John Travolta handed VMA award to Taylor Swift's double

The question on everyone's lips is, 'Why do they still let John Travolta present awards?'

Taylor Swift accepts the Video of the Year award for 'You Need to Calm Down' at the MTV Video Music Awards. Jade Jolie can be seen in pink behind Swift. AP 

Cast your mind back to the 2014 Academy Awards, when John Travolta introduced Frozen's Idina Menzel as "Adele Dazeem". It is a moment from pop culture history that has the power to make anyone watching cringe.

Well, the Pulp Fiction actor has done it again. Last night at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, Travolta mistook Taylor Swift double Jade Jolie for the artist, and handed her the Video of the Year award for You Need to Calm Down. 

Travolta soon realised his mistake and attempted to brush the moment off.

Watch what happened here: 

Swift seemed happy to share the award with Jolie, who also stars in the video. The pair posted a video to Twitter from backstage after winning the trophy.

"What did just happen?" Swift asks Jolie, to which she replies, "Ya won video of the year."

Swift then cuts in and says, "We! [We did], its a collective."

Twitter reacts to John Travola's VMA mistake 

Naturally, the internet had something to say about Travolta's blunder, with fans tweeting their reactions.

"Why do they still let John Travolta present awards? It never works out and it’s just embarrassing for everyone," one VMA viewer tweeted. A second echoed: "Why do we keep bringing John Travolta back to present at award shows? Can anyone answer this?"

Then there were the funnier suggestions.

"At the next awards show John Travolta should not only announce all of the winners, he should also have to go into the audience and present it to the person he thinks it is," one Twitter user suggested. Another added: "I need John Travolta to announce the next 50 Popes and Presidents."

One Twitter user also harked back to Travolta's most celebrated roles and the memes they have birthed, such as confused Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction. 

Newer memes, like kombucha girl, have also been used to react to the moment.

If you need to refresh your memory of 'Adele Dazeem', watch the 'wickedly' funny moment here: 

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