Rob McElhenney has seen the online discourse around his name change and is chiming in.
The Emmy winner, who made headlines for filing to legally change his name to Rob Mac last week, took to social media to “dedicate exactly one minute” to explaining why he took such significant measures.
“Yes, I’m shortening my name to Rob Mac—mostly a stage name, but I digress,” he said in a video shared Tuesday on X. “Is it kinda douchey? Sure, but the amount of time that I’ve wasted trying to get people to either say or spell my name correctly is literally days of my life. Trust me, I added it up.”
Although he wants “to stay connected” to the family name, he noted “it’s not even really our f—ing name,” explaining, “Not only have many generations changed the spelling. The current one was just given to my ancestor by a government official who decided that this was now the spelling.”
“It was a crazy time. But times have changed, and most people already call me Rob Mac anyway,” he continued. “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.”
I said what I said. pic.twitter.com/lvwKgTBBrx
— Rob McElhenney (@RMcElhenney) July 1, 2025
With a nod to other actors who have changed their names, Mac concluded, “There are so many things going on in the world, and this is a silly one to continue to waste your time with. Honestly, call me whatever you want.”
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans can expect to see the co-creator and star’s new credit when Season 17 premieres July 9 on FXX with ‘The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary’, the second half of the show’s two-part crossover event with ABC’s Abbott Elementary.
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