John Travolta obviously never heard of Idina Menzel before he introduced her performance at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, or bothered to rehearse, because he completely butchered her name.
Travolta called Menzel something reminiscent of “Adele Dazim” ahead of her performance of “Let It Go” from Frozen. It can even be argued he called her “Adela Dazeem.”
The songwriter, Bobby Lopez, actually became the youngest EGOT winner and Menzel sang the song beautifully despite Travolta’s misstep.
This Vine video of Travola saying her name incorrectly during his introduction has since gone viral:
The name Adele Dazim even has a Twitter page now, being described as “Singer of ‘Let it Go’ from the Oscar winning film ‘Frozen.’”
"Thanks for the introduction, John!" was one of its first tweets.
Thanks for the introduction, John! #oscars
— Adele Dazim (@AdeleDazim) March 3, 2014
Whoever made the Twitter account even joked to butcher host Ellen DeGeneres’ name, calling her “EmmenTajeneris.”
Travolta hasn’t publicly acknowledged his flub yet, and he doesn’t have a Twitter account.