Posted on 12/22/2015 5:39:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Steve Harvey took the blame for perhaps the most epic beauty pageant host blunder of all time on Sunday night’s Miss Universe 2015 Pageant, but some are pointing to a backstage Snapchat video as proof the mistake may have been someone else's.
A seven-second behind-the-scenes video shows Harvey immediately after naming the wrong winner -- Miss Colombia instead of Miss Philippines -- pointing to a cue card and talking to an unidentified person saying: "The teleprompter said Miss Universe -- Colombia."
Snapchat is a social media platform that features user-generated short videos. The video in question looks as if it were posted on the Miss Universe Snapchat channel, but it is no longer there. It has however been shared multiple times by users, including a pageant queen from the Miss America organization, Miss Alabama Meg McGuffin, who wrote: "Watch the Miss Universe snap story ... Harvey says, "The TelePrompter said Miss Universe--Colombia"...someone in production is fired...."
Sports Illustrated writer Kenny Ducey tweeted, "Conspiracy theory #2 -- the teleprompter."
Another social media user, Taylor Ramsey, weighed in: "Teleprompter was wrong. Yes he had a card, but we all know the card is just for show ...from #Miss Universe snapchat."
Harvey immediately apologized for the mistake calling it a "human error," and apologized on Twitter.
"I'd like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
The weirdest thing is that in my little life it was Steve Harvey Day Saturday. I was working with toys on the weekend before Christmas. All day I had boxes of the Family Feud game in my hand, all day. I was so sick of his face by the end of my day. I come home and BANG he is the news story of the night (for a short while until Lakeisha).
No, not at all.
In this modern day and age, an announcer shouldn’t have to be able to read English.
The final tally is not in the teleprompter because the contestants would be able to see the results too before the announcement.
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