In 2014, one of the nominees for Best Song was “Let it Go” from “Frozen.” While viewers awaited a live performance from Broadway belter Idina Menzel, John Travolta completely bungled her name. Introducing the actor who voiced Elsa, he said, “Please welcome the wickedly talented, one and only, Adele Dazeem.” The song won the Oscar, but the “Pulp Fiction” star had some vocalizing of his own to do.
“I’ve been beating myself up all day,” he told Deadline. “Then I thought…what would Idina Menzel say, She’d say, Let it go, let it go!” Slate set up a widget to “Travoltify” your name, noting, “You’re no one until you’ve had your name mangled by a confused, squinting John Travolta.” On an episode of James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke,” Menzel talked about being extra nervous after the unforgettable name flub.
“At first, I felt really sorry for myself, like Meryl Streep’s out there, this is my big break. And he just f***ed up my name.” As for what happened, Travolta told Jimmy Kimmel he was flustered after getting stuck in an elevator and seeing Goldie Hawn backstage. Regardless, Menzel told Corden, “It was the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.” At the 2015 Oscars, per People, the duo reunited to present the winner for Best Song. The singer had the chance to turn the tables on the “Grease” star, introducing him jokingly as “Glom Gazingo.”
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