BBC News has issued a groveling apology after using a photograph of Viola Davis in a story about Beyoncé.
The unlucky mix-up took place Sunday throughout the outlet’s live coverage of the Grammy Awards, which showed an image of Davis at this 12 months’s Golden Globes next to the headline, “Beyoncé’s big night.”
The accidental blunder was called out immediately, with outraged fans rushing to Twitter to slam the BBC.
“We apologize for the error last night when our news channels briefly showed a photograph of Viola Davis from January’s Golden Globes alongside a headline about Beyoncé at yesterday’s Grammys,” BBC News tweeted Monday.
“This fell below the BBC’s usual standards.”
Beyoncé made history by becoming essentially the most decorated Grammy Award artist of all time with a whopping total of 32 wins.
The singer’s back-to-back victories within the Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Song Written for Visual Media, Best R&B Song, and Best Dance/Electric Record categories Sunday solidified her Grammys supremacy.
The “Heated” hitmaker scored two Grammys on the non-televised awards ceremony, which was held before the live broadcast Sunday.
Also triumphant Sunday, Davis earned the celebrated “EGOT” title — becoming the third black woman to attain the dignity.
She scored the Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for narrating her memoir, “Finding Me.”
Davis is now certainly one of 18 stars who’ve achieved EGOT fame by winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
Throughout her glittering profession, Davis has won one Emmy (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for “ Get Away With Murder”); two Tonys (“Fences” and “King Hedley II”); and one Oscar (Best Actress in a Supporting Role for “Fences”).
She’s earned 4 Oscar nominations, making her certainly one of the most-nominated African American actresses.
Nonetheless, she didn’t secure an Oscar nod for Best Actress this 12 months for her role in “The Woman King,” despite the film garnering $6.85 million on opening night and earning acclaim from critics.
