Steve Harvey undid almost all of the great work from his career with one of the bigger blunders in recent TV history.
While hosting the Miss Universe 2015 pageant, Harvey announced the wrong winner before later having to correct himself, thereby dethroning the woman who thought she had won, and giving the title to someone who thought she had lost.
Cold world pic.twitter.com/98JM6abNdI (h/t @samfbiddle)
— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) December 21, 2015
Poor Miss Colombia for having to go through that, and congratulations to Miss Philippines.
Of course, why would you put “first” runner-up if the person finished second? You’re just trying to trick Harvey. The memes and jokes to come as a result were pretty good:
The ballot card Steve Harvey read incorrectly pic.twitter.com/aW1zNHBGGd
— Robin Leach (@Robin_Leach) December 21, 2015
SHOW ME MISS COLOMBIA! pic.twitter.com/3o7aw3u4t5
— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) December 21, 2015
The moment you named the wrong #MissUniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/mg71gWCKqx
— StevieG the truth™ (@StevieGthetruth) December 21, 2015
"My bad" pic.twitter.com/YmScpCWVaL
— Natalian (@NatGotti) December 21, 2015
"Why dont they just call it 'Second Place'?" – Steve Harvey pic.twitter.com/RrKjPtsvGT
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) December 21, 2015
Congratulations on your ascension to memehood, Steve Harvey pic.twitter.com/gRiwKqWciI
— Luke Zimmermann (@lukezim) December 21, 2015
Steve Harvey is now qualified to be the next GM of the Dolphins
— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) December 21, 2015
— Reggie Promo (@Reg_PromoMyShit) December 21, 2015
#MissUniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/atiyledNTL
— Danny (@recordsANDradio) December 21, 2015
Not quite what I had in mind RT @pat_schernekau @cjzero already done. pic.twitter.com/Yx0jZU39xt
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) December 21, 2015
And then of course there was Magic Johnson with the premature congratulations:
.@IAmSteveHarvey has done it again, an incredible job hosting the Miss Universe Pageant!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 21, 2015
W/ the great job that @IAmSteveHarvey does hosting Family Feud, Steve Harvey TV show & morning radio show we forget he started as a comedian
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 21, 2015
My brother @IAmSteveHarvey, you are the best entertainer on television!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) December 21, 2015
— Tony Gerdeman (@GerdOZone) December 21, 2015
This is when I say Goodnight to Twitter. pic.twitter.com/WOTVzmVFjc
— Astasia Williams (@AstasiaWillTV) December 21, 2015
But what happened when Harvey tried to apologize on Twitter? Just a little bit of a spelling problem.
* Philippines
** Colombia pic.twitter.com/gwbSwZxmeD
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) December 21, 2015
