Rob McElhenney has seen the online discourse around his name change and is chiming in. The Emmy winner, who made headlines for filing to legally change his name to Rob Mac last week, “dedicated exactly one minute” to explaining why he took such significant measures.

Rob McElhenney, soon to be known as Rob Mac, is defending the decision to change his last name. In a recent post on X, McElhenney shared a brief video explaining why he abridged his last name for those still scratching their heads over the news.