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13 hours ago
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Rob McElhenney Files to Legally Change His Name to ‘Rob Mac'
Rob McElhenney is making it legal: The 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' and 'Welcome to Wrexham' star has legally filed in Los Angeles to change his name to 'Rob Mac.' Mac confirmed the news to Variety on Friday; it was first reported by TMZ. Variety readers won't be surprised by the news; Mac first revealed the plan in a cover story last month. More from Variety 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Season 17 Trailer Teases 'Abbott Elementary,' 'Golden Bachelor' Crossovers 'Welcome to Wrexham' Renewed for Season 5 at FX as Spinoff 'Necaxa' With Eva Longoria Sets Summer Premiere Why 'It's Always Sunny' for Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson: A Power Couple Who Juggle Four Hit TV Shows, a Winning Soccer Team and Ryan Reynolds At the time, Mac told us he might be changing his name to that easier pronunciation. 'People already call me 'Rob Mac' or 'Mac,' obviously from the TV show. It just makes things so much easier,' he said. Eagle-eyed reporters may have noticed that all of FX's recent press releases for both 'Sunny' and 'Wrexham' have already started crediting him as 'Rob Mac,' so it was all leading up to this. 'McElhenney' has never been easy for people to say, so much so that Mac's 'Wrexham' partner Ryan Reynolds created an entire music video last year for Mac's birthday as a pronunciation primer. (It really is quite simple: Say it as 'Mackle-Henney.') But as Mac's new company More Better Industries has upped its global investments, including a pair of soccer teams in Colombia and Mexico, in addition to stakes in apparel, tech and alcohol companies, he found that his last name was a constant source of confusion. That's why, 'as our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac,' he said. 'As I get older, and people are more prone to calling me 'Mr.' or' Sir,' I just say Rob or Rob Mac. And I find that that makes things a lot simpler and easier. People already call me Rob Mac or Mac, obviously, from the television show and it just makes things so much easier.' Before committing to the change, Mac was worried that he might be disrespecting his ancestry. 'I did a deep dive into my my ancestry, and so I was always very proud of the name, which is why I didn't change it in the beginning, when everybody was begging me to,' he said. 'When you're first starting out, they're like, 'let's just have a stage name.'' But he recently discovered even some relatives had tweaked 'McElhenney' over the years. 'It turns out, as I did my genealogy and I got it back, my last name has been changed so many times. As late as the '60s, there were an offshoot of the McElhenneys that changed our name. And so it's not like everybody was so precious about it prior to 1965.' And when family members dropped by to celebrate his birthday earlier this year, they admitted that they were eager to change the name as well. 'My brother said, 'I was actually considering running for government in Culver City, and I was going to be 'Pat Mac,'' he said. Mac's sister Katie, who has written on 'Sunny' and 'Mythic Quest' (Mac's fantastic Apple TV+ show that was recently canceled after four seasons), also revealed that ''literally every person in the world calls me Katie Mac.'' It had become quite the hot topic at home, where Mac's wife, 'Sunny' and 'High Potential' star Kaitlin Olson, admitted that their young teens are kind of embarrassed by the idea and not quite on board just yet. 'The kids are really not happy about it, because they have that last name,' she said this spring. 'And so do I, legally!' Mac's 'Sunny' co-star Glenn Howerton hadn't heard about all of this when Variety talked to him in May, but said at the time it reminded him of how Mac broke the news that he had the audacious idea of buying a soccer team in the UK. 'You could be telling me something that he's joking about, or you could be telling me something where he could be in downtown L.A. changing his name right now for all I know,' he said. And now, that's exactly what he's doing. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar
Yahoo
18 hours ago
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‘Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia' star Rob McElhenney files to legally change his name
Wild card! Creator and star of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Rob McElhenney has filed to change his legal name, according to reports. The showrunning Philly favorite will now be going by the name 'Rob Mac,' according to documents filed in Los Angeles, TMZ reported. The shortened first and last name brings him much closer to his aggressively dopey beer-slinging character in 'Always Sunny' — whose name is 'Mac' — and is a far cry from the formality of his former government name, 'Robert McElhenney III.' Despite the surprise to fans, Mac mentioned the intention to swap some syllables back in a May interview with Variety. 'As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac,' the former real-life bartender told the outlet. However, his wife and 'Sunny' co-star Kaitlin Olson said the couple's kids were not in favor of the change and she also expressed some trepidation at the prospect. 'The kids are really not happy about it, because they have that last name. And so do I, legally!' she told Variety. Mac is a part-owner, along with Ryan Reynolds, of Welsh soccer club Wrexham FC. He launched private company 'More Better Industries' in 2024, and was part owner of Philadelphia bar 'Mac's Tavern,' which announced Monday it was closing after 15 years in business. The 17th season of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' premieres on July 9.
New York Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia' star Rob McElhenney files to legally change his name
Wild card! Creator and star of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Rob McElhenney has filed to change his legal name, according to reports. The showrunning Philly favorite will now be going by the name 'Rob Mac,' according to documents filed in Los Angeles, TMZ reported. 3 Rob McElhenney has filed to change his legal name to 'Rob Mac.' Action Images via Reuters The shortened first and last name brings him much closer to his aggressively dopey beer-slinging character in 'Always Sunny' — whose name is 'Mac' — and is a far cry from the formality of his former government name, 'Robert McElhenney III.' Despite the surprise to fans, Mac mentioned the intention to swap some syllables back in a May interview with Variety. 'As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac,' the former real-life bartender told the outlet. However, his wife and 'Sunny' co-star Kaitlin Olson said the couple's kids were not in favor of the change and she also expressed some trepidation at the prospect. 3 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' debuted on FX in 2005. Maint 3 The 17th season premiere of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' will air on July 9. 'The kids are really not happy about it, because they have that last name. And so do I, legally!' she told Variety. Mac is a part-owner, along with Ryan Reynolds, of Welsh soccer club Wrexham FC. He launched private company 'More Better Industries' in 2024, and was part owner of Philadelphia bar 'Mac's Tavern,' which announced Monday it was closing after 15 years in business. The 17th season of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' premieres on July 9.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ryan Reynolds' pal Rob McElhenney files to legally change his name and reveals why
Rob McElhenney is tired of having so many syllables in his last name. The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star, 49, filed legal documents in Los Angeles to officially change his name, TMZ reported. Rob Mac is what he's going with, eliminating most of the name that has been difficult and annoying for the co-owner (with Ryan Reynolds) of Wrexham's football club. His More Better Productions has been investing in soccer teams in South America and he finds South Americans can't wrap their tongues around his multi-syllabic surname. He's been going by Rob Mac in his business endeavors for awhile. 'As our business and our storytelling is expanding into other regions of the world and other languages in which my name is even harder to pronounce, I'm just going by Rob Mac,' he told Variety last month. Rob was worried he might ruffle the feathers of his ancestors with the name change. However, he soon learned that he wasn't going to be the first McElhenney to change their moniker. Some relatives had already made their own changes to their last name over the years. And those that hadn't changed their name were excited to do so when they learned that he was. His wife, High Potential and Hacks star Kaitlin Olson and their two teenage boys are still getting used to the Rob Mac idea. 'The kids are really not happy about it, because they have that last name,' Olson said. 'And so do I, legally!' Rob and Kaitlyn met on the set of It's Always Sunny in 2005 and began secretly dating during the FX comedy's second season. They married in Malibu in September 2008 and welcomed their sons in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Rob Mac is what he's going with, eliminating most of the name that has been difficult and annoying for the co-owner (with Ryan Reynolds ) of Wrexham's football club. Seen here November 17, 2022 But they almost didn't meet as Rob wasn't thrilled to be casting Kaitlyn in Its Always Sunny. Sunny came out of a low-budget project that Rob Mac, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton dreamed up. At her audition, Olson read with Day, while her future husband directed. At one point, he told her to improvise. 'I let go of the already funny stuff and concentrated on leveling up the rest of the material,' Olson recalled to Variety. 'After, I called my manager and said, "The audition was great. I want this job. But I'm so pissed that I left out the funniest line that was already in there, because I was so focused on just making everything bounce better,"' she said. As it turns out, McElhenney wrote that funny line. 'So she leaves the room, we're no doubt 100% thinking she was awesome,' McElhenney remembered. 'But I don't know if her instincts were 100% right, because she left out the funniest line,' he said. 'Now, is it a coincidence that I happened to write that line? I was 26 years old, and probably very precious with what I was writing,' Rob explained. Fortunately, Rob's partners talked him out of discarding Kaitlin for the role of Sweet Dee. When he called to offer her the project, she turned it down because she discovered the funny lines she was reading weren't for her character. 'When they offered me the part, I asked for four scripts,' she said. 'And I was shocked, because they didn't have anything funny for Sweet Dee.' Sweet Dee was written as a nag, whereas the guys all got the jokes to deliver. McElhenney explained that with their shoestring budget, they hadn't been able to write new scripts to reflect where they wanted to go with Dee. He promised his future wife her character would be funny and Olson gave in and joined the cast.
