Someone was bound to do it. Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel put together a short supercut of local-news reporters butchering actress Lupita Nyong’o’s name after she was named People magazine’s Most Beautiful Woman. Maybe it’s because Kimmel’s had his own experience mispronouncing the actress name: Back in January, after introducing her, he asked, “Did I say your name correctly?” She laughed: “That’s good enough.”
Still wondering how? Here’s Nyong’o, spelling it out.
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