can’t say it for the life of me!” she told Seacrest as they revisited the topic later in the show.
“Well she happened to hear you say her name – half of it – and she’s on the phone now,” he said.
Cuoco then piped up: “I’m so mad that you couldn’t say my last name I had to call in!”
For some reason, I was like, ‘I can’t do it anymore. Just call me Emily’. Nathan calls me Em, which is easier.”
“That’s a way of bridging it,” Nathan added.
The Poor Things star revealed she wants to be called by her real name, Emily. (Jeff Kravitz / Contributor / Getty Images)
The Poor Things star revealed she wants to be called by her real name, Emily. (Jeff Kravitz / Contributor / Getty Images)
The interviewer then asked the La La Land actor what she would do if a fan came up to her and addressed her by her real ,” Emma replied when asked if she would correct the fan. “That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily.”
Nathan then quipped: “I’ll switch it up. I’m going to go back and forth.”
Emma previously opened up about her choice to go with ‘Emma’ instead of ‘Emily’ and revealed it was all down to her favourite Spice Girl – Baby Spice AKA Emma Bunton.
Speaking on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, she explained: “Growing up, I was super blonde, and my real name is Emily, but I wanted to be called Emma because of Baby Spice and guess what? Now I am.
