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Celebs Who Made Fools Of Themselves At Awards Shows

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Six celebrities turned some of the biggest stages in show business into blooper reels, and the cameras never blinked.

Awards shows run on a simple script: walk up, say thanks, walk off. But live television has a way of exposing the moment someone goes off-book, and a handful of A-listers have learned that lesson in front of millions of viewers. From a Best Picture flub to a stage dive gone wrong, these are the awards-night moments that outlived the ceremonies themselves.

• Sam Smith wrongly claimed at the 2016 Oscars that he might be the first openly gay man to win an Academy Award, a statement he had to walk back after past winner Dustin Lance Black and others pushed back publicly.
• Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced “La La Land” as Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017 after PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants handed them the wrong envelope; “Moonlight” was the actual winner.
• Kanye West interrupted 19-year-old Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs to declare that Beyoncé “had one of the best videos of all time.”

The Oscar Speech That Needed a Correction

At the 88th Academy Awards in 2016, Sam Smith took home Best Original Song for “Writing’s on the Wall,” his contribution to the James Bond film “Spectre.” In the heat of the moment, Smith told the audience he believed he might be the first openly gay man to win an Oscar, referencing a quote from Sir Ian McKellen. The claim was wrong on its face, and the correction came fast — Dustin Lance Black, who won Best Original Screenplay for “Milk” back in 2009, was among those who noted the error publicly. Smith apologized shortly after, clarifying that he’d misread the context of the McKellen quote rather than trying to erase anyone’s history.

Reaction Shots and a Stage Crash

Faith Hill gave one of country music’s most replayed reaction shots at the 2006 CMA Awards, throwing up her arms and mouthing an exaggerated “WHAT?” when Carrie Underwood was named Female Vocalist of the Year over her. Hill’s team later insisted it was a joke, not sour grapes, but the clip took on a life of its own regardless of the explanation.

Three years later, Kanye West produced the moment that still gets replayed every VMAs season. As Taylor Swift, then 19, accepted Best Female Video for “You Belong with Me,” West walked on stage, took the microphone from her hands, and told the crowd Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” deserved it instead.

“Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.”

Swift stood frozen as the crowd booed West off the stage, and the incident became one of the most talked-about crashes in VMAs history — the kind of moment that sits alongside other on-camera confrontations celebrities never quite live down.

A Stage Dive That Missed the Mark

Live performances carry their own risk, and Miguel found that out the hard way at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards. Performing “Adorn,” the R&B singer attempted a leap across the stage pit toward the audience — and came down directly on top of concertgoers instead, injuring a female spectator in the crowd. The stunt turned a smooth performance into a scramble, and it’s remembered now as one of several live-TV performance mishaps that outlasted the actual song in the public memory.

The Wrong Envelope

Nothing on this list tops the sheer scale of the mix-up at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017. Presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong envelope by a PricewaterhouseCoopers accountant, and Dunaway read “La La Land” as Best Picture. The “La La Land” producers were mid-speech when the actual winner, “Moonlight,” was revealed backstage, forcing a live, on-air correction in front of a stunned Dolby Theatre audience and a global broadcast audience. Beatty later explained he’d noticed the card was wrong but hesitated, unsure what to do with it in real time.

Adele Dazeem

John Travolta closed out the 86th Academy Awards blooper reel in 2014 by introducing Idina Menzel’s performance of “Let It Go” from “Frozen” — and mangling her name into “Adele Dazeem.” The flub instantly became a meme, spawning a name-generator website and a running joke that followed both stars for years. Travolta maintained he’d rehearsed the pronunciation with Menzel beforehand, which somehow made the on-air stumble even more baffling.

Nicki Swift’s rundown packs all six moments into a five-minute reel, timestamped so viewers can jump straight to Sam Smith at 0:25 or catch Travolta’s “Adele Dazeem” close-out at 4:50 — proof that even the most rehearsed awards season still leaves plenty of room for chaos on live TV.