Director Michael Bay needed some direction Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He was there to promote Samsung’s line of curved TVs, but it appears the teleprompter decided to throw Bay a curve. After a brief attempt at ad libbing, Bay simply apologized and walked off.
Michael Bay onstage at Samsung event. Teleprompter problems. "The type is all off."
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) January 6, 2014
Michael Bay just walked offstage rather than work without a Teleprompter.
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) January 6, 2014
Michael Bay onstage at Samsung, having trouble with teleprompter. "I try to take people on an emotional ride." Melting down. #CES2014
— (((The Other David Cohen))) (@David_S_Cohen) January 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/LaurenGoode/status/420320300144668673
OMG Michael Bay just freaked out on stage. His cue cards were messed up. No joke. #CES2014 pic.twitter.com/9xCOn7HOa3
— Andy Vuong (@andyvuong) January 6, 2014
Not just saying this as a fan of the man's work, but to say Michael Bay "FLIPS OUT" at CES is kind of overstating it. Still hilarious tho.
— Scott Nye (@railoftomorrow) January 6, 2014
That was awkward.
https://twitter.com/ParisDJon/status/420329353633746944
“Michael Bay” quickly became one of Twitter’s trending topics.
That Michael Bay thing made my cheeks burn with embarrassment & normally I enjoy awkward but that was… just sad.
— Ｓｔｅｐｈａｎｉｅ Ｂａｙｅｒ (@NSSteph) January 6, 2014
Michael Bay finally showed the world his directorial secret at CES. #illjustwingthis
— Len Peralta (@LenPeralta) January 6, 2014
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Watched the Michael Bay meltdown at #CES2014, haven't cringed like that since Transformers2. Do you really need to script your casual convo?
— Stephen Jenkins (@cloudcity) January 6, 2014
There was more emotional impact in that Michael Bay presentation than in most of his movies.
— Erik Tanouye (@toyns) January 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheSavage042/status/420327087485251584
https://twitter.com/stevevantine/status/420327750059053056
Michael Bay was all, like, "Armagettin' outta here."
— NunesMagician.com (@NunesMagician) January 6, 2014
In fairness, I've often wanted to walk out of a Michael Bay embarassment too. Can't blame him for seizing the opportunity.
— Richard Cobbett (@richardcobbett) January 6, 2014
But did Michael Bay really get flustered or did he see teleprompter fail as opportunity to bail on a soul-killing shilling experience?
— Jon Phillips (@JonPhillipsSF) January 6, 2014
Exit question:
https://twitter.com/ohnorosco/status/420321484788076545
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