Bindi Irwin married Chandler Powell back in March, and many of her fans have been surprised that she has kept her famous last name in the months since then. Now, the 21 year-old star is revealing the touching reason why she has decided to keep her famous last name.
“I’ve kept Bindi Irwin,” Irwin told Entertainment Tonight. “I think that for me personally, after Dad passed away, it was really important for me to feel close to him, and having his last name means so much to me.”
Powell agreed, explaining that while they did talk about the possibility of Irwin changing her name, she’s “an Irwin through and through.”
“Chandler has become an Irwin now. It has become a part of me,” Irwin explained. “Everyone has their own ideas, but the nice thing is that it’s 2020 now, anything works!”
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Since their wedding, which had to happen with no guests present because of the coronavirus pandemic, Irwin and Powell have been spending their days caring for the animals who live at the family’s zoo in Australia.
“It’s been slightly crazy,” Powell told ET . “So, shortly after we got married, the zoo had to temporarily close which was unbelievable to everyone.”
Irwin agreed with this sentiment, saying that their honeymoon has “been spent busier than any other time.”
“It’s been a whirlwind to say it lightly,” she continued. “You know, I would expect nothing less of an Irwin honeymoon.”
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Irwin even managed to incorporate the animals at the zoo into her one-of-a-kind wedding.
“I think it was so funny when we were getting all of our wedding pictures, so the one thing photo-bombing every picture was our giant giraffe, Forest. He decided that he had to be in every single wedding photo,” she said. “It was cute.”
Irwin rose to fame as the daughter of the legendary “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, who tragically died back in 2006 after being bit by a stingray. Bindi has worked to continue his legacy of caring for the animals of the world since her father’s death, and he would undoubtedly be very proud of the woman that she has become today!
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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