Former “American Idol” winner, LAUREN ALAINA flubbed the national anthem when she forgot the lyrics to the “Star Spangled Banner” at the Detroit Lions versus Green Bay Packers game on Thanksgiving. Entertainment news thinks it’s fortunate at least she didn’t mouth the wrong words like Christina Aguilera did.
Alaina performed live in front of tens of thousands of football fans and a television audience of millions when she plumb forgot the lyrics to the national anthem right around the middle of the song…
“What so proudly we hailed, through the twi…”
before going completely silent while the supportive audience helped out by taking up where she left off. We’re guessing they were expecting something like this to happen after having experienced Christina Aguilera murder the national anthem on national television at the Super Bowl earlier this year.
It’s a good thing Lauren recovered quickly enough and got back into the groove with
“Whose broad stripes and bright stars…”
without prolonging her snafu any further.
“Oh Lauren Alaina… Poor you. Poor poor you….”
tweeted Brian Baumgartner, who plays Kevin Malone on NBC comedy “The Office.”
But Lauren also received tweets of encouragement, like the one sent by “American Idol” alum, Kellie Pickler:
“HEY DOLL! YOU HANDLED YOURSELF LIKE A PRO! SEND THE BULLIES MY WAY & I’LL TELL EM’ WHERE TO GO.”
To which Lauren replied:
“thank you so much. I’m not a robot. I have No excuses. I messed up. You know what can ya do. At Least didn’t fall down again.”
Still, as the TV announcer for the game, FOX’s Joe Buck summed up Lauren‘s performance:
“It’s all about how you finish.”
And to her credit Lauren did finish beautifully to a wide smile and rousing cheers from the audience…
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