If you’re like me, you love the awkward moments during awards shows. And despite being a prestigious affair, the Grammys were still home to some quality cringe/uncomfortable moments this year.

There were some awkward moments in the pre-show.

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For starters, Randy Rainbow had some difficulty pronouncing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla:

can’t stop laughing at this guy announcing the Grammy win for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla


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2.

And Myles Frost was less-than-thrilled that Harry Styles won:


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3.

The Recording Academy made this error in their Instagram post:


Twitter: @PopBase / Via Mr. C Records / RCA Records / Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

4.

Once the show started, people pointed out how there were audio technical issues:

The Grammys tech… its giving middle school play and/or community theater sound engineer, i fear


Twitter: @christress

5.

During Bad Bunny’s performance people noted that the closed captioning of his singing registered as this on their TVs:


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6.

Beyoncé tied the record for artist with the most Grammys, but she was stuck in traffic, so she wasn’t able to accept her award for “Cuff It”:


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She eventually broke the record, minutes later.

7.

Kim Petras won and went to take the Grammy from Smokey Robinson, but he handed it to Sam Smith instead:

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And Doja Cat had this awk reaction to their win:


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9.

Harry tripped during his performance of “As It Was”:

10.

Ben Affleck was visibly miserable during the show:

however bad of a day you’re having, I promise you’re not as miserable as Ben Affleck at the Grammys right now


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12.

Madonna scolded the crowd for not cheering for her after she delivered a good one-liner:

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People pointed out how the Grammys In Memoriam segment left out several artists

@RecordingAcad you missed some people in your In Memoriam

Trevor Strnad
Jeremiah Green
Dan McCafferty
Aaron Carter
Bob Nalbandian

#GRAMMYs


Twitter: @wjlaughlin

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And lastly, moments after First Lady Jill Biden presented Song of the Year, Trevor Noah made this joke, referencing Joe Biden’s recent controversy:

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Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanschocket2/awkward-moments-grammys-2023