Joey Lawrence Reveal His Actual Title and It Could Shock You

This revelation might make you go, “Whoa!”

Joey Lawrence will not be Joey Lawrence’s actual identify. The actor, finest recognized for roles on ’90s sitcoms Blossom and Brotherly Love, spoke out about how he has been utilizing his center identify as a final identify all through his profession, whereas his brothers, Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence, have adopted swimsuit.

Joey was born Joseph Lawrence Mignogna III. He was named after the siblings’ dad and paternal grandfather. Talking at a panel at 90s Con on the Connecticut Conference Middle in Hartford, Conn. March 28, the 48-year outdated famous that within the ’80s, when he started appearing, he was informed, “Nobody can pronounce Mignogna. That is not a reputation folks will say.”

“In the present day, issues like which are celebrated,” he added, per Parade. “However within the ’80s, it was like, ‘We have to water this down.’ The silent Gs…They have been like, ‘We have to go along with one thing a little bit extra bland.’ So that they’re like, ‘Let’s name him Joey Lawrence,’ after which that’s simply what we did. It simply made sense.”