{"id":2071193,"date":"2025-10-06T00:47:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2071193"},"modified":"2025-10-06T00:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:47:58","slug":"anna-muller-addresses-backlash-over-husband-taking-her-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anna-muller-addresses-backlash-over-husband-taking-her-last-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Muller Addresses Backlash Over Husband Taking Her Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TikTok influencer <strong>Anna Muller<\/strong> responded to criticism over her husband, <strong>Cameron Muller<\/strong>, taking her last name after they were recently married.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/influencer-defends-decision-to-take-wifes-last-name-exclusive-11823559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>People<\/em><\/a>, published on Sunday, October 5, Anna spoke about the couple\u2019s decision, which was formalized via legal paperwork filed by Cameron at the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people think, \u2018You flipped tradition,\u2019 and that\u2019s not what happened,\u201d Anna told the outlet. \u201cWe evolved past it. It\u2019s so important that there\u2019s more conversation and it\u2019s more normalized that there are different ways to go about partnerships that can be more equal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@annaboebana\/video\/7554526458450873614?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_fullscreen&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=people.com%2Finfluencer-defends-decision-to-take-wifes-last-name-exclusive-11823559&amp;referer_video_id=7554526458450873614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok video<\/a> that sparked outrage was shared by Anna on September 27. It showed Cameron walking through the couple\u2019s front door with paperwork in his hand as a caption read, \u201cJust married and he officially took my last name.\u201d Cameron excitedly told the camera in the clip, \u201cI am officially Mr. Muller.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-becca-murray-defends-divorce-registry-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-becca-murray-defends-divorce-registry-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Influencer Becca Murray Defends Setting Up a Divorce Registry Post Split<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tInfluencer Becca Murray is not looking back despite facing backlash over her decision to set up a divorce registry following her split from her partner of nearly 13 years. Murray, who received criticism after she referred to her separation as a divorce, explained that the term seemed to fit the situation because \u201cwe don\u2019t have [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than 4,000 comments were left on the post, which saw more than 2.2 million views, including several damning conclusions. \u201cHe took your dad\u2019s last name. You\u2019re now siblings,\u201d wrote one TikTok user, while another commented, \u201cMy wife and I could never. This is embarrassing imo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After initially labelling the backlash \u201coutrageous\u201d via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@annaboebana\/video\/7555977883420855566?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> several days later, Anna also took to her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPb7vAdiCZQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Sunday to speak further about the criticism. \u201cYou know that the comments you make are public, right? Accountability will also be public \ud83e\udd0d,\u201d Anna wrote alongside multiple screenshots of critical comments. \u201cThis is addressing a viral video of mine that has gotten a lot of backlash and controversy (which is actually absurd) particularly because all the video is about is my husband taking my last name when we got married. That\u2019s literally it, that\u2019s the outrage. Apparently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During her interview with <em>People<\/em>, Anna was joined by Cameron who shared his own take on the ordeal. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a lengthy, drawn-out conversation,\u201d Cameron said, with the outlet noting that the pair share German heritage so taking Muller as his own last name \u201cmade a lot of sense for both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bachelor-nations-dean-unglert-and-caelynn-miller-keyes-marry\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bachelor-nations-dean-unglert-caelynn-miller-keyes-marry-feature.jpg?crop=0px%2C18px%2C1333px%2C752px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Dean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes Are Married After 3 Years Together\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bachelor-nations-dean-unglert-caelynn-miller-keyes-marry-feature.jpg?quality=47&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bachelor-nations-dean-unglert-and-caelynn-miller-keyes-marry\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Bachelor Nation&#8217;s Dean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes Are Married<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBachelor Nation stars Dean Unglert and Caelynn Miller-Keyes are married! Unglert, 32, and Miller-Keyes, 28, tied the knot on Saturday, September 23, in Meredith, Colorado, People reports. The couple met on season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise. Although they quickly became one of the strongest couples in Paradise, Unglert dumped Miller-Keyes mid-season, telling her that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cameron continued, \u201cI was surprised because for me, this is very normal. I value the partnership that we have. We are equals, which is why it was not assumed that Anna was going to take my name. I was surprised that people were so upset about a man taking a woman\u2019s name or that there was even a conversation around not taking my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anna also expanded on her thoughts while talking to the outlet, criticizing social media users who believe that a man taking his wife\u2019s last name diminishes his masculinity. \u201cIf your masculinity depends on submission, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s masculinity,\u201d Anna said. \u201cThat screams insecurity. A name or tradition isn\u2019t what makes a man, either. I think it\u2019s actions, it\u2019s character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anna also offered some words of advice to her social media haters. \u201cTap into what\u2019s meaningful, what\u2019s what matters, what feels right, what feels good, and go into that in more of an equal intuitive space,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cGiving yourself the space and opportunity to talk about that as a partnership and feel out what feels good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok influencer Anna Muller responded to criticism over her husband, Cameron Muller, taking her last name after they were recently married. In an interview with People, published on Sunday, October 5, Anna spoke about the couple\u2019s decision, which was formalized via legal paperwork filed by Cameron at the end of September. \u201cA lot of people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2071194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,164683,21738,21928],"class_list":["post-2071193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-love-lives","tag-news","tag-social-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anna-Muller-Addresses-Backlash-Over-Husband-Taking-Her-Last-Name.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071195,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071193\/revisions\/2071195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}