Sorry, But You’ve Been Mispronouncing All of These Celebrity Names

Turns out sometimes even werewolves get a case of the scaries.

Because if we’re being honest, we’re still a little shook by Taylor Lautner‘s revelation that he allowed his legions of fans to mispronounce his name (FYI: it’s Lout-ner, not Lawt-ner) more or less to keep the peace. 

“I never corrected anybody for decades,” the Twilight star admitted in a July 2023 episode of The Unplanned Podcast With Matt & Abby, speculating that the first time it happened was around age 11, “like after Sharkboy and Lavagirl.“

As Taylor, now 32, added, “I wasn’t gonna tell people they were pronouncing my name wrong.”

And he’s not the only one not to let his claws out over something as important as his surname. Because, as it turns out, we’ve also been fumbling over Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce, which was news to us and some of Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs teammates.

While on the sidelines of the Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins game last January, defensive tackle Chris Jones, as seen in an Inside the NFL clip, told his teammates, “So y’all know it’s not even Travis Kel-see?” As for what it is then? Well, as Chris explained, “It’s Travis Kels. F–king crazy, right?”