Salma Hayek Is Now Salma Pinault!

Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek is now Salma Pinault! The actress who married Francois-Henri Pinault in February 2009, decided to take her husband’s name for the sake of their 2 year-old daughter, Valentina.

“It was Valentina’s request. I didn’t think about it until she brought it up”, the actress told InStyle. A 2 year-old knows about last names and stuff like that? Pretty intelligent!
“We were shooting a film, and she saw my chair with my name on it. She says, ‘What does it say there?’ And I said, ‘Salma Hayek.’ And she said, ‘What about Pinault? Why not Pinault?’ Because people here (in France) say ‘Madame Pinault’”, the actress explains.
“I said to myself, ‘This is who I am now. I’m starting a whole new life. I’ve never been happier. Why shouldn’t I share it with the people who have been supporting me my whole career, who have been with me since the beginning? I’m a private person, but I should let them in on the fact that I’m a different person, and a better person. It’s a new life’ “, Salma added.