If you’re like me, you love the awkward moments during awards shows. And despite being a prestigious affair, the Grammys were still home to some quality cringe/uncomfortable moments this year.
There were some awkward moments in the pre-show.
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For starters, Randy Rainbow had some difficulty pronouncing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla:
can’t stop laughing at this guy announcing the Grammy win for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
CBS / Via @@RhodeToLove
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The Recording Academy made this error in their Instagram post:
Twitter: @PopBase / Via Mr. C Records / RCA Records / Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
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Once the show started, people pointed out how there were audio technical issues:
The Grammys tech… its giving middle school play and/or community theater sound engineer, i fear
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During Bad Bunny‘s performance people noted that the closed captioning of his singing registered as this on their TVs:
CBS
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Beyoncé tied the record for artist with the most Grammys, but she was stuck in traffic, so she wasn’t able to accept her award for “Cuff It”:
CBS / Via @yoncecapital
She eventually broke the record, minutes later.
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Kim Petras won and went to take the Grammy from Smokey Robinson, but he handed it to Sam Smith instead:
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Ben Affleck was visibly miserable during the show:
however bad of a day you’re having, I promise you’re not as miserable as Ben Affleck at the Grammys right now
CBS / Via @spenceralthouse
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People pointed out how the Grammys In Memoriam segment left out several artists
@RecordingAcad you missed some people in your In Memoriam
Trevor Strnad
Jeremiah Green
Dan McCafferty
Aaron Carter
Bob Nalbandian#GRAMMYs
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And lastly, moments after First Lady Jill Biden presented Song of the Year, Trevor Noah made this joke, referencing Joe Biden’s recent controversy:
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