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Rob McElhenney Addresses Name Change: “Call Me Whatever You Want”


Rob McElhenney has seen the online discourse around his name change and is chiming in.

The Emmy winner, who made headlines for filing to legally change his name to Rob Mac last week, took to social media to “dedicate exactly one minute” to explaining why he took such significant measures. Sure, but the amount of time that I’ve wasted trying to get people to either say or spell my name correctly is literally days of my life. With a nod to other actors who have changed their names, Mac concluded, “There are so many things going on in the world, and this is a silly one to continue to waste your time with.

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