Bestselling author Jodi Picoult has finally revealed the correct way to pronounce her name, after years of hearing her fans say the nickname incorrectly.
Jodi, 56, best known for her novel My Sister’s Keeper, explained in a recent TikTok video that she only realized how many people were not using the correct pronunciation after she joined the social media app and listened to others. users try and fail. -to say her name correctly.
So, she finally decided to set the record straight in a tongue-in-cheek video detailing the many incorrect versions she’s heard, while finally explaining exactly how to say her last name.
She shocked many of her dedicated readers who couldn’t contain their shock to learn that they had been saying her name wrong all this time.
Jodi Picoult, the author behind the popular novel My Sister’s Keeper, recently revealed that fans have been mispronouncing her name.
The 56-year-old best-selling author, best known for My Sister’s Keeper, made her TikTok debut recently and realized that many of her followers had no idea how to pronounce her name.
Jodi took to the video-sharing platform to share a fun breakdown of how she should say her last name.
The viral video racked up 947,000 views and was paired with the caption “Clarifying a thing or two.”
He began by pointing out that ever since he joined the video-sharing platform, fans had been discussing how to correctly say his name.
The author said, ‘Hi, I’m Jodi. I heard that since I joined TikTok, there has been a bit of a discussion about how to pronounce my name.
They all got Jodi right, but they’re not too sure about the last half.
With props, captions, and photos to aid her explanation, Jodi revealed that her last name is pronounced Pico, as in “Pico de Gallo.”
‘Well, it’s Jodi PICO. Like in Pico de Gallo,’ he said as he held up a bottle of Pico de Gallo.
Then the author, who has written many novels over the years, including Nineteen Minutes and The Pact, made fun of all the mispronunciations of her last name.
As she was putting on a pea coat, she said, ‘It’s not Jodi Pea-coat.’
With props, captions, and photos to aid her explanation, Jodi revealed that her last name is pronounced Pico, as in ‘Pico de Gallo.’
Jodi made fun of the mispronunciations of her last name, including those saying her name as the horse.
Jodi added that it was not pronounced as ‘Pea-Cult’ as she held up a picture of a woman in a forest and noted that her name was not pronounced as ‘Pea-coat’ as she put on her jacket.
She clarified that her name is pronounced ‘Jodi Pekoe’ while sipping on some Pekoe tea.
The author also showed a photo of a horse and said, ‘It’s not Jodi Pea-Colt.’
Then she showed the camera a hilarious photo of a horse in a pea coat.
She added: “It’s not Jodi Pea-colt-in-a-pea-coat.”
Jodie held up the last photo, which showed a woman in a forest surrounded by people dressed in white, and said, ‘It’s not Jodi Pea-Cult.’
Holding up a photo of a horse, he said: ‘It’s not Jodi Pea-Colt.’
She clarified that her name is pronounced ‘Jodi Pekoe’ while drinking some Pekoe tea.
Fans took to the comments section to embarrassingly reveal that they had been mispronouncing her name.
Fans took to the comments section to embarrassingly reveal that they had been mispronouncing her name.
One person wrote: “I’ve read like 20 of your books and I’ve been saying it wrong all this time.”
Another user commented: ‘Oh no. I’ve said it wrong in so many interviews, I’m so sorry!!’
‘I’ve pronounced your name in all but the right ways, thank you for this!’ another person said.
One person said, ‘I’ve been so wrong for so long.’
‘OMG Jodi! I’ve been a fan of yours since high school and I’ve been pronouncing it wrong,’ another fan commented.
