Someone was bound to do it. Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel put together a short supercut of local-news reporters butchering actress Lupita Nyong’o’s name after she was named People magazine’s Most Beautiful Woman. Maybe it’s because Kimmel’s had his own experience mispronouncing the actress name: Back in January, after introducing her, he asked, “Did I say your name correctly?†She laughed: “That’s good enough.â€
Still wondering how? Here’s Nyong’o, spelling it out.