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_Published 2014-03-05. After botching his introduction to Broadway actress and Frozen star Idina Menzel at Sunday night's Oscars, John Travolta issued an apology of sorts Tuesday, but offered no explanation on why he called her "Adele Dazeem."_


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## Transcript

John Travolta speaks out on, well, you know. Please welcome, the wickedly talented, one and only, Adele Dazeem. [ NOISE ] Yeah. If you missed it, the 60 year old actor mangled Idina Menzels' name while introducing the Tony winners performance of the now Oscar winning song, Let It Go. At Sunday's academy awards, the babbling mistake went viral. Slate even created a generator to Travoltify your name. Even weirder, Travolta apparently got Menzel's name right during Saturday's Oscar rehearsals. But the star is taking his slip up which went down in front of 43, 000, 000 people in stride. Travolta released a statement saying I've been beating myself up all day then I thought would Idina Menzel say?

She'd say let it go let it go. Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy Frozen took home two Oscars. Sunday Night. And the gaffe didn't seem to faze Menzel a source tells People, the Frozen Star actually thought it was funny and had no clue it even happened until after the show. The mistake could help give Menzel's next project the new Broadway Musical If / Then a boost. More people are talking about her or at the least Adele Dazeem than ever before. Thanks for watching I'm Bryce Sander.

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