Lupita Nyong’o’s name is
not only hard for Americans to pronounce but to
spell as well.
Jimmy Kimmel’s weeknights show on abc
channel took to the streets to find out if anyone
could correctly spell the actress’ name.
The challenge had a monetary price to it, which
was doubled every time people failed in the
spelling competition.
Starting from $5 the Americans on the streets
struggled with Lupita’s surname some saying
they could not even attempt to spell her first
name which is of Mexican origin.
This despite the fact that Lupita is on the cover
of Vogue magazine, October edition.
The magazine documented the actress’ life in
her village home in Kisumu County in a YouTube
video as she learnt how to make Kenya’s staple
meal, ugali.
QUEEN OF KATWE
The Wednesday night Spellebrity segment on
Jimmy Kimmel’s show had to double the price
for spelling Lupita’s name every time someone
failed.
This increased the price from $5 (Sh500) to a
whopping $1,280 (Sh128,000) which was
ultimately won by a woman of Nigerian descent.
During the competition only two women spelled
Lupita’s surname correctly, both of African
descent, but one failed to include the apostrophe
which the show host said was key as it is placed
towards the end unlike Irish names whose
apostrophe is at the start of the name.
Lupita appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show to
promote her latest Movie Queen of Katwe which
premiers on Friday.
During her interview she discussed her
experience shooting the movie with a first time
young actress as her daughter whose plays
Phiona Mutesi, the chess guru.
She also discussed her starstruck moments
when she met Beyonce and Jay Z as well as
being mentioned on the American rapper’s We
Made It song.
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