![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/bbc-breakfasts-victoria-fritz-on-ditching-surname-for-mums-epic-maiden-name/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_Victoria-Valentine.jpg&description=BBC Breakfast presenter Victoria Fritz has penned a personal post about why she has decided to take her mum's maiden name, after splitting from her husband of 11 years, explaining her old surname "no longer fits"BBC Breakfast: Victoria Valentine and Jon Kay introduce the showBBC Breakfast's Victoria Fritz has written a lengthy post on why she now goes by her mother's maiden name after the breakdown of her marriage. Yesterday the presenter, 38, who had replaced Sally Nugent for the third day running introduced herself using her new surname- Valentine. The name change prompted a flurry of remarks on Twitter, with many questioning it. On Twitter, Victoria, a mum of two, shared a link to a blog post and wrote alongside it: "Hello. You may notice a little change today. If you are wondering why, here are a few words." In the post, Victoria explained that is using her mother's maiden name after her split from Dan Fritz, and as a tribute to her mum's side of the family. Viewers were left baffled when she announced her name change on BBC Breakfast ( BBC) Dan and Victoria tied the knot back in 2011. Victoria went on: "The reasons for the breakdown of my marriage are private. And, as I've discovered, via the inordinate number of conversations, apps, books, social media feeds, podcasts, seminars, webinars and every other resource I've exhausted in an entirely clichéd Millennial bid to grapple with my world dissolving, those reasons no longer define me. Victoria and her husband Dan, with whom she shares two children, have split up "Call me old fashioned, but airing dirty laundry is undignified at the best of times. Plus, I have two wonderful young children to consider. Protecting their wellbeing and right to a private life will always be my priorities. "Yet, however private I wish to keep my private life, there is an aspect of it that will always remain as much in public hands as it is in my own. And that is my name. Victoria explained that her name "no longer fits" , adding: "I){kind=link}
BBC Breakfast presenter Victoria Fritz has penned a personal post about why she has decided to take her mum’s maiden name, after splitting from her husband of 11 years, explaining her old surname “no longer fits”
BBC Breakfast’s Victoria Fritz has written a lengthy post on why she now goes by her mother’s maiden name after the breakdown of her marriage.
Yesterday the presenter, 38, who had replaced Sally Nugent for the third day running introduced herself using her new surname- Valentine.
The name change prompted a flurry of remarks on Twitter, with many questioning it.
On Twitter, Victoria, a mum of two, shared a link to a blog post and wrote alongside it: “Hello. You may notice a little change today. If you are wondering why, here are a few words.”