{"id":34708,"date":"2025-07-03T07:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34708\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T07:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:25:09","slug":"rob-mcelhenney-addresses-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34708\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob McElhenney Addresses Name Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rob-mcelhenney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rob McElhenney<\/a> has seen the online discourse around his name change and is chiming in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Emmy winner, who made headlines for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/rob-mcelhenney-files-legally-change-name-1236445513\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing to legally change his name<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/rob-mac\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rob-mac\" data-tag=\"rob-mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Mac<\/a> last week, took to social media to \u201cdedicate exactly one minute\u201d to explaining why he took such significant measures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYes, I\u2019m shortening my name to Rob Mac\u2014mostly a stage name, but I digress,\u201d he said in a video shared Tuesday on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMcElhenney\/status\/1940176141345857710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>. \u201cIs it kinda douchey? Sure, but the amount of time that I\u2019ve wasted trying to get people to either say or spell my name correctly is literally days of my life. Trust me, I added it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlthough he wants \u201cto stay connected\u201d to the family name, he noted \u201cit\u2019s not even really our f\u2014ing name,\u201d explaining, \u201cNot only have many generations changed the spelling. The current one was just given to my ancestor by a government official who decided that this was now the spelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cIt was a crazy time. But times have changed, and most people already call me Rob Mac anyway,\u201d he continued. \u201cMy family knows me and loves me regardless of how many syllables I have, and that\u2019s the only thing that I really care about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith a nod to other actors who have changed their names, Mac concluded, \u201cThere are so many things going on in the world, and this is a silly one to continue to waste your time with. Honestly, call me whatever you want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans can expect to see the co-creator and star\u2019s new credit when Season 17 premieres July 9 on FXX with \u2018The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary\u2019, the second half of the show\u2019s two-part crossover event with ABC\u2019s Abbott Elementary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rob McElhenney has seen the online discourse around his name change and is chiming in. 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