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Some celebrity slip-ups are too iconic to ever forget. Join us as we count down the most jaw-dropping public gaffes that have followed the stars who made them everywhere they go! From red-carpet blunders to live TV disasters, these cringeworthy moments prove that fame offers no immunity from embarrassment. Which of these unforgettable fails put you in cringe overload?
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00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down art picks for the most jaw-dropping
00:13public-facing celebrity gaffes that won't be forgotten anytime soon.
00:2210. Ryan Seacrest Attempts to High-Five a Blind Man
00:30Bet you saw this one coming. During the Season 8 auditions of American Idol, host Ryan Seacrest attempted what was
00:36meant to be a friendly high-five with contestant Scott McIntyre. The problem? The classically trained pianist was visually impaired.
00:43I'm pumped. As you should be. Well, I'm giving you a high-five. Congratulations. There it is.
00:51Seacrest raised his hand enthusiastically, only to have McIntyre miss the cue entirely. When the host realized the awkwardness, he
00:58grabbed McIntyre's hand anyway. The moment aired on Fox and has since been replayed across the internet countless times.
01:04I was just laughing at how big that blew up. It was as big as the Hudson Plain River landing
01:08for a while.
01:09Yep. What could have been a simple celebratory gesture turned into an iconic meme. One that is set to haunt
01:14Ryan Seacrest for the rest of time.
01:169. Zac Efron Drops a Condom at the Lorax Premiere
01:20At the 2012 world premiere of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax in Los Angeles, Zac Efron experienced one of the oddest
01:25red carpet moments in recent memory. This is when a condom slipped out of Zac's pocket and fell onto the
01:30carpet.
01:30You dropped a condom. Yeah. On the red carpet, which I think gives you at least… It was really hard
01:36for you to say. No, it wasn't actually. No, I think it gives you credit. I mean, you know, better
01:40to be safe than sorry.
01:41Cameras from various entertainment media caught the moment as Efron, then 24 and promoting the family film, blushed his way
01:47through questions about the mishap. When today host Matt Lauer bluntly asked him about it on air, Efron joked about
01:53instituting a pocket checking policy before future premieres.
01:56Uh, I never really had a pocket checking policy prior to going onto the red carpet before, but now we've
02:04fully instated one.
02:05Not a bad idea for when you're about to step onto a heavily photographed carpet.
02:098. Fergie Has An Accident On Stage
02:12During a mid-2000s Black Eyed Peas performance, Fergie had one of the most embarrassing live show mishaps ever captured
02:23on camera.
02:24In a truly unfortunate situation, the singer urinated in her pants mid-set.
02:28In a later interview with Hot 97, Fergie explained that the band was stuck in traffic on the way to
02:33the show, and she was unable to use the bathroom before being rushed to the stage.
02:37Yes, this is not just happened all the time. You guys, yes, it was late for stage, it was driving
02:42down the freeway, it's Friday traffic, San Diego, get some stage, we have to start the show, I'm running on,
02:47and I have to jump.
02:48According to her, it was the most unattractive moment of her life. It's certainly a scenario no performer once etched
02:54into their public legacy, but unfortunately for Fergie, it's one many still remember.
03:017. Tom Holland's Many Marvel Spoilers
03:04Few MCU stars are more endearingly loose-lipped than Tom Holland, whose genuine excitement has led to several real on
03:11-camera spoilers.
03:11Over the years, he's made a few high-profile slip-ups, including announcing the title of Spider- Far From
03:17Home early and once walking onto a surprise screening stage and joking, I'm alive, inadvertently hinting at Spider-Man's fate
03:23in Avengers film before the audience had seen it.
03:26I don't even know how to react to what Tom just said there. I mean, I really don't.
03:30What did I just say?
03:31You said Spider-Man's in space.
03:33Oh, that thing! Right, yeah. It's really awesome.
03:36It's like Men in Black. Every 20 seconds, we just wipe it.
03:39Holland has acknowledged his talkative nature, and fellow cast members like Benedict Cumberbatch have joked about helping him keep from
03:45revealing too much.
03:46And because of this history, it's reported that Marvel limits how much information he's given. Sheesh.
03:52Please, I don't want to go. I don't want to go.
03:59I'm so hurt.
04:016. Mariah Carey's New Year's Eve Tech Meltdown
04:04When Mariah Carey took to the stage for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on December 31, 2016, fans expected
04:10fireworks.
04:11What they got instead was a train wreck.
04:13Well, Happy New Year!
04:16We can't hear, but I'll just get through the motions, okay?
04:21Awesome.
04:22During her highly promoted performance in Times Square, audience watched in real time as Carey struggled with her in-ear
04:27monitors and backing tracks, leading her to stop singing live.
04:30Carey and her team accused production of sabotage while producers denied the claims, citing that her body double rehearsed while
04:36she did not.
04:44Regardless, the tango performance instantly became one of the most notorious New Year's Eve moments ever.
04:49Bring the feathers on, yes!
04:52And, um, it just don't get any better.
04:585.
04:59Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar Strip
05:01At the 86th Academy Awards, Jennifer Lawrence became a viral sensation.
05:05Only, it wasn't for her win, but for her stumble.
05:08The fall on the way up to the stage?
05:09Was that on purpose?
05:11Absolutely.
05:11What happened?
05:13What do you mean what happened?
05:14Look at my dress!
05:16You see, as she walked up the stage stairs to accept the Oscars for Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook,
05:22Lawrence tripped in front of global cameras.
05:23The moment was captured in slow-motion GIFs and broadcast clips that spread across the internet within hours.
05:29To be fair, Lawrence had a good humor response to it all, which no doubt softened the blow.
05:33But years later, that iconic red carpet tumble remains one of the most replayed moments in Oscar history.
05:39What went through my mind when I fell down?
05:41Uh, a bad word that I can't say that starts with F.
05:484.
05:48Ashley Simpson's SNL Slip Up
05:58In October 2004, Ashley Simpson's musical stint on Saturday Night Live became a cautionary tale.
06:04For her second song of the night, Simpson stepped up to sing her single, Pieces of Me.
06:08However, the wrong backing track began to play and immediately exposed that she wasn't singing live.
06:13On a Monday, I am waiting.
06:16Tuesday, I'm fading.
06:19I'm fading.
06:20I'm fading.
06:22I'm fading.
06:22Simpson was left flailing in the moment, choosing to do an awkward little dance before exiting the stage.
06:27The incident became one of the most ridiculed SNL gaffes in the show's story history.
06:31And while she has since made attempts to put the incident behind her, the stumble continues to be a defining
06:36moment of her career.
06:37For me, it was the most humbling experience of my life because the whole world thinks everything that you just
06:45put your heart and soul into writing is a joke.
06:483.
06:49John Travolta Butchers in Dina Menzel's Name
06:51Please welcome the wickedly talented one and only Adele Dazeem.
06:57Yeah, that's John Travolta flubbing Dina's name while introducing her at the 2014 Oscars.
07:02There are unforgettable award show flubs and then there's this.
07:05When John Travolta stepped onto the Academy Awards stage in 2014 to introduce Dina Menzel for a performance of Let
07:12It Go, he confidently announced her as the now infamous Adele Dazeem.
07:16They said, oh, by the way, we've changed Dina's name to a phonetic spelling.
07:20But what do you mean?
07:22Go!
07:23The name wasn't just slightly off.
07:25It was hilariously unrecognizable, which made the moment explode online within minutes.
07:29Many were surprised that such a dramatic mispronunciation happened to someone as established as Menzel, already a major Broadway star
07:36at this point.
07:37It just threw me a little bit.
07:38How many times a day?
07:39But now it's the best thing that's ever happened.
07:40Travolta later apologized, but by that point, the blunder had taken on a life of its own, with Adele Dazeem
07:46instantly cemented as a lasting pop culture punchline.
07:492.
07:50Jeffrey Toobin's Zoom Oops
07:51Hi, Jeffrey.
07:52Hello, Allison.
07:53It's been a while.
07:54It has been a while, indeed.
07:55I feel like we should address what's happened.
07:59Some Zoom mistakes you can laugh off.
08:01This was not one of them.
08:02In October 2020, veteran legal analyst and attorney Jeffrey Toobin, best known as a longtime contributor to The New Yorker
08:09and a legal commentator on CNN, became the face of the pandemic's most infamous video call blunder.
08:14During a remote work meeting, Toobin engaged in explicit behavior while he mistakenly believed his camera was off.
08:19New Yorker has suspended the longtime writer. Toobin himself asked to be taken off the air at CNN while he
08:25deals with a, quote, personal issue.
08:27All say, what happens to Toobin now? His best-selling book about the O.J. Simpson trial, The Run of
08:32His Life, was the basis for the star-studded FX movie. Toobin had other books in development for Hollywood productions.
08:38News of the incident went viral, leading to a suspension and eventually departure from both organizations. In an era dominated
08:44by remote meetings, the moment became a mortifying on-screen oversight that likely won't be forgotten.
08:50Have you ever thought about what it must have been like to be on the receiving end of that Zoom
08:54call?
08:55Well, I haven't just thought about it. I've spoken to several of my former colleagues at The New Yorker about
09:01it. And, you know, they were shocked and appalled.
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09:39Number one, Steve Harvey names the wrong Miss Universe.
09:43One of you is about to become our new Miss Universe.
09:49Mistakes don't get more awkward than this.
09:52At the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas on December 20th, 2015, host Steve Harvey made one of the biggest
09:57broadcast blunders in television history.
10:02Columbia!
10:06Harvey initially announced Columbia's Ariadna Gutierrez as the winner.
10:10But as she began celebrating with the crown ceremony, our host shockingly returned to the stage to correct himself.
10:15I have to apologize.
10:29The first runner-up is Columbia.
10:36Yep, the true Miss Universe was actually Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach. Millions watched live in disbelief as confusion unfolded in
10:44real time, transforming the finale form a glamorous moment into a cringe-inducing slip-up to top all others.
10:51I will take responsibility for this.
10:54It was my mistake.
10:56It was on the card.
10:58Horrible mistake, but the right thing, I can show it to you right here.
11:03Which of these celebrities' mistakes put you in cringe overload?
11:06Let us know in the comments down below.
11:08Let us know in the comments down below.
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