Celebrities including Donald, Justin and Colombia-born actress Sofia Vergara weigh in on the moment when Miss Colombia was mistakenly crowned at the beauty pageant contest.
- Dec 21, 2015
AceShowbiz - Steve Harvey was completely embarrassed after he mistakenly announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the 2015 Miss Universe while the actual winner of the beauty pageant was Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach from Philippines. Donald Trump, Justin Bieber and Sofia Vergara took to social media following the event to weigh in on the awkward moment.
Donald, who used to own the Miss Universe pageant, retweeted a post from his follower which read, "Where's @realDonaldTrump when you need em? #MissUniverse2015." He also retweeted another post which read, "#MissUniverse DonaldTrump must be overjoyed that as soon as he sells the pageant it goes off the rails. We need you Mr Trump."
Justin, meanwhile, posted on Instagram a meme showing his face replaced with Steve's smiling face. The picture featured lyric from his song "Sorry" which read, "Is it too late now to say sorry?"
Sofia, who is from Colombia, quickly showed her support to Ariadna who was mistakenly announced as the winner of the beauty pageant. The "Modern Family" actress posted on Instagram a picture of Ariadna wearing the crown. She captioned it in Spanish, "Queen anyway."
One of the judges of the beauty pageant, Olivia Culpo, took to Twitter to share a video of Steve apologizing onstage. Alongside the video, the former Miss Universe wrote, "Poor Steve Harvey!!! But at least he did the right thing and rectified the situation #MissUniverse2015."
Poor Steve Harvey!!! But at least he did the right thing and rectified the situation #MissUniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/F03l7PeFGH
— Olivia Culpo (@oliviaculpo) December 21, 2015
Michael Strahan also came to Steve's defense. He tweeted, "Hosting anything especially live tv is anything but easy. @IAmSteveHarvey is still the man and made an honest mistake. It happens!" Similarly, Kevin Olusola said, "On a serious note, I feel terrible for both @IAmSteveHarvey and #MissColombia. He made a mistake. We all make 'em. #MissUniverse2015."