Now you know! Just like Us, celebrities have to deal with the wrong pronunciation of their first and last names. Whether it’s a total botch, or a simple slip-up, Us Weekly is tackling the mispronunciations head on.
Scroll below to find out the whose names you’ve been saying wrong — and how to fix it!
"My name is Kesha. Keh-sha," the "Praying" singer emphasized in an April 2021 TikTok video. "Not Kee-Sha. Not Ketchup. Kesha."
Her mom, Pebe Sebert, also clarified the pronunciation for fans in an upload of her own. "The name Kesha's actually a Hungarian family name that [my son] Lagan would have been named if he had been a girl," the songwriter said. "But since he wasn't, the name is actually pronounced Ket-ta-cha in Hungarian and so I decided to make it easier and to make it Kesha. And that's where Kesha came from."
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The Leftovers alum opened up about working on Apple TV+'s The Mosquito Coast, a show based on the novel by his uncle Paul Theroux — and the relatives couldn't quite agree on the correct way to pronounce their surname. "Sometimes he calls himself Justin Tha-row," the author teased his nephew in the April 2021 clip. "It's a French name, it's Tha-roo."
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In March 2021, Andy Cohen put fans of Keeping Up With the Kardashians on blast when he revealed that they've all been saying the Good American cofounder's name wrong since the reality series premiered. "It’s Khlo-ay,” Cohen explained on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. "Khlo-ay is the name. There’s a little accent over the name."
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Newton, whose name was misspelled in a 1991 film and never corrected, revealed the real spelling of her full name and the correct pronunciation in a 2021 interview with British Vogue: Tan-DEE-way.
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After years of being in the spotlight, the model surprised fans when she took to social media to reveal that her name was not what people thought. “I’m tired of living this lie. It’s Tie-Gan, isn’t it mom?” she said in a Twitter video in September 2018, correcting those who have always pronounced it Tee-Gan all these years — including herself.
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The pop star’s last name isn’t the size of a Starbucks drink. The “God Is a Women” songstress explained in an August 2018 interview that it’s actually pronounced Gran-DEE, however, when she was little, her brother, Frankie, convinced them that Gran-DAY was more fun, so it’s stuck with them ever since.
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Despite the spelling, the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again star’s name is not to be pronounced Say-Fried — it’s actually Sigh-Fred.
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Just because the TAG actress’ name looks easy to say, many people are thrown off by the S in Isla. The correct way is simple Eye-La.
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Say what? The Irish actress’ name even looks intimidating, sparking many talk show hosts to ask her to sample how to say it correctly, with her explaining it’s to be said like Ser-Sha.
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That’s a fun last name! The Magic Mike actor debunked the many incorrect ways to say his last name in a fun video interview with Just Jared in June 2014. “Hi, I’m Joe Mang-I-Nello,” he said, teaching fans the right way to say it.
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Another easy-looking name that’s often mispronounced. The E in the actress’ name should be said like an A, making it sound like Ava.
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The fashion designer’s last name is often confused to sound more exotic, like Lor-En, but it’s actually to be pronounced like the female first name, exactly how it’s spelled.
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