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Idina Menzel gets sweet revenge on John Travolta for Adele Dazeem flub




It was the reunion we were all waiting for ... but might've wish had never happened.

It all started when host Neil Patrick Harris riffed on John Travolta's now-infamous flub of Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars last year, when he introduced her as Adele Dazeem.
"Benedict Cumberbatch: it's not only the most awesome name in show business, it's also the sound you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce ‘Ben Affleck,' " Harris said to big laughs.
When Menzel took the stage to present best original song, she welcomed special guest Travolta, saying, "Please welcome to the stage my very dear friend, Glom Gazingo."



When he stepped up to the mic and greeted Menzel with a hug, Travolta fondled her face, adding, “I deserved that. I deserved that. But you, you, my darling, my beautiful, wickedly talented Idina Menzel. Is that right?”

“It’s not like it’s gonna follow me around the rest of my life,” Idina responded.

"I know, right? Tell me about it," he quipped.

Twitter didn't find his touchy-feely interaction too cute. Paste BN's Arienne Thompson tweeted: