Steve Harvey Explains How He Mistakenly
Announced the Wrong Winner of Miss
Universe



Steve Harvey made a major blunder on
Sunday when he accidentally announced that
Miss Colombia , Ariadna Gutierrez, was the
new Miss Universe when the crown was really
supposed to go to Miss Philippines, Pia
Wurtzbach.
The comedian had a lot of explaining to do
when he met with the press after the show,
and copped to his "honest mistake" , all the
while explaining how he managed to confuse
the pageant contestants in the first place.
"The dishonorable thing would've been to
leave it like it was," he said. "It didn't deserve
to happen that way."
Harvey said that he accidentally said Miss
Universe instead of first runner-up when he
called out Miss Colombia, and realized it later
upon looking at his note card. "I just kept
reading the card and it said, 'First runner-up,'
and I went 'oh my goodness,'" Harvey
recalled.
He added that he didn't rehearse announcing
who would be Miss Universe because they did
not yet know who would win. After he
proclaimed Miss Colombia as the winner,
there was "a lot of hell going on" in his ear
piece.
Throughout the press conference, Harvey
owned up to his mistake, and also took to
Twitter to say sorry to both pageant
contestants.
"I'd like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss
Colombia and Miss Philippines for my huge
mistake. I feel terrible," he wrote. "Secondly,
I'd like to apologize to the viewers at that I
disappointed as well. Again it was an honest
mistake. I don't want to take away from this
amazing night and pageant. As well as the
wonderful contestants. They were all
amazing."

He also Instagrammed a photo of himself
apologizing backstage to Miss Philippines. "I
had the chance to apologize to Miss
Philippines and I'm thankful. #godisgood
#iloveyou I apologized to Miss Colombia as
well," Harvey wrote.

Source. ET