Bear Blaze Winslet, was born

Kate Winslet’s youngest child, Bear Blaze Winslet, was born on December 7, 2013, and his name carries a deeply personal meaning for the actress and her husband, Edward Abel Smith (formerly known as Ned Rocknroll). During a 2014 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Winslet explained the significance behind Bear’s distinctive middle name, Blaze. It is a tribute to a life-altering event the family experienced in August 2011 while vacationing in the Caribbean. At the time, Winslet was staying at the private Necker Island estate owned by British billionaire Richard Branson when a fire broke out, destroying the property. Winslet and her two children, along with other guests, narrowly escaped the blaze. This dramatic incident happened during the same weekend that Winslet met Smith, Branson’s nephew, who would later become her husband. The shared experience of surviving such a terrifying ordeal had a lasting impact on Winslet and Smith. When their son was born, they wanted to commemorate that moment of survival