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BBC Breakfast presenter Victoria Valentine has explained why she changed her surname from Fritz after her name sparked confusion for viewers.
Appearing on the BBC’s flagship morning programme on Wednesday alongside regular host Jon Kay for the third morning this week, a number of viewers took to social media to question why she was using a different surname to the one they are used to.
‘Is it Victoria Fritz or Valentine ?? Presenting this morning #BBCBreakfast,’ tweeted one viewer, while another commented: ‘Anyone surprised by Victoria Fritz name change? What’s that about?’
Another audience member replied: ‘I noticed that, how strange?’
However, she soon addressed the matter in a lengthy blog post, which she shared on Twitter, saying she had changed her surname from Fritz, her married name, because her marriage had broken down and the name ‘no longer fits’.
Introducing the statement, she wrote: ‘Hello. You may notice a little change today. If you are wondering why, here are a few words.’
Victoria appeared with regular host Jon Kay on Wednesday morning (Picture: BBC)
She went on to explain: ‘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 cliched Millennial bid to grapple with my world dissolving, those reasons no longer define me.
‘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…
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