Zoe Saldana Defends Husband Marco Perego For Taking Her Surname

Zoe Saldana stands by his man's side as he faces scrutiny for taking her last name as his own.

The "Nina" actress revealed that her Italian boyfriend Marco Perego added the name "Saldana" to his name after they married back in 2013. Although his surname change wasn't such a big deal to him and his wife, as it turns out, it became a big issue for other people, Los Angeles Times reports.

During her interview with In Style, Saldana said that she tried to convince her husband and explained that if he took her name he will be emasculated and criticized but his husband shrugged it off and said that he didn't care.

"I tried to talk him out of it. I told him, 'If you use my name, you're going to be emasculated by your community of artists, by your Latin community of men, by the world'," the actress told InStyle. "But Marco looks up at me and says [she puts on a cute Italian accent], 'Ah, Zoe, I don't give a sheet.'"

Zoe is cover of In Style magazine for their July issue which will be out by June 15. In addition to the interview about her husband taking her name instead, Zoe also discussed on how being a mother has changed her married life as well as her thoughts about her post-pregnancy body.

"I don't want to get back to where I used to be. I want to feel healthy, and not just fit into the old jeans I used to wear. I'm a woman now. My body has changed forever. It's softer and stronger," said Saldana

Huffington post reports that since giving birth to her twins Bowie Ezio and Cy Ardio, the actress has been more vocal via social media about her personal struggles. Not only did she seek breastfeeding advice on Twitter, but the "Guardian's of the Galaxy" actress also opened up on Facebook about the dramatic changes that she experienced after giving birth to her kids.

"Your body changes dramatically, inside and out. You grow in places you never knew you could, and you are tired beyond belief. In some cases more than others, your body experiences a kind of trauma through childbirth that is difficult to explain unless you've had that experience. My case was like that, everything from my thyroid to my platelets crashed. Thank God, we are all doing great now, but my body was really bent out of shape after the boys were born," the actress wrote.

Speaking again in behalf of her husband, Zoe posted a Facebook message again earlier this week stating that she sees no reason why people would be shocked that her husband took her last name.

"Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers," Saldana wrote. "I felt proud that my husband decided to take my last name as his own... and I his. Men, you will not cease to exist by taking your partner's surname. On the contrary - you'll be remembered as a man who stood by change."