If anyone understands how Oscar presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are probably feeling this morning, it鈥檚 Steve Harvey.
The comedian and TV and radio personality is offering his support and expertise on how to recover from public embarrassment after the two veteran actors read the wrong Best Picture winner during Sunday night鈥檚 Oscars.
鈥淐all me Warren Beatty. I can help you get through this! #Oscars,鈥 Harvey tweeted Monday morning, following his radio show talk where he addressed the incident.
In a bizarre and unprecedented flub, Beatty and Dunaway mistakenly announced 鈥淟a La Land鈥 as the winner instead of 鈥淢oonlight鈥 as a result of some sort of envelope mix up.
If this awkward and admittedly mildly entertaining scenario seemed familiar, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel made sure everyone was on the same page with a reminder of Harvey鈥檚 infamous Miss Universe blunder in 2015.
鈥淭his is very unfortunate what happened,鈥 Kimmel announced soon after the error was revealed. 鈥淧ersonally, I blame Steve Harvey for this.鈥
Harvey went down in award show history, and became the brunt of endless online jokes, when he crowned Miss Colombia as the 2015 Miss Universe pageant winner instead of the true winner, Miss Philippines.
The internet delighted in poking fun at Harvey following the cringe-worthy moment when the crown was taken off Miss Colombia鈥檚 head, mid-celebration, and given to the real winner.
As the Best Picture Oscar snafu was exposed and the Oscar was handed to the actual winners, social media users leapt at the opportunity to rekindle their fondness for memes and gifs featuring Harvey.
MOONLIGHT!
鈥 Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz)
made a surprise appearance at the
鈥 Caste (@CasteCreative)
Many watchers attempted to guess how the long-suffering comedian was reacting to the award show snafu.
Steve Harvey right now---
鈥 Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah)
That just happened! Where is Steve Harvey?
鈥 Sally Turner (@SallyTurnerNews)
Somewhere Steve Harvey looking like....
鈥 Emmanuel Acho (@thEMANacho)
Steve Harvey right now...
鈥 Charles Jenkins (@CharlesJenkins7)
A number of Twitter users pointed out that Harvey could now breathe a sigh of relief, knowing he isn鈥檛 the only one to make such a mistake.
Steve Harvey is off the hook
鈥 Tim Baysinger (@tim_bays)
Steve Harvey like..."I can breathe Again"
鈥 LaurenNY-7 (@AaliyahNevaeh7)
Harvey appeared to be revelling in the unexpected attention and even posted a couple of tongue-in-cheek tweets himself on Monday morning alluding to the incident and plugging his radio show.
Good morning everybody! Went to sleep early last night. So... what I miss?
鈥 Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey)
Tune in to at 8 AM ET today for my response to last night's . YOU KNOW I have something to say
鈥 Steve Harvey (@IAmSteveHarvey)
The radio host expressed his sympathy to Beatty and shared his personal experience being at the centre of such a firestorm of controversy.
鈥淵eah, I know all about this. I know more than anyone else in the world about this," Harvey said. 鈥淚 am the creator of these moments, the epicurean of this.鈥
Harvey also went on to defend Beatty for the flub and attempted to defuse some of the online criticism directed at the actor.
鈥淏ecause Warren Beatty made this mistake, does he have to die? Should he lose his life for this? Y'all want to kill him? He needs security because of this," he said.
The radio host gave credit to the Oscars鈥 producers for owning up to the mistake in a timely fashion, as opposed to what happened during the Miss Universe pageant. He also had a direct message for Beatty during the show.
鈥淲arren I know your pain. I can help Warren get through this. I'ma (sic) show him how to handle it with dignity and grace,鈥 Harvey said. 鈥淐all me Warren, baby."
Even the Miss Universe Twitter account got in on the fun by tweeting out a message to producers of the Oscars.
Have your people call our people - we know what to do.
鈥 Miss Universe (@MissUniverse)