Former television star comes under fire for naming son after famous professional surfer

"You know he's never going to win a World Surf League Championship Tour event now, don't you?"

There was once a musical comedy on Fox television called Glee. In it, actors, playing high school students, used the songs of Journey and Bonnie Tyler to help them through their struggles with their sexuality. There were many stars including Lea Michele, Mark Salling and Darren Criss who brought Blaine Anderson to life. First appearing in season two, Criss performed “Teenage Dream” by Katy Perry and was so popular that show creators paired him with the much-loved bullied gay character Kurt.

The two were later married.

Offscreen, the classically handsome 37-year-old is married to a woman named Mia, the two just welcoming their second child, a son.

And this is where our trouble begins. Criss and wife introduced the boy on Instagram, as couples do, declaring that he had named his son after famous professional surfer Kolohe Andino.

“M & D (Mia and Darren) just delivered their follow-up single. Brother László Criss. 6/3/24. And yes his first name is Brother 💛.”

Ridicule was swift.

“Darren… I adore you… But you just doomed your kid to mockery for the rest of his life,” one fan penned.

“If you need to say ‘yes his name really is…’ chances are you picked a bad name. The future girlfriend/boyfriend is gonna be calling him Brother,” another added.

Twisting the knife, a third declared, “You know he’s never going to win a World Surf League Championship Tour event now, don’t you?

Criss, thus far, has maintained his silence but I think Brother is as fine a name as any and should be considered by our own Surf ads as he embarks upon his own journey.

Don’t stop believin’.