{"id":339738,"date":"2011-03-26T09:48:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T09:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/photo-constantine-maroulis-introduces-daughter-malena-james\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T09:48:04","slug":"photo-constantine-maroulis-introduces-daughter-malena-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/photo-constantine-maroulis-introduces-daughter-malena-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo: Constantine Maroulis Introduces Daughter Malena James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/celebritybabies.people.com\/2011\/03\/25\/constantine-maroulis-introduces-daughter-malena-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nPeople.com<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n Like father, like daughter? Not so for Constantine Maroulis and his 3-month-old daughter Malena James Reed-Maroulis.<\/p>\n<p>A very \u201cproud Greek-American,\u201d the former American Idol alum, 35, admits that growing up with an unusual name often left him with plenty of explaining to do. \u201cI got tortured for my name for years. They called me Dean. To this day they screw up my name, and I didn\u2019t want that to happen to her,\u201d he tells PEOPLE.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Maroulis looked elsewhere for inspiration and found his answer in the 2000 Italian movie Malena. \u201cI always loved the name. I\u2019m not fond of a lot of Greek female names,\u201d he reveals. \u201cJames is my middle name and my father\u2019s name. It just fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_758-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201103\/147875.php\" title=\"Photo: Constantine Maroulis Introduces Daughter Malena James\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photo: Constantine Maroulis Introduces Daughter Malena James<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 Like father, like daughter? Not so for Constantine Maroulis and his 3-month-old daughter Malena James Reed-Maroulis. 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