Cleveland Native Steve Harvey Takes the Crown for 2015’s Biggest TV Mistake

As your Facebook friends have been kind enough to point out all day, longtime Family Feud host and Cleveland native Steve Harvey hosted the Miss Universe Pageant last night in Las Vegas, where he crowned the wrong woman the winner. Oops!

Harvey announced Miss Colombia as this year's winner, but soon realized that Miss Philippines was the true queen. 

As seen in the video above, Miss Philippines cautiously descends to center stage, where the awkwardness climaxed as the crown was lifted off Miss Colombia’s head and placed atop Miss Philippines'. The Internet, of course, exploded immediately, calling out the classic TV mishap:

Steve Harvey did his best Kanye impersonation tonight pic.twitter.com/Atpzn7GSud

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewset) December 21, 2015

Harvey, a comedian, author, and TV/radio host, took to Twitter to apologize various times last night. In his initial Twitter apology, which was soon deleted, he failed yet again, spelling the names of both countries incorrectly. He finally launched an apology that was not riddled with errors:

I'd like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake. I feel terrible.

— Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey) December 21, 2015

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

Thirdly, he should have apologized to the Democrats for creating a moment where things actually did fall apart without Donald Trump, who was formerly associated with the pageant. 

According to the official Miss Universe Snapchat though, Harvey may not be to blame. He says the teleprompter said "Miss Universe- Colombia" but the video was quickly removed. 

On the Snapchat story, Steve Harvey says the Teleprompter said Miss Colombia won #MissUniverse2015 pic.twitter.com/3dBclNY58I

— Justin Taylor (@TheSmarmyBum) December 21, 2015

Whatever really happened, this incident is no reason not to go out and celebrate Cleveland's "Steve Harvey Day" on Jan. 17, as proclaimed by Mayor Frank Jackson last year. Harvey graduated from Glenville High School in 1974, becoming a stand-up comedian in 1985. Harvey grew up on E. 112th Street which has been rededicated in his honor.