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07.05.2022 - 13:03 / ok.co.uk
When you become a household name as a celebrity, the last thing you would want is for everyone to say your name incorrectly. But sadly, for some of the biggest stars, this is the case. With many of them having unusual pronunciations which they have either left it too late to correct, or are too tired of trying to correct people.
However, a lot of these celebrities have been vocal about their names in the past, and have explained how you should pronounce them if you want to say it properly. While this will not change the majority of people pronouncing it wrong, it might be worth keeping these names in mind to avoid making things awkward if you ever bump into them. Find all of the biggest stars whose you have been mispronouncing below.
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While a lot of people would say her name as "Tee-gen", she has actually confirmed her name should be pronounced "Tie-Ghen". During an appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan in 2018, the model, 36, said it was "her fault" for the mispronunciation, and that she was "tired of correcting people" after 25 years. Jake Gyllenhaal While the Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain star, 41, has a complicated surname as it is, it turns out that even when you think you're saying it right, you're actually still getting it wrong.
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Chrissy Teigen recalled the moment she tried to retrieve her daughter’s first tooth after it fell from the bathroom sink, to the point she had to call a plumber. During her latest interview with Jimmy Fallon, the TV personality explained that her 6-year-old daughter’s tooth fell down the drain and they wanted to get it back, however it ended up costing more money than she first thought.“So, she loses her first tooth and then I promptly dropped it down the sink, like immediately, in my bathroom sink,” she admitted, “It’s kind of an odd sink, there’s this long divot that it can fall into.” Chrissy said they had to spend “thousands of dollars to bring someone in with a roto-rooter camera that goes down (the drain) and spirals in,” and while the plumber was able to successfully retrieve her daughter’s tooth, she lost it a second time.She went on to explain that she “found the tooth, put it in a Ziploc bag.