Mandatory Credit: Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (12452258jx) Hannah Waddingham accepts the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "Ted Lasso" and Seth Rogen looks on at the 73rd Emmy Awards on at the Event Deck at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles 73rd Emmy Awards - Show, Los Angeles, United States - 19 Sep 2021
Ted Lasso was one of the big winners at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, and actress Hannah Waddingham kicked things off by winning the first award of the night, Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Comedy Series. Waddingham beat out her co-star Juno Temple to take home the trophy, and she gave an effusive and delightful acceptance speech thanking Jason Sudeikis and the rest of the Ted Lasso team.
But her win was slightly marred. Seth Rogen presented the award but mispronounced Waddingham’s name. Instead of calling her Hanna Waddington, he called her Hanna Waddington. The unfortunate moment caught the eye of Twitter, and some compared it to when John Travolta referred to Idina Menzel as “Adele Dazeem” during the 2015 Oscars. “Kinda wish Seth Rogen had pronounced Hannah Waddingham’s name correctly,” Michael Slezak tweeted his criticism.
Did Seth Rogen really call her “Hannah Waddington” pic.twitter.com/6Xb98abEEL
— Miles Surrey (@HKSurrey) September 20, 2021
“Seth Rogen definitely said “Hannah Waddington” and I’m not over it,” tweeted another viewer. “NOT SETH ROGEN MISPRONOUNCING HANNAH’S LAST NAME,” Another tweet.
“I gotta call him Seth Ragin.” #Emmy winners Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddingham react to Seth Rogen mispronouncing her last name. https://t.co/mIawnJn2Ad pic.twitter.com/oRlv8LhoNn
— Variety (@Variety) September 20, 2021
Waddingham was unaware of the flub when she was asked about it backstage during an Interview with her costar and fellow winner Brett Goldstein, but the jubilant star took It all in stride. “I gotta call him Seth Ragin,” she quipped.
Rogen joked about his discomfort at being in such large numbers during the pandemic. “Good to be here at the Emmy Awards! Let me start by saying there are way too many of us in this little room,” Rogen said that nervous laughter was the best thing. “What are we doing? They said this was outdoors! It’s not. They lied to us! We’re in a hermetically sealed tent right now. I would not have come to this. Why is there a roof? It’s more important that we have three huge chandeliers than we make sure we don’t kill Eugene Levy tonight. That is what has been decided. This is insane. I went from wiping my grocers to having Paul Bettany sneeze in my face.”
