Timothée Baltz, a comedian and actor known for his role on The Righteous Gemstones, is ready to discuss his unique name, Timothée Joseph Baltz. With fellow actor Timothée Chalamet gaining fame, Baltz reflects on the challenges of having a name that confuses people due to its French spelling. He recounts the difficulty of growing up with that name in Joliet, Illinois, where peers struggled to pronounce it correctly, and teachers often mispronounced it, highlighting his empathy gained from those experiences.
My mom emigrated from France when she was in her late 20s. She definitely didn't think anything of it. To her, it was completely normal.
Just a lot of confusion. I remember peers not really understanding and pointing to an alphabet chart and pointing to the letter Y.
There was maybe even a tinge of that midwestern Who do you think you are? And the teachers really struggled.
Maybe part of the reason I'm so empathetic is that most of my childhood was spent watching these adults struggle with those two E's.
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