What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and after receiving a ton of
backlash from people online for presenting at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, Addison
Rae is now addressing her mistake from the night.
When comparing a live performance to posting videos to TikTok, there really is no comparison
to begin with, which is one of the main reasons why Addison Rae received so much backlash
as a presenter during the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.
Although the BBMAs marked her very first appearance at an award show, many still couldn’t help
but criticize her for many reasons, especially after presenting and accepting an award on
behalf of Harry Styles, who wasn’t able to attend.
Many Harry Styles fans were confused to say the least, especially after Addison, who became
famous for her TikTok dances, had accepted the coveted Billboard Chart Achievement Award
on his behalf.
Although, we should note, this is usually a common practice when someone presents an
award at an award show, and the winner isn’t there to collect it.
You know, the presenter accepts it on their behalf?
Unless ofcourse there is someone else there to accept it for them - but in the case of
these quarantine adapted award shows, an auditorium full of people to choose from isn’t really
an option.
But I guess people were unsure as to why she presented the award in the first place.
Many began mocking Addison by sending in tweets that read, “Addison Rae finding out she
can’t teach Harry Styles the renegade and won’t be able to make a tik tok with him
bc he didn’t show up.”
Others were infuriated that fans were actually starting to ship these two, writing, “Who
tf is shipping Harry Styles and Addison Rae??
Don't do king harry like that.”
But perhaps the biggest moment that many were harping on Addison for, was the fact that
she completely forgot to open the envelope with Harry’s name on it when she announced
the award.
“And the Billboard Chart Achievement Award goes to…
Harry Styles!
Harry is unable to be here tonight, so we accept this award on his behalf.”
One user tweeted, “When Addison Rae announced that Harry Styles won but she didn't open
the envelope.”
Seriously, this girl might as well have been presented Harry’s award with a giant red
target on her back because NOTHING was off limits…
But two weeks after the show aired, Addison has finally addressed the envelope mishap
during a recent episode of her podcast Mama Knows Best, saying QUOTE, “It was a little
stressful because I had an outfit change, and then once I did that I went on stage and
then right before, you have to read off of the thing, you know?”
She went on to explain that there were already words on the teleprompter which made her question
what she was already reading from.
Addison then added, “I was just overthinking the lines when I was reading them, and then
it just was like throwing me off like I was like, ‘Oh gosh I don’t even know where
I am right now,’ and then also there’s like no one in this big theater, so it’s
like scary-looking ‘cause you’re, like, talking, and you know the camera’s on you
and rolling live.”
Was it just me, or was anyone else overwhelmed just by hearing her explanation?!
Again, we should probably reiterate that this was Addison’s first time presenting for
a live award show, so when it came time to open the envelope, she also admitted that
there was no instruction telling her to actually open the envelope.
“Then on the prompter it didn’t say like, ‘open envelope.’
It just said, ‘And the award goes to, dot dot dot dot,’ and then it says ‘announce
winner’ in parentheses so I just announced, like I just said it and I didn’t even think
twice about opening the envelope which is obviously the whole point.”
So basically it was her first time doing something like this plus her nerves that got in the
way of her envelope-opening performance, but can you blame the girl?!
But one of many reasons why we love Addison is because she’s able to roll with the punches
and turn what started as a moment of sheer criticism into a comical learning lesson.
Following the live event, Addison shared a series of glamour shots of herself with the
caption, “After the show last night, I learned how to open an envelope!!! thank you @BBMAs!”
At least we can all agree that Addison’s first-ever award show presenting gig was an
unforgettable one to say the least!
For more TikTok updates, you can click right over here to see why Bryce Hall was dubbed
the ‘Karen’ of TikTok.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Addison’s explanation from the BBMAs
down here in the comments, and if you think people were a little too hard on her.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @Sussan_Mourad, bye guys!