Rob McElhenney has seen the net discourse round his identify change and is chiming in.
The Emmy winner, who made headlines for submitting to legally change his identify to Rob Mac final week, took to social media to “dedicate precisely one minute” to explaining why he took such vital measures.
“Sure, I’m shortening my identify to Rob Mac—largely a stage identify, however I digress,” he stated in a video shared Tuesday on X. “Is it kinda douchey? Certain, however the period of time that I’ve wasted making an attempt to get folks to both say or spell my identify appropriately is actually days of my life. Belief me, I added it up.”
Though he desires “to remain linked” to the household identify, he famous “it’s not even actually our f—ing identify,” explaining, “Not solely have many generations modified the spelling. The present one was simply given to my ancestor by a authorities official who determined that this was now the spelling.”
“It was a loopy time. However instances have modified, and most of the people already name me Rob Mac anyway,” he continued. “My household is aware of me and loves me no matter what number of syllables I’ve, and that’s the one factor that I actually care about.”
With a nod to different actors who’ve modified their names, Mac concluded, “There are such a lot of issues occurring on this planet, and this can be a foolish one to proceed to waste your time with. Truthfully, name me no matter you need.”
It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia followers can count on to see the co-creator and star’s new credit score when Season 17 premieres July 9 on FXX with ‘The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary’, the second half of the present’s two-part crossover occasion with ABC’s Abbott Elementary.
