The controversial Miss Universe 2015 host, Steve Harvey speak up for the very first time about the controversial ending of the world’s most prestigious beauty pageant which initially crowned the wrong winner due to an error made by the veteran comedian and TV host.
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Steve Harvey made international headlines during the coronation night of the Miss Universe 2015 which was held last December 20 (December 21 in Manila). The host first proclaimed Miss Ariadna Gutierrez of Colombia as the Miss Universe winner, but return on stage to say that Miss Pia Wurtzbach won the title.
According to Miss Universe host during the “Steve Harvey Morning Show,” he only realized his mistake when he saw the “confusion” backstage after the pageant.
The host recalled “All hell broke loose. All I heard people saying backstage was, ‘that’s the wrong name.’ And then a guy came to me and said… they say you said the wrong name,” he recalled.
“All I hear was confusion backstage. I was standing in the wing, so what I did was I said I’ll go fix it… I took it upon myself and walked out there to do something… All I could think of was, here’s a problem – the lady who won, Miss Philippines, is standing there as a loser. She got all the votes and the points. So I’m going out there and I will say I made a mistake. Did I make a mistake? Yes, I did, wholeheartedly,” he added.
Steve Harvey also noted that it was more convenient for him to let the Miss Universe pageant organizers to resolve the mix-up, he decided to correct his announcement on live television because it is the right thing to do.
The veteran comedian and TV host vehemently denied that his mistake was part of a publicity stunt for Miss Universe, stressing that he never wanted the kind of attention he is getting now.
I have a big respect of Mr. Steve Harvey and I admired and commended him of correcting his honest mistake. It takes a lot of guts to go out there publicly that the whole world was watching to simply admitted it, and he sure did . It was an honest mistake and it it is as simple as that.