Tiffany Haddish fumbles Daniel Kaluuya’s name during live Oscar nomination event

She wasn't ready

Comedian Tiffany Haddish stumbles over Daniel Kaluuya's name while reading Oscar nominees

Jan 23, 2018

Tiffany caddish thegrio.com — Tiffany Haddish and co-host Andy Serkis announce the 2018 Academy Award nominees. live on-air (Screen grab)

Funny lady Tiffany Haddish stumbled over quite a few names as she co-hosted a live reading of those individuals and projects nominated for an Academy Award this year, but Get Out actor Daniel Kaluuya seemed to be the one to suffer the most from Haddish’s garbled interpretation.

Her co-host Andy Serkis tried to help out The Girls Trip breakout star, but she couldn’t seem to get it together. Ultimately, she relented, “He knows his name.”

“Daniel… Koolye!”
Here’s Tiffany Haddish butchering Daniel Kaluuya’s name
“… You know it. He know his name”#OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/i26Isjwqan

— Josh K. Elliott (@joshkelliott) January 23, 2018

While Kaluuya was not Haddish’s only fumble, not everyone minded the name slaughtering. Best adapted screenplay nominee Michael H. Weber was just happy for the nod.

Tiffany Haddish can mispronounce my name any way she wants! WOOOOOOO

— Michael H. Weber (@thisisweber) January 23, 2018

This year’s Oscar nominations had a larger amount of Black talent than in previous years making the list noticeably more diverse. Common, Kobe Bryant, Mary J. Blige, Jordan Peele, and Octavia Spencer are just some names receiving Oscar nods in 2018.

Priyanka Chopra, Selma Hayek, Rosario Dawson, Michelle Rodriguez and Zoe Saldana joined Haddish and Serkis to help announce all 24 categories.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel will return as the host of the 90th Academy Award ceremony on Sunday, March 4. This will be the first Oscars event since the re-emergence of Tarana Burke‘s #MeToo movement derailed the careers of numerous high profile Hollywood entertainers and executives.