In 2014, during the prestigious Oscars ceremony, John Travolta made an astonishing blunder by calling a person on stage… who didn’t exist! A look back at a moment that went around the world.
Awards ceremonies are sometimes the scene of astonishing blunders. We thus remember Vanessa Paradis’ unfortunate gaffe at the Césars or, obviously, the most incredible of all mistakes during the 2017 Oscars.
The Oscars, precisely… In 2014, John Travolta was one of the speakers at the ceremony, present to announce the arrival on the stage of the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles of Idina Menzel, the interpreter of Let It Go, the cult song from Frozen. An important moment of the Hollywood high mass which is about to delight all fans of the Disney animated classic. Except that these will quickly become disillusioned…
On the stage of the prestigious Oscars, on television, John Travolta will indeed commit an improbable blunder, provoking the wrath of Frozen lovers and the hilarity of many. Because the one who could soon reform a legendary duo on the big screen is going to get the name completely wrong. The American actually announces on stage, not Idina Menzel, but a certain Adele Dazeem, a person who absolutely does not exist!
John Travolta’s gaffe can be found below:
After this incident live in front of millions of viewers, John Travolta apologized flatly, but with humor, via a statement. “I flogged myself all day”declared the actor following the ceremony. “And then I thought, ‘What would Idina Menzel have said? She would have said “Let it go, let it go!” (“let it go”, obvious reference to the title of the song from Frozen, editor’s note). Idina is incredibly talented and I’m happy that the film won two Oscars.”
John Travolta was right: Idina Menzel didn’t hold it against him. A year later, during the 2015 Oscars ceremony, she even decided to laugh at this gaffe with a nice “revenge”. The American actually called John Travolta on stage under the name of… Glom Gazingo!
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