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Shortly thereafter, she raised eyebrows by failing to cite slavery as a cause of the American Civil War.

The thing is, his name isn’t actually Michael.

Nikki Haley smiling at an event

It’s William, Bill for short.

Or, rather, itused to beWilliam.

Have you ever met someone and thought, “Gee, you don’t look like a John.

Nikki and Michael Haley clapping

You look more like an Andrew to me”?

To which, of course, her confused partner responded, “You know it’s Bill.”

Pressing further, Nikki told him he simply did not look like a Bill and asked his full name.

Nikki Haley smiling

From that point on, Nikki started calling her boyfriend Michael.

And then her friends started to call him Michael.

“He looks like a Michael,” Nikki says matter-of-factly in her book.

And so Michael he became.

But that doesn’t mean others don’t have strong opinions about how Michael became Michael.

One person shared their damning take on X,stating, “That seems… And, of course, Haley is her married name.