Adele, Florence Pugh, And 23 Other Celebs Whose Names You've Unknowingly Been Butchering

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Recently while promoting her new music video for her song "I Drink Wine," Adele herself hosted a happy hour and showed us how you ACTUALLY pronounce her name. And yeah, I guess you could say I'm a little shocked......?

Adele holding a mic and smiling
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So including Adele, here are 25 celebs whose names you've probably been mispronouncing since the dawn of time, I fear.......

1.Adele

It's actually pronounced:

Here she is pronouncing it:

2.Zendaya

closeup of Zendaya

Here she is pronouncing it:

3.Ariana Grande

Ariana looking over her shoulder with her hands on her hips

Here she is pronouncing it:

4.Rihanna

Rihanna smiling with her hands on her hips

Here she is pronouncing it:

5.Florence Pugh

It's actually pronounced: 

Here's her tweet that clarified all the pronunciation hoopla:

6.Timothée Chalamet

closeup of Timothee Chalamet

Here he is pronouncing it:

7.Saoirse Ronan

closeup of Saoirse Ronan

Here she is pronouncing it in her SNL monologue:

8.Chrissy Teigen

closeup of Chrissy Teigen

Here she is pronouncing it (confirmed by her mother):

9.Camila Cabello

Camila Cabello at the Grammys

Here she is pronouncing it:

10.Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal smiling

Here he (and Conan) is pronouncing it:

11.Lindsay Lohan

closeup of Lindsay Lohan

It's actually pronounced: "Lind-zee Low-en"

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Here she is pronouncing it:

@lindsaylohan

I’m on Tiktok Now! 🥰 #imontiktoknow

♬ original sound - lindsaylohan

12.Amanda Seyfried

closeup of Amanda Seyfried

Here she is pronouncing it:

13.Daniel Kaluuya

closeup of Daniel Kaluuya

Here's Stephen Colbert introducing him as a guest on his show:

14.Taylor Lautner

closeup of Taylor Lautner

Here he is pronouncing it multiple, multiple times:

15.Emily Ratajkowski

closeup of Emily Ratajkowski

Here she is introducing herself:

16.Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot smiling

Here she is pronouncing it:

17.Steve Buscemi

closeup of Steve Buscemi

Here he is being introduced:

18.Alicia Silverstone

closeup of Alicia Silverstone smiling

Here she is setting the record straight in a TikTok:

@aliciasilverstone

#stitch with @kesha & @mahoganylox: Just an FYI... it’s Ali-SEE-yuh 😉😘

♬ original sound - Alicia Silverstone

19.Mahershala Ali

It's actually pronounced:

Here is Jimmy Kimmel introducing him:

20.Mariska Hargitay

closeup of Mariska Hargitay smiling

Here she is pronouncing it:

21.Demi Moore

Demi Moore at an event

Here's Jimmy Fallon calling her "Dem-ee":

22.Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux looking serious

It's actually pronounced: "Just-in The-roo"

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Here's a clip of Justin's uncle outing him for using the wrong pronunciation of their family name:

23.Ralph Fiennes

closeup of Ralph Fiennes

Here he is being introduced on The View:

24.Charlize Theron

closeup of Charlize Theron

Here's a clip of Jimmy Kimmel introducing her:

25.And lastly: Milo Ventimiglia

It's actually pronounced: 

And here he is pronouncing it during his puppy interview: