Gisele Bündchen is an internationally known supermodel, but apparently people have a hard time getting her name right.
A clip from her 2005 appearance on “Late Night with Conan O'Brien” has resurfaced online, where the Brazilian-born star explains how to properly pronounce her name.
During the interview, she said she came to New York at age 16 to model and spoke very little English.
“It was very difficult for me because I couldn't communicate, people couldn't understand me. To pretend I understood, people would talk to me and I would say, 'Yes! Yes!' “I didn't even know what I was saying,” she explained with a laugh.
A resurfaced video of Gisele Bündchen explaining how to correctly pronounce her name is making the rounds on social media. (Getty Images)
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She then explained that her name in Portuguese is spelled Gisele but is pronounced with more of an “i” sound at the end.
That would cause confusion in castings when he introduced himself as “Giseli”, but people would read him as “Gisele”.
“I told them, 'This is not a difficult name.' So I would write it down and they would say 'Gisele,' and I would say 'Giseli,' so they would never be able to say it. 'Giseli,'” she said.
“So, whatever, in the end it was Gisele, I guess,” he continued. “Call me whatever you want.”
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Bündchen isn't the only star who has problems with people mispronouncing her name.
Rihanna pronounces her name “Re-Anne-uh,” not “Re-Ahh-na,” as many learned in 2019 thanks to a British Vogue video on X (then Twitter).
Rihanna has confirmed that her name is actually pronounced “Re-Anne-uh,” not “Re-Ahh-na.” (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)
Oscar winner Brendan Fraser had to correct Adam Sandler in a 2022 Variety Actors on Actors interview when the comedian said “Frasier” by mistake.
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“Frazer,” the actor corrected, adding that it sounds like “you shave with a razor.”
Brendan Fraser has noticed that his last name is pronounced “Frazer.” (John Phillips/Getty Images for BFI)
Travis Kelce also revealed, with his brother Jason and father Ed on their “New Heights” podcast, that his last name should be pronounced “Kels,” not “Kel-see.”
Jason and Travis Kelce learned from their father that their last name is actually pronounced “Kels,” not “Kel-see,” but neither of them were bothered by the change. (Gabriella Ricciardi/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Ed said he “got tired of correcting people” at work and just let it go.
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Jason asked what the best way to go was and Ed replied, “Do whatever you want. I did it.”
