Scarlett Johansson is sick of being referred to as ScarJo.
“Oh, it’s awful,” the “We Bought a Zoo” actress complains to USA Today. “It’s a laziness. People can’t actually say the whole name? It’s just bizarre … Cate Blanchett is not, like, ‘CaBla?’ Why do I have to get stuck?”
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While Johansson doesn’t specify how she feels about ScoJo, an alternate nickname used just as frequently, she does reveal that having an oft-used nickname does have one advantage — it helps her decide if someone yelling her name is a random fan or an actual friend.
“If I hear somebody say [ScarJo], I know I don’t know them at all,” she explained.
Meanwhile, Johansson says that she loves her hometown, New York City.
“The city is very kind to me,” she says. “It wraps its big, warm arms around me and keeps me safe. I feel good here.”
Except when people yell out her nickname on the street.