Appearing on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Monday to chat about his Hulu series Paradise, Sterling K. Brown opened up about why he went by Kelby as a teenager, before reverting back to his birth name at 16.

Sterling K. Brown reveals to Kelly Clarkson why he stopped going by his middle name. You might need some tissues.

For the first 16 years of his life, "Paradise" star Sterling K. Brown went by his middle name — Kelby — instead of his first name. The three-time Emmy winner spoke recently on " The Kelly Clarkson Show " about why he decided as a teen to go back to using Sterling as his first name.