Thursday, March 28, 2024

Terrence Howard Gives Play by Play of his Oscars Debacle (Watch)

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*Finally…an explanation of what really happened as Terrence Howard presented the best picture nominees at the Academy Awards last month.

As previously reported, his reading of the teleprompter was filled with painfully-awkward pauses, overly-dramatic intonations, a pause to swallow emotion and at one point, an abrupt knocking noise that sounded like he bumped himself into the microphone while the camera was panning the audience.

On Monday, the “Empire” star stopped by “The Tonight Show” to explain what in the world was going on. Turns out, it wasn’t a teleprompter fail at all, as we had surmised. 

Howard said he memorized his speech the night before and was really trying to give the audience a dramatic delivery without having to use the teleprompter. But when he got out on stage and saw the likes of Oprah Winfrey staring back at him, his memory failed him and he floundered.

Below, Howard walks Jimmy through the several stages of fail that led up to the messy introduction seen by millions around the world:

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