Steve Harvey Apologizes Multiple Times For ‘Miss Universe’ Mistake: I feel terrible. [VIDEO]
It was a rough Sunday evening for Steve Harvey. The talk show host and comedian hosted the Miss Universe competition and is now making headlines for making a critical mistake, when announcing the winner.
Harvey accidentally misread the finalists, stating that Miss Colombia was the winner but she was actually the first runner-up and Miss Philippines was the real winner. See a clip of what went down.
After rectifying the mishap life, Harvey hopped on Twitter writing:
I’d like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible.
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015
Secondly, I’d like to apologize to the viewers at that I disappointed as well. Again it was an honest mistake.
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015
I don’t want to take away from this amazing night and pageant. As well as the wonderful contestants. They were all amazing.
— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015
Here’s a photo of the card in question, that Harvey read from.
And while folk were highly critical of Harvey’s mistake, we combed through Twitter and spotted some jaw-dropping racially motivated tweets.
P.S. What are your thoughts? Are folk over-reacting about this or was this a massive mistake that should never have happened?
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