The Golden Globes made an embarrassing mistake: Repeatedly mixing up two Latina actresses
Actress America Ferrera had the honor of announcing the 2016 Golden Globe nominees Thursday morning, but she didn't have the honor of the awards show's hosts, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), getting her name right while she did it. The Golden Globe Awards sent out not one but two tweets ahead of the announcement in which they misidentified Ferrera as fellow Latina actress Gina Rodriguez, of Jane the Virgin.
Gina Rodriguez, America Ferrera, same dif? pic.twitter.com/JXqwIuMUSK
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) December 10, 2015
Yeah, that's America Ferrera not Gina Rodriguez, official #GoldenGlobes Twitter account... pic.twitter.com/Rm3YeW9ywU
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) December 10, 2015
The slip up was especially embarrassing considering the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave Rodriguez a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy just last year. Some condemned the mistake — and its repeat occurrence — as "inexcusable."
Mislabeling an actress once? Awkward. Twice? Inexcusable. (That's America Ferrera, not Gina Rodriguez) pic.twitter.com/49ncWUatqt
— Jamie Lewis (@jlew8) December 10, 2015
The HFPA issued an apology shortly thereafter. "What occurred this morning was an unfortunate error," an official statement read. "Our sincerest apologies to America and Gina."