Did you know that Joey LawrenceIsn’t the name “Joey Lawrence”?
During a panel at 90s con In Hartford, Connecticut, Friday March 28), the 48 -year -old Flourish actor and his brothers Matthew And Andrew Lawrence – whose real name is Cute – Explain why they now regret having used a false family name to move forward in Hollywood.
Continue to read to find out more …“(Lawrence) was my second first name,” Joey Explained, via EW. “So I was appointed according to our father, and our grandfather on our father’s side. And in the early 80s it was like:” No one can pronounce cute. It is not a name that people will say. “”
He continued by saying that he would probably have kept “cute” as his family name if he started now.
“Today, things like it are celebrated”, Joey said. “In the 80s, it was like:” We will have to water this. There is a silent GS. Because you spell our last name (cute) as a cute net. So they said to themselves: “Let’s call him Joey Lawrence. So that’s exactly what they did, and with these guys, it made sense. »»
Matthew45 years old, then said he thought their parents agreed with them using a stage name because it gave them anonymity outside Hollywood.
“I also think that my parents, and wisely, (knew) that there was an insulation factor, where, before the internet, you could hide behind that, you know, at school”, ” Matthew said. “Some people could verify the old -fashioned means, but it would be very, very difficult to find us. It was a good thing. ”
Andrew37 years old, confirmed that he and his brothers now wanted to keep their real family name.
“It would have facilitated the task”, Andrew said. “It is really pain in the ass, honestly, having two names. You must prove that you are both people.”
Matthew Okay, adding: “Now I have been stuck with two different names and I cannot travel internationally. For a while, the government only recognized me as Matt Lawrence because I paid taxes from the moment I was a young child at 18 like Matt Lawrence. But really, my name is Mattheww William Mingogna. So I didn’t grow up.
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