Lionel Richie has been around since almost all of us have been alive. And we have been pronouncing his name incorrectly. I thought it was Lie-nole, almost as though it were one syllable.
However, KeKe Palmer told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that is not how he says it. He calls himself Lie+nell, so he breaks up the Li and the nel when he says it, and forgets the o.
And now that is what I am going to try to call him from now on. But since you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, I probably won’t. Even though the way he pronounces is so much more fitting for him.
Side note: I tried to find him saying it, but no such luck. I will make my friends who cover American Idol find out if it is true or not, and I will get back to you!
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