Miss Universe tweet twits Oscars over 'Steve Harvey moment'
If anyone knows how to get back on their feet after a fall on the red carpet, it's the people over at the Miss Universe pageant.
Or so they'd like to tell the organizers of the Oscar Awards, who are still reeling from a gaffe that many are now calling a "Steve Harvey moment" after a similar incident at the Miss Universe 2015 beauty pageant.
Have your people call our people - we know what to do. #Oscars #MissUniverse
— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) February 27, 2017
In just 30 minutes since it was posted, the tweet earned over 14,000 likes and almost 12,000 retweets.
Comedian Steve Harvey gained Internet fame after he mistakenly announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner of the pageant, only to correct himself moments later and declare Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach as the true titlist.
Echoing Harvey's faux pas, Warren Beatty on Sunday (Monday afternoon Philippine Time) first mistakenly initially announced that musical "La La Land" had won, causing confusion and uproar on Hollywood's biggest night. Beatty said he had been given the wrong envelope to open.
But "Moonlight" won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, beating favorite "La La Land" for the movie industry's most prestigious award. — GMA News