Tulisa Contostavlos has left fans gobsmacked after revealing that her name has been mispronounced for years.The N-Dubz singer dropped the bombshell during a chat on Olivia Attwood's podcast So Wrong It's Right, ahead of her appearance on I'm a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here. The 36 year old, who joined the jungle with Coleen Rooney and GK Barry, addressed the surprising fact after Olivia mentioned it. "Tulisa is not your actual name," Olivia said, catching Tulisa off guard. "No, it isn't," Tulisa replied. "You're the first person to bring that up ever.
Love that." Tulisa's full name is actually Tula Paulinea Contostavlos, a nod to her heritage. "My grandmother is also called Tula, so I was named after her," she explained. "Tulisa means 'tiny Tula' in Greek," reports the Express.
But that wasn't the only revelation.Tulisa also clarified that the correct pronunciation of her name is Tul-ITZ-ah, not the commonly used Tuh-LEES-a.
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