
Wrexham's Rob McElhenney changes name to 'Rob Mac'
Back-to-back-to-back promotions coupled with the hugely-successful Welcome to Wrexham documentary means that everyone knows the Wrexham story by now.
But, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Rob has this week announced that he is changing his name.
Tired of his surname being mispronounced in many ways, the star is now going to be known as 'Rob Mac' from now on.
In a video posted to X explaining the decision, he said: "Yes, I'm shortening my name to Rob Mac. Mainly a stage name, but I digress."
I said what I said. pic.twitter.com/lvwKgTBBrx
He added: "The amount of time I have wasted trying to get people to either say or spell my name correctly is literally days of my life."
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Rob continued; "More importantly, it means thousands of you have had minutes of your life stolen by me because of my last name.
"Times have changed and most people already call me Rob Mac anyway. My family knows me and loves me regardless of how many syllables I have, and that's the only thing that I really care about.
"There are so many things going on in the world and this is a silly thing to waste your time with.
"Honestly, call me whatever you want. Marion, Jerome, Archibald, Eric, Maurice, Stephanie, Frances, Marvin, Gordon or Sam."

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