Rob McElhenney has filed authorized paperwork to alter his identify.
The actor reportedly signed the docs Thursday requesting that his surname be modified to Mac — so his new identify might be Rob Mac, in keeping with a number of retailers.
The It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia star has beforehand mentioned his intention to make the change because of the problem some individuals have announcing it.
“As our enterprise and our storytelling is increasing into different areas of the world and different languages wherein my identify is even tougher to pronounce, I’m simply going by Rob Mac,” he just lately stated in an interview with Selection.
McElhenney can also be co-owner of Wrexham AFC soccer (soccer, for U.S. readers) membership with Ryan Reynolds. The duo, which bought the crew in 2020, additionally function govt producers on the FX docuseries Welcome to Wrexham, which follows the crew. The community just lately renewed the Emmy-winning collection for a fifth season and revealed particulars a couple of spinoff collection, Necaxa.
In 2023, Reynolds created a musical video for McElhenney’s birthday wherein he taught individuals how you can pronounce the identify with the assistance of some well-known faces, together with Kaitlin Olson, McElhenney’s spouse and Sunny co-star.
“Positive, he’s obtained a fairly face that individuals know they know,” Reynolds sang. “They suppose they acknowledge him from his big-time TV present. However regardless of the accolades, regardless of the load of fame, one factor that they have no idea is how you can say his identify.”
The lyrics go on to explains that the identify rhymes with “sort out penny.”
“It’s McElhenney, it’s McElhenney, whereas methods to bloodbath and mispronounce it there are a lot of. It’s McElhenney, it’s McElhenney, if there was doubt, now there gained’t be any. It’s McElhenney!” the music continued.
For her half, Olson beforehand stated the couple’s two younger sons have been nonetheless getting used the concept: “The children are actually not pleased about it, as a result of they’ve that final identify,. And so do I, legally!”
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to McElhenney’s reps for remark.