United Kingdom, July 2 -- Rob McElhenney has admitted his name change is "kinda douchey".

The 48-year-old actor was recently reported to be legally changing his moniker to Rob Mac after years of fans mispronouncing his surname, and now he's defended the decision.

In a tongue in cheek video on X, he said: "Okay, I'm going to dedicate exactly one minute to this. Start the clock.

"Yes, I'm shortening my name to Rob Mac. Mostly a stage name, but I digress. Is it kinda douchey? Sure.

"But the amount of time that I have wasted trying to get people to either say or spell my name correctly is literally days of my life - trust me, I added it up.

"More importantly, it means thousands of you have had minutes of your life stolen by me because of...