Christina AguileraWith millions of eyes on her on one of the biggest days on the American sporting calendar, pop singer Christina Aguilera used Wikipedia for the lyrics to the US national anthem in a highly embarrassing gaffe.
Known for her emotional and powerful performances, Aguilera seemed to perform an incorrect version of ‘Star Spangled Banner’ which appears on the aforementioned website.
Aguilera sang, "What so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last gleaming", a line she had already sung earlier with a slight variation.
The second time she sung the line, she replaced the word "hailed" with "watched".
The actual line she was meant to sing was "O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?”
We’ve all been known to use Wikipedia as a source from time to time, but in front of an estimated one billion people, it’s probably not the smartest idea.
The Western BulldogsA number of Western Bulldogs players have been caught behaving badly outside a Hong Kong nightclub after a video of the drunken players was posted on YouTube.
The footage shows the players holding up traffic and stopping vehicles outside ‘Bar George’ in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong.
In the video, players prevent a van from moving while Brownlow medallist Adam Cooney opens the side door of the vehicle.
A taxi is then stopped as former Bulldog's player Tim Callan sits on the bonnet of the vehicle drinking.
"We are extremely frustrated and disappointed by what has occurred”, Bulldogs management said after the incident, and have put all players under notice.
"On the video several players can be seen acting in a manner deemed to be completely in contrast to the expected behaviours of Western Bulldog players".
In an era where video phones and hand-held cameras are common items, it seems drunken escapades such as this are going to be caught more readily.
This serves as just another reminder to any professional sportsman that they are going to be under constant scrutiny in public whether it be in Melbourne, or overseas.
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