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Idina Menzel Wishes 'Adele Dazeem' Happy Birthday In Hilarious Video 10 Years After Oscars Flub

Idina Menzel; John Travolta at 2014 Academy Awards
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The 'Frozen' star took to TikTok to wish her alter ego a happy birthday on the 10-year anniversary of John Travolta butchering her name at the Oscars by calling her the 'wickedly talented, one and only, Adele Dazeem.'

Ten years ago, Adele Dazeem was brought to life thanks to a John Travolta flub, and Idina Menzel was the first to wish her a happy birthday.

Exactly a decade ago, Travolta butchered Menzel's name while introducing her to the Oscars stage for her performance of the Frozen hit "Let It Go," but the name that came out of his mouth was not the Tony winner's.


Travolta instead said:

“Please welcome the wickedly talented, one and only, Adele Dazeem."

You can watch the glorious moment below.

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The moment became an instant internet sensation and lives on to this day.

So it's only appropriate that the "wickedly talented, the one and only" Idina Menzel would wish Adele Dazeem a happy birthday on this, the tenth anniversary, of Travolta's viral moment.

Menzel took to TikTok to sing "Happy Birthday" to Travolta's creation and to wish her all the best:

“I just wanted to say happy birthday. I’m sending you so much love and positive energy."
“I hope you have the best, best day.”

You can watch below.

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Happy 10th birthday, Adele Dazeem!

Viewers of the video were in stitches over the hilarious birthday wishes, and joined the celebration.

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At the time, Travolta blamed the name butchering on the teleprompter, telling Jimmy Kimmel it was spelled phonetically on the prompter and he "didn't practice it that way."

But Dazeem, err Menzel, had a good laugh about it and even got her revenge at the Oscars the following year, introducing the actor as "Glom Gazingo."

Idina Menzel gets revenge on John Travolta at Oscarsyoutu.be


We're ever so grateful this moment has yet to die.

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