successful Hook .
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Sophia Loren
The Italian surface fable is godmother to scion-of-screen-legends Barrymore.
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Bono
The U2 frontman is godfather to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt 's twins Knox and Vivienne .
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Johnny Depp
The Pirates of the Caribbean histrion is godfather to Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter 's son Billy Ray Burton .
A mentation of this communicative was archetypal published connected Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023 astatine 3 a.m. PT.