Nikki Haley labeled 'weirdo' after her confession about changing husband’s name resurfaces online

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA: Nikki Haley, the Republican presidential contender, authored a piece nearly 12 years ago about how she renamed her husband, which resurfaced amid the GOP primary.

On Wednesday, January 3, a senior politics correspondent for Vox posted an excerpt from her 2012 book titled ‘Can't Is Not an Option’ on X (formerly Twitter), according to a report by the New York Post.

In this excerpt, Haley detailed how she changed the way people addressed her husband, Michael Haley.

What was revealed from the passage in the book posted on X?

The former United Nations ambassador was given the name Nimarata Nikki Randhawa at birth.

Per the Associated Press, she has long used her legal middle name, Nikki, and Haley is her married name.

Haley wrote in her book, “You may be wondering how ‘Bill’ became South Carolina First Gentleman Michael Haley.”

“After we started dating, I looked at him one day and said, ‘What’s your name?'” 

“‘You know it’s Bill,’ he said, puzzled.”

“‘You just don’t look like a Bill. What’s your whole name?'”

“‘William Michael.'”

“From that point on, I started calling him Michael, and all my friends did the same. When he transferred to Clemson his sophomore year, my friends became his friends, and before we knew it, he was universally known as Michael. Everyone who knew him before I did knows him as Bill, and everyone who met him after I did knows him as Michael.”

“He looks like a Michael,” she wrote.

The post on X regarding Haley's husband's 'renaming' has garnered over one million views.

In recent months, Haley has gained momentum in the polls due to her well-received performances in the first three GOP presidential primary debates.

She has surpassed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for second place in New Hampshire, which is the first primary and second overall contest in the Republican nominating calendar.

Haley is also aiming to compete fiercely in Iowa, where the latest polls indicate that she is tied with DeSantis for a distant second place behind Trump, who remains the front-runner in the GOP nomination race as he makes his third consecutive White House bid.

Internet dubs Nikki Haley 'weirdo'

People on X expressed their reactions to the many aliases of the former South Carolina governor herself and her family members.

One X user wrote, "She's such a weirdo"

Another user remarked, "He gives me more Bill vibes than Michael vibes tbh"

"There's never been more of a "Bill" in the history of Bills. #givebigbillhisnameback #freebill," another user quipped.

One user said, "She also renamed herself."

"Embarrassing, but believable," another X user remarked.

A user tweeted, "Well to her credit Nikki Haley is consistent. She doesn't use preferred names whether it's a trans person or her own husband."

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