Pink Once Explained Why Calling Her by Her Real Name Makes Her Uncomfortable

Many know the music artist Pink by her stage name. But her famous moniker originally started out as a nickname she was called as a child. However, the singer once admitted she even preferred her loved ones to call her by her stage name than her real one. If only because anyone calling her by her real name now makes her uncomfortable.

Pink got her stage name because of childhood bullying

Pink actually received her nickname long before she was a megastar. The alias was inspired by an embarrassing incident she experienced as a child. But it was also perpetrated in part by a well-known Quentin Tarantino movie.

“It’s just a nickname that’s been following me my whole life. It was a mean thing at first; some kids at camp pulled my pants down and I blushed so much, and they were like, ‘Ha ha! Look at her! She’s pink!’ And then the movie Reservoir Dogs came out-and Mr. Pink was the one with the smart mouth, so it just happened all over again,” she once told CNN (via Hollywood).

Pink was uncomfortable with people calling her by her real name

Pink eventually grew from a nickname to a household name. The singer became a successful artist in her own right, selling millions of albums worldwide and earning several accolades. But because of her growing fame, her friends stopped addressing her as Pink. Now her real name, Alecia, is seen as her personal nickname.

“All my friends have pretty much reverted back to Alecia because the world has claimed Pink. It was my nickname but now it’s not ours anymore, it’s just how everyone knows me. Now Alecia is more like my nickname, my pet name,” she once told WENN (via Digital Spy).

But apart from that, others using her government makes her uncomfortable for another reason.

“I’m still getting used to it. It’s very strange. [My husband] Carey uses Alecia when he’s mad at me. When anybody is mad at me they call me Alecia. That’s why it makes me uncomfortable,” she said.

‘Reservoir Dogs’ actor Steve Buscemi once admitted he blew off Pink

Many are aware that Reservoir Dogs’ Steve Buscemi portrayed Mr. Pink in the critically acclaimed Tarantino film. As a fan of the film and Buscemi himself, she couldn’t resist approaching the actor when she spotted him on a New York street. But because Pink asserted that she lacked a certain level of tact, she made the meeting between them quite uncomfortable.

“I ran at him on a New York Street,” Pink once explained on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I physically – I’m like a hummingbird with my love. I’m very aggressive. And I remember I was dressed in a silver ensemble. I had short pink hair and a tongue ring. I was just, ‘You’re Steve Buscemi, and I’m Pink, and you’re Pink! And I’m gonna be super famous, and I just love you.’ He’s like, ‘What the f***?’”

In his own interview with Jimmy Fallon, Buscemi would address this meeting. He confirmed that Pink did introduce herself to him in New York.

“She said, ‘I’m Pink, and I have an album coming out soon.’ This is like 20 years ago. And she said, ‘I got my name sort of because your character in Reservoir Dogs. It was very flattering,” Buscemi said.

But Buscemi was about to meet another popular artist in Paul McCartney. Because of this, he admitted he didn’t act too favorably towards Pink with McCartney on his mind.

“I was so anxious and nervous about meeting Paul McCartney that I don’t even know if I said anything to her,” he said.