Ellen Mispronounced Comedian Hasan Minhaj's Name, So He Made An Excellent Point About Name Double-Standards

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Ellen Mispronounced Comedian Hasan Minhaj’s Name, So He Pointed Out Name Double-Standards

The whole issue came up after Ellen said,"And it's *Ha-saan Min-aaj*," except it was less an introduction and more a question of whether she'd pronounced it correctly.So the comic took this opportunity to set the record straight: the correct pronunciation of Hasan Minhaj's name is *Has-en Min-haj*, not"Haseen Minaja" or"Hussein," as he said he's been called in the past."I'm so sorry I can't pronounce it.

"Look, when I first started doing comedy, people were like you should change your name," Hasan revealed."And I'm like, 'I'm not gonna change my name.'" Then, he brought up an EXCELLENT point:"If you can pronounce Ansel Elgort, you can pronounce Hasan Minhaj.

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