Why Is He Going By Sean *P* Hayes Now?

Back in his Will & Grace days he just went by Sean Hayes, no middle initial. He’s had some work since W&G and, as far as I know, he didn’t use his middle initial then.

But he has a new show coming out on NBC this fall and in all the promos his middle initial is being used.

Anyone know what’s up?

If you google his name with the “P” you get just him. If you google his name without the “P” you also get some other guy who is a musician.

A far better name would be Just Jack.

Could be that the actor had to join a union that the musician is in (musicians union? Stage actors guild?) and the musician got there first with the name.

“Pompous”?

^Well done.

He got tired of people falling down laughing when he said the ‘P’ was silent.

Who ironically is also named Sean P. Hayes.

This sort of thing is why some of us use made-up names online, professionally, and so on.