A video that has been circling social media lately shows Ariana Grande telling an interviewer that we’ve all been pronouncing her last name incorrectly. She said that it technically is gron-day, but her grandfather pronounced it gran-dee to make it sound more American.
Twitter user @caarmyn pointed out that we’ve been mispronouncing Chrissy Teigen’s name as well, and Chrissy quoted the tweet to confirm.
The real way Chrissy’s last name is pronounced?
TIE-gen, not TEE-gen!
Chrissy said that she doesn’t have the heart to correct people anymore, and honestly, I get it. She went on to say that she doesn’t ever correct people. “They can call me Janet and I won’t. Wrong order? I’ll eat it. Taxi going to the wrong airport? I’ll change my flight.”
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Here’s a video of Chrissy and her mom using the correct pronunciation:
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1041537000589783040