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Ryan Reynolds' pal Rob McElhenney files to legally change his name and reveals why


Rob McElhenney is tired of having so many syllables in his last name. He filed legal documents in Los Angeles to officially change his name, TMZ reported.

'As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac,' he told Variety last month. His More Better Productions has been investing in soccer teams in South America and he finds the native people can't wrap their tongues around his multi-syllabic surname. 'As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac,' he told Variety last month.

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