--- title: Chelsea Clinton Suggests What Bill Clinton May Be Called description: Chelsea Clinton is offering a new clue about her father might be called if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November canonical: https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T12:39:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:44:26.447Z article:section: Politics og:title: Chelsea Clinton Suggests What Bill Clinton May Be Called og:description: Chelsea Clinton is offering a new clue about her father might be called if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November og:url: https://time.com/4428147/bill-clinton-first-lady-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338b69c1bacf39d2/69889ff98e06011679466f16/bill-clinton-first-gentleman-hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: bill clinton first gentleman hillary clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chelsea Clinton Suggests What Bill Clinton May Be Called twitter:description: Chelsea Clinton is offering a new clue about her father might be called if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338b69c1bacf39d2/69889ff98e06011679466f16/bill-clinton-first-gentleman-hillary-clinton.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Chelsea Clinton Says Her Dad Wants to Be Called if Hillary Wins > Sponsored content. 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Taking on the role of devoted political spouse, former President Bill Clinton declared his wife Hillary Clinton an impassioned “change-maker,” serving as character witness for her on the night she triumphantly became the first woman nominated._  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2016 12:39 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 28, 2016 12:39 PM UTC Since [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4424365/dnc-hillary-clinton-nomination/) entered the presidential race political observers have speculated on [what her husband Bill Clinton would be called](http://time.com/4102755/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-election/) if he were to become the first male spouse to a U.S. president. Now, the couple’s daughter Chelsea is offering a new clue. “He likes to hearken back to his Irish roots so I think he would love to be called First Laddie,” Chelsea Clinton [joked on the TODAY show](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/758629016773373953) Thursday, referring to an Irish and Scottish word for boy. Told by TODAY show host Matt Lauer that the name was unlikely to catch on, Clinton acknowledged that her “vote was for first gentleman.” ## Transcript In the spring of 1971, I met a girl. I went up to her and she said she was gonna register for classes for the next term. I said I'd go too, and we stood in line and talked, you had to do that to register back then And I thought I was doing pretty well til we got to the front of the line and the registrar looked up and said, Bill, what are you doing here? You registered this morning. [ LAUGH ] And I really hope that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career Was a decision she would never regret. She's insatiably curious, she's a natural leader, she's a good organizer, and she's the best darn change maker I've ever met in my entire life. [ APPLAUSE ] Since she went to Beijing in 1995 and said women's rights are human rights and human rights are Women's rights. [ APPLAUSE ] She worked to empower women and girls around the world, and to make the same exact declaration on behalf of the LGBT community in America and around the world. [ APPLAUSE ] How does this square with the things That you heard at the Republican convention. What's the difference in what I told you and what they said? How do you square it? You can't. One is real, the other is made up. You just have to decide which is which my fellow Americans The real one had done more positive change making before she was 30 than many public officials do in a life time in office. [ APPLAUSE ] Good for you because earlier today you nominated the real woman. If you love this country, you're working hard, you're paying taxes, and you're obeying the law and you'd like to become a citizen, you should choose immigration reform over somebody that wants to send you back. [ APPLAUSE ] If you're a Muslim and you love America and freedom and you hate terror Stay here and help us win and make a future together. [ APPLAUSE ] We want you. [ APPLAUSE ] The reason you should elect her is that in the greatest country on Earth, we have always been about tomorrow, your children and grandchildren. We'll bless you forever if you do. God bless you, thank you. 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