Ex-England football ace Emile Heskey gives a different moniker in coffee shops – so they don’t shout out ‘Emily’.
The former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker has got so fed up at baristas getting it wrong that he uses a middle name instead. Emile, 45, moaned: “Whenever I go into a coffee shop now and they write your name on the cup, I say, ‘William’ because they’ll inevitably shout out, ‘Emily’.”
The footballer – born Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey – said it’s not the first time he’s suffered trouble with people pronouncing his name. He was called ‘Emily’ as a contestant on the kids’ show, EMU-TV, with Rod Hull and Emu.
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Emile told FourFourTwo magazine: “As soon as he gets my name wrong, you can see I’m thinking, ‘What’s he talking about?’” In his memoir ‘Even Heskey Scored’, the Leicester-born marksman shared more about his embarrassing telly encounter.
He said: “Not many people know this but in 1989 I took part in the ‘Emu Challenge’, as part of The Rod and Emu Show on TV. “You can find the video on YouTube if you really want to. My media agent, Ade Danes, tells anyone who will listen to watch it. Cheers, Ade.
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“I’m there on the screen in a pink shirt, doing an assault course for the 8th Leicester Boys Brigade, along with two other lads, Darren and Ryan. We were on Rod Hull’s team and I was introduced as Emily, which Rod apologised for, before later calling me Emily himself.
“From the look on my face, I don’t seem best pleased. We beat the other team from Nottingham, who were in Grotbags’ team and won £100 for charity. People still struggle with my name. I’ve been called Emily way too often.”
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