Steve Harvey Fails Hard At Miss Universe

Steve Harvey Fails Hard At Miss Universe, Announces Wrong Winner

While he has spent years having to listen to people say the most ridiculous things on “Family Feud,” the biggest fail of the year, ironically, came from Steve Harvey himself when he apparently forgot how to read on last night’s Miss Universe.

Aside from having to choose through an assortment of pocket squares for the night, the only job Steve had was to announce the runner-ups and winner of the night. And he did that correctly until it came to announcing the first runner-up, which he stated was the Philippines, making Colombia Miss Universe.

There was one tiny mistake, though; Colombia was the actual first-runner up and the Philippines was the true winner, making it one of the most awkward moments of the year. Take a look at the cringeworthy moment below:

Steve quickly apologized on stage: “Listen, folks. Let me just take control of this. This is exactly what’s on the card. I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake.”

Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez-Arévalo, was then forced to give up the crown on stage to the Philippines’ Pia Alonzo Wurztbach in what has to be the shortest reign ever.

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

Miss Universe pageant officials had this to say: “The excitement of live TV was evident tonight on the Miss Universe stage with over 10 million live fan votes tabulated,” pageant officials said. “Unfortunately, a live telecast means that human error can come into play. We witnessed that tonight when the wrong winner was initially announced.”

The Internet of course had a hell of a good time laughing at Steve. Check out some of their reactions:

You had one job, one job and it was to read this correctly ! #MissUniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/hc8zuHzlPu

— feLIZ navidad (@elizabethxxoo) December 21, 2015