Eddie Izzard says she has new name and people can choose which to use
Eddie Izzard has announced her new name, revealing she will go by Suzy Eddie Izzard after wanting to change her name since she was 10.
The comedian and politician, 61, shared the news during a question an answer session with Matt Forde on The Political Party podcast, according to reports.
As she shared her name change, she revealed she would be keeping the name Eddie so "people can choose" and "can't make a mistake".
Speaking on the podcast Eddie, who began using the pronouns she and her in 2020, explained: "I’m Eddie.
"There’s another name I’m going to add in as well, which is Suzy, which I wanted to be since I was 10. I’m going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard, that’s how I’m going to roll."
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The comedian announced she will go by Suzy Eddie Izzard (Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images)She added: "People can choose what they want. They can’t make a mistake, they can’t go wrong", Politco reporter Dan Bloom tweeted.
Eddie then joked: "I make mistakes with my own pronouns," the Evening Standard reports.
The comedian is yet to discuss the new announcement on her social media channels herself.
Eddie recently campaigned to become a Labour MP (Nottingham Post / SWNS.com)Elsewhere in the conversation, which took place in Covent Garden, London, Eddie discussed her bid to become selected as a Labour MP and the reaction from some.
She said, according to Politico: "Some people have been transphobic when I was going for the [MP] selection, coming out as trans was not easy back in 1985…
"I don’t know [how many genders there are], we’re all somewhere on the spectrum, we have just got to chill out about it."
It comes after Eddie discussed using the pronouns she/her in an interview with The Irish Times in December.
Eddie says the world changed her pronouns (Getty Images)
Eddie was asked on a TV programme which pronouns she wanted to use (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)When asked about her pronouns she said: "I didn’t change them. The world changed them."
Explaining what she meant, the comedian continued: "I was on a programme.
"They said, 'Do you want she/her or he/him?’' I went, 'Ahh, oh, she.'
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"I’d been thinking of changing them. And then the programme went out, and the whole world changed them. Two days."
Eddie says it felt a 'great honour' to be 'promoted' (Sky Arts)The politician added: "I thought it was a great honour.
"I’ve been promoted – promoted to she. That’s how it was. But I didn’t actively have a campaign about it. It just happened.
"You know, I came out 37 years ago. Some people grumble. I say, 'well, how much notice do you need? Thirty-eight years? Thirty-nine years?'"
Unfortunately, since adopting her new pronouns, Eddie has faced abuse – especially in the political world during her bid for an open seat in Parliament.
She revealed: "We were considered nonpeople, or toxic people. And I realised that my job is to try and knit being trans into society. We had a hard time just trying to exist.
"A lot of people have been wonderfully accepting, and young people are very open and great. Some people are still transphobic, but I just ignore them."
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