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17 Celebs Who Were Pressured To "Americanize" Their Names For Hollywood (And If They Refused)

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Raquel Welch said, "People didn't like my name, and they said it was too ethnic, too difficult to pronounce, too exotic. They wanted to change it, and I was not happy at all."View Entire Post ›

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Buzzfeed broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
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