If you’ve seen people refer to legendary musical theatre actress Idina Menzel as Adele Dazeem, don’t worry, it’s a nod to a viral moment from 2014 involving John Travolta, The Oscars, and one hell of a blunder.<\/p>\n
Idina Menzel has featured heavily in stories about Wicked<\/a> as the very first actress to play Cynthia Erivo’s character Elphaba back when the show was created in 2003. She even got a cheeky cameo<\/a> alongside original Glinda actress Kristin Chenoweth.<\/p>\n If you search for content on her you’ll quickly be confronted by thousands of people calling her Adele Dazeem, a name she just can’t get away from. Here’s why.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DCzHPNVOdd6\/?hl=en&img_index=1<\/p>\n In a moment she had been waiting for her entire life, Idina Menzel was invited to The Oscars in 2014 to perform Frozen’s Let It Go, a song she angelically sings as the film’s leading character Elsa. Unfortunately, the moment was somewhat ruined when John Travolta introduced her to the stage.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease welcome the wickedly talented, one and only, Adele Dazeem,\u201d he said, referencing her role in Wicked but also messing up her name.<\/p>\n Adele Dazeem and various other spellings quickly trended on Twitter, with a John Travolta name generator<\/a> even popping up to mess up names you suggest.<\/p>\n