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Tiffany Haddish mispronounced the names of multiple nominees while announcing the Oscar nominations on Tuesday, January 23, and Twitter had a lot to say about it!
Andy Serkis and Tiffany Haddish announcing the 2018 Oscar Nominations.
It’s that time of year again! The nominations for the 2018 Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, January 23. Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis revealed this year’s nominees from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The Shape of Water leads with 13 nominations, followed by Dunkirk with eight and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with seven. Lady Bird scored […]
“Daniel Kool-yay… Kal-a-loo… Kall-elujah… Daniel Kall-elujah — You know it, he know his name!” the Girl’s Trip star said while announcing Daniel Kaluuya’s Best Actor nomination for Get Out on Tuesday, January 23.
Haddish also struggled with the pronunciation of Missouri when announcing the various nominations for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Her other flubs included the names of Call Me By Your Name‘s screenwriter James Ivory and The Post‘s producer Kristie Macosko Krieger.
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Some fans thought Haddish mispronouncing the names was hilarious:
“Tiffany Haddish trying to pronounce these names/titles is my new religion. #OscarNoms,” one user wrote.
A fan tweeted, “Tiffany Haddish mispronouncing all the Oscar nominees’ names is the best thing to happen in 2018 so far.”
“Who’s hosting the Oscars? Is it Tiffany Haddish? If not, it should be Tiffany Haddish,” a fan wrote.
Still can’t get over the best part of this morning’s nominations announcement, which was Tiffany Haddish mispronouncing Daniel Kaluuya’s name and then saying “You know it. He knows his name!!”
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While a lot of Twitter users laughed along with Haddish, there were some who did not think it was funny:
“Watching Oscar nominations… #TiffanyHaddish should have had days of #namepronunciationrehearsals. It was not funny!” one person tweeted.
Another user wrote, “Wow. @TiffanyHaddish is horrible at reading. Way to ruin the moment for these Oscar nominees. You’re not funny. You may be drunk. Go away. #OscarsNoms.”
“Tiffany Haddish literally butchered Daniel Kaluuya’s name,” a user tweeted. “Imagine being nominated for an Oscar while the hosts act like they don’t know you. this is the sunken place. #OscarNoms.”
Scroll through to see other reactions to Haddish’s name flubs:
Only @TiffanyHaddish can make mispronouncing names not only totally acceptable but also super charming!
