Just a Bunch of Celebrities Mispronouncing Other Celebrities’ Names
Long live Adel Dazeem!
There are some celebrity names that we all pronounce wrong. Names like Chiwetel Ejiofor (chew-it-tell edge-e-oh-four), Saoirse Ronan (suhr-sha row-nin) and Alicia Vikander (ah-lis-see-a vi-can-derr). Pronouncing these tough-to-say celebrity names correctly makes you look pop culture savvy — but mispronouncing celebrity names makes you look like your mom. (Or worse, John Travolta.)
Good ol’ Travolta taught us that there’s nothing more hysterical than watching celebs speak fondly of a fellow celeb, followed up by a butchering of their name. Do they even know who they’re introducing? Have they seriously never heard this A-List star’s name before? Here’s a round-up of some of our favourite celebrity name slip-ups, and the ruthless reactions Twitter had to the mispronunciation.
Tiffany Haddish vs Camila Cabello
HOW CAMILA CABELLO IS PRONOUNCED: cam-ee-la cab-ay-o
HOW TIFFANY HADDISH PRONOUNCED IT: cam-ee-la cab-al-y-lo / cam-il ca-be-lo
THE EVIDENCE:
THE REACTION:
Elton John vs Ed Sheeran
HOW ED SHEERAN IS PRONOUNCED: ed shee-rin
HOW ELTON JOHN PRONOUNCED IT: ed shi-ran
THE EVIDENCE:
THE REACTION:
Tiffany Haddish vs Daniel Kaluuya
HOW DANIEL KALUUYA IS PRONOUNCED: dan-yel kah-lu-ya
HOW TIFFANY HADDISH PRONOUNCED IT: dan-yel kool-ye / kal-oo-a / kal-le-lu-ya
THE EVIDENCE:
THE REACTION:
John Travolta vs Idina Menzel
HOW IDINA MENZEL IS PRONOUNCED: id-ee-nah men-zel
HOW JOHN TRAVOLTA PRONOUNCED IT: ad-elle daz-eem
THE EVIDENCE:
THE REACTION:
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