Pete Wentz Explains He And Ashlee Named Their Son Bronx Mowgli

 

New dad Pete Wentz chatted with Ryan Seacrest on his radio show at KISS-FM on Tuesday and discussed why he and wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz chose to give their son the middle name Mowgli:

“The Jungle Book was something that me and Ashlee bonded over. It’s a cool name.”

Although the Fall Out Boy bassist, 29, wasn’t as keen on revealing the reasoning behind the first name:

“We came up with the idea Bronx. We’ve been throwing [ideas] back and forth a while,” he says. “It’s kind of cool to just leave the narrative what it is. People are stoked or pissed or whatever. And you’re like, you know what: I don’t think anyone really has the real story.”

Pressed by Seacrest about whether the name, whose initials work out to BMW, was actually a joke, Wentz insisted:

“No, no, no, it definitely is his name, but I don’t think anybody knows what the real story is of why or how.”

The new dad also gushes about Ashlee, 24, saying that she handled the birth better than he did.

“Right before she went into labor, I was like, ‘Oh, my god, I think I’m having a heart attack.’ ” “My heart started beating real fast. You see your wife is in all this pain. And I don’t know what’s happening right now. She took care of me and made sure I was okay and then went into labor. That’s why she’s a saint.”

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