Fans Are Just Learning We’ve All Been Pronouncing Denzel Washington’s Name Wrong
There aren’t too many people out there who haven’t seen a movie starring Denzel Washington, or witnessed his funny personality in various television interviews. In the last four decades, he’s established himself as a force in Hollywood – both as an actor and a director. While viewers have come to know the name of the 21st century’s greatest living actor, we as a collective might’ve been wrong when it comes to saying his birth name.
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00:00This is so rubbish, we should have confirmed this. I was calling you Denzel. Is that correct?
00:26Is that correct?
00:27Actually, it's Denzel.
00:28Oh no, is it really?
00:30So was your dad Denzel?
00:31Well, he was Denzel.
00:35And I'm Denzel Jr. So my mother started calling me Denzel,
00:39just so, you know, she'd say Denzel and we both would show up.