Idina Menzel was furious with Travolta’s failed ‘Adele Dazeem’, but now thinks it’s the best thing ”

Idina Menzel was furious when John Travolta missed his name at the 2014 Oscars.

The Saturday Night Fever actor caused an Oscar sensation when he infamously introduced the Frozen star on stage as “Adele Dazeem”.

But now the 50-year-old actress believes that squeaky moment was the “greatest thing” that has ever happened to her.

The story never ends! Idina Menzel was furious when John Travolta missed his name at the 2014 Oscars, she said during her appearance in James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke with Camila Cabello on Wednesday

Oops: The Saturday Night Fever actor caused a sensation at the 2014 Oscars when he infamously introduced the Frozen star on stage as “Adele Dazeem”

She said: “This is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. [John has] wrote so many cool apology emails, sent flowers, he’s so sweet, and to make up for it he would fly anywhere at this point.

“And I always say, ‘No worries, because this is the best thing that has ever happened to me! “

However, the Cinderella star admitted she was devastated at the time because she was convinced the moment had ruined her “big break.”

Speaking to James Corden on Carpool Karaoke for his Late Late Show with his Cinderella co-stars Billy Porter and Camila Cabello, she said: “At first I felt really sorry for myself, like Meryl Streep is there. -ow, it’s my big break and it comes from I screwed my name up. ‘

It works: but now the 50-year-old actress now thinks the moment worth it was the “greatest thing” that has ever happened to her

Thanks John: She said, “This is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. [John has] wrote so many good apology emails, sent flowers, he’s so sweet, and to make up for it he would fly anywhere at this point ‘

She added: “I was so nervous, I had meditated on that moment, I was going to sing to my son to put everything in perspective, then it happened and it all went out the window!”

The Pulp Fiction actor had previously explained that he got the nickname Idina wrong because Oscar staff changed his name to a phonetic spelling and he became “starstruck” by Goldie Hawn.

He explained: “The truth is, I was expected backstage and the hour I was to continue was near and suddenly a page – a helper for you – grabbed me and got me. said, “You’re in a minute,” ‘he said.

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“I was like, ‘What happened at 15 minutes? And they didn’t explain. Later I found out that my current page was stuck in an elevator and couldn’t communicate with anyone, so the back-up picked me up, ”he shared.

“As I go backstage, I meet Goldie Hawn. She’s sexy, charismatic, beautiful and I was stunned, hugging her and loving her, forgetting that I had to do this.

“Then they said, ‘OK, you’re logged in,’ then they said, ‘By the way, we changed Idina’s name to a phonetic spelling and I was like. what do you mean? ” ” Go!”

The Big Show: From left to right, Cabello, Charlotte Spencer, Idina and Maddie Baillio in a scene from Cinderella

‘So I go over there and I get to his thing and I go, huh? In my head I’m like “What? What’s that name? I don’t know that name.” And it was that phonetic spelling, and I didn’t repeat it that way.

A year later, Idina took revenge on John when she jokingly introduced him as “Glom Gazingo” at the 2015 Oscars.

Speaking to the audience at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, she said, “Please welcome on stage, my dear friend Glom Gazingo.”