Miss Universe 2019: Steve Harvey comes under fire for 'cartel' comment to Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Náder

When Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Náder made it to the stage while the Top 20 were being announced, she decided to make a casual joke about Harvey's goof-up in 2015.
Steve Harvey (Source : Getty Images)
Steve Harvey (Source : Getty Images)

Steve Harvey's iconic goof up last year regarding the Miss Universe winner seems to never leave him — but this time people are offended about something else.

When Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Náder made it to the stage while the Top 20 were being announced, she decided to make a casual joke about Harvey calling on Miss Colombia in 2015 as the winner, only to realize it was Miss Philippines all along who was the winner.

"Are you sure, should I go back?" Nader said, to which Harvey replied, "yes, look" before spelling out the country's name. Then, as Nader told him that she had forgiven him and so had everyone else, Harvey goes on to say, "Not the cartels. They've not". 

Twitter was super mad about the comment saying that there was no need for Harvey to go there. "Mexico and Colombia have a lot to offer. Your mention of the cartels and 'that'll get you killed' comments make you sound ignorant. You already look dumb enough with that jacket," one user said.

Another added, "Steve Harvey just mentioned the cartel while speaking of Columbia during the Miss Universe Pageant. Now that's not racist at all right? Double standards". One person tweeted, "Steve Harvey was a d*** mentioning the cartel when calling Miss Colombia."

Some fans found his comments disrespectful to Nader. "When you make the finals from Colombia and Steve Harvey references the cartel" shared one viewer while another added, "Steve Harvey saying the most racist shit to Ms. Columbia. If he was white twitter would explode."

Some people, however, found Nader's comment redundant too. "I'm not watching #MissUniverse2019 but I see all these comments about Steve Harvey making fun of miss Colombia and I'm like, are we not allowed to laugh at our mistakes and learn from them? I mean seriously people just leave him alone," said one user.

GET THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT STORIES
STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX.

MORE STORIES

‘Lanterns’ is turning Green Lantern into a gritty murder mystery, with Hal Jordan and John Stewart at the center of a dangerous case.
5 minutes ago
'The Pitt' Season 3's teaser hints at more interactions between the night and day shift characters
48 minutes ago
‘The Westies’ ends with a shocking result to Jimmy and Eamon’s war, setting the plot for Season 2
2 hours ago
In the latest episode of ‘Furious’, Danny decides the fate of incriminating videos in his custody
3 hours ago
One buried name from Antaan’s story could explain everything happening in Rushville
4 hours ago
Meghan Markle starred in ‘Suits’ as Rachel Zane for seven seasons before exiting the role in 2017
5 hours ago
Premiered in 2018, ‘Yellowstone’ has since spawned many spin-offs on Paramount+ and CBS
6 hours ago
Hal Jordan tries to teach John Stewart how to fly, but instead ends up with a completely different result
6 hours ago
Maggie comes up with a dangerous plan involving hordes of walkers to distract people from hunger
8 hours ago
Things get tense as Joe’s team attempts a second rescue mission in Season 3 Episode 4
9 hours ago