TheVideo Music Awardson Monday were full of great moments, butperhaps no other moment went quite as viralas John Travolta momentarily trying to giveTaylor Swift‘s “You Need to Calm Down” award toJade Jolieon stage.
“He was so confident that it was her,” said “You Need to Calm Down” videoco-executive producerTodrick Hallthis week onJerry O’Connell’s talk show,Jerry O.
“I loved it. Yeah, I saw it and we talked about it backstage, and Taylor thought it was hilarious,” Hall, 34, added.
“Jade Jolie has made quite the living performing in where she performs at Play Nightclub, and she is a fantastic drag queen. But everybody knows that she is liketheTaylor Swiftdoppleganger. So I think that was like the highest compliment he could ever pay her. He was very confused.”
Jolieappears in the videofor Swift’s pro-LGBTQ anthem, along with other queer icons like Dexter Mayfield, Hannah Hart, Laverne Cox, theQueer EyeFab 5, fellowRuPaul’s Drag Racealums and many more.
At the VMAs on Monday night, Jolie dressed up as Swift for the special occasion, and headed to the stage along with several other members of the “You Need to Calm Down” video after it was announced forwinning the video of the year award. The whole crew joined Travolta, who presented the award withQueen Latifah.
That’s when Travolta attempted to hand the iconic Moon Man trophy to Jolie in a now-viral moment.
Jolie seems to have found the incident as funny as Swift.
“😂😂🤷♀️❤️Almost got my first award tonight thanks to@johntravolta😂😂😂😘😘😘,” shewrote on Instagramalongside a GIF of the moment.
Jolie also shared a video of themoment right after the win.
“So we are backstage, not really able to process — what did just happen?” Swift asks Jolie in the video. Jolie responds, “Umm, you won video of the year!”
“We, it’s a we, a collective,” Swift says back to her.
Jolie captioned the video, “Aaaahhh the most magical night EVER! So proud of my queen@taylorswiftfor snatching Videos for Good & Video Of The Year at the@vmastonight👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. ”
In aninterview with TMZ, Jolie went into more detail, and said that she felt like the moment happened in “slow motion.”
“Obviously Taylor is my goddamn goddess and queen … she’s like my Cersei Lannister,” Jolie told the outlet.
As for why Jolie thought Travolta made the mistake? “I think it’s just that I’m stunning, and I’m clearly Taylor,” she said.
Swift alsoshared her thoughts on the nightin an Instagram post, writing, “Thank you to the fans who voted, our excellent cast, @todrick, @drewkirsch and everyone who worked so hard on the You Need to Calm Down video. @vmas Video of the Year 🤯 I MEAN JUST WOW GUYS YOU DID THAT HUH 🙏🙏🎉.”
source: people.com
