“He said my name wrong, and I just sat there, like, I grew up my whole life in love with you. And now my heart is broken. And I’m sitting here embarrassed and humiliated”
“I didn’t know how to handle it,” she continued. “I didn’t know how to come up with something funny to say. My public persona muscle wasn’t strong yet.”
– Actor and comedian Maya Rudolph, in an interview with WSJ Magazine, Maya says that she “did not have a good time” on Letterman in 2009.
[via Page Six]
She was so incredibly embarrassed and humiliated just because he mispronounced her name???
She needs to toughen up
Oookkkaayyy… not that good at improv, I see. Could have said “Thanks for having me on, Steve!”