Lindsay Lohan Joins TikTok and Shocks Fans with the Pronunciation of Her Last Name

TikTok is good for a lot of things, whether we're gatheringinterior design inspoor learning the latestfashionandbeauty hacks. And recently, the video-sharing apphas helped us learn the correct pronunciation of people's names.

去年6月,当艾丽西娅Silv我们感到震惊erstonewent on TikTok to revealthat her name is pronounced “Ali-see-yah” and not “Alee-sha.” Now, another star has shocked us all.Mean Girlsactress Lindsay Lohan recently joined the platform and in her first video, she casually revealed that her last name is pronounced differently than we expected, as pointed out byPeople.

“Hey everyone, it's Lindsay Lohan,” she said in her inaugural Tok. “And guess what? Now I'm on TikTok.” In the caption, the 35-year-old actress wrote, “I’m on Tiktok Now! #imontiktoknow.”

As theFreaky Fridaystarintroduced herself, we were stopped in our tracks when we heard her last name. Instead of pronouncing it “Low-han,” it turns out the actual pronunciation is “Lo-wen.”

We weren't the only ones who were shocked, either. In the comments of the video, which received over 200k likes, many fans had similar reactions. “Lindsay...Lowen?” one person commented, which got over 45k likes. Another user jokingly wrote, “U pronounced ur name wrong,” while another said, “I'm sorry I've said your name wrong my entire life.” Wow, we had no idea.

Besides joining TikTok and blowing our minds, Lohan also has an exciting new project on the way, as she's set to star in a Netflix Christmas movie this year, titledFalling for Christmas, alongsideGlee's Chord Overstreet. At least when this movie eventually rolls around, we'll know how to say Lindsay's surname correctly.

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Joel is the Associate Editor for News & Entertainment and has been reporting on all things pop culture for over 5 years. Before working at PureWow, he served as a Features...
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