Steve Harvey says 2015 Miss Universe gaffe was the ‘worst week’ of his career: ‘It was painful’

Steve Harvey is opening up to Kevin Hart about his infamous gaffe at the 2015 Miss Universe pageant when he announced the wrong winner’s name. At the time, Harvey named Miss Colombia the winner, but Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was the actual winner. 

The viral moment dominated worldwide headlines at the time -- and nearly six years later, the "Family Feud" host said the blunder and what transpired still haunts him. "It was a painful a-- night there, dog. I didn't know the pain I was in," Harvey, 64, told Kevin Hart, 41, on the premiere episode of "Comedy Gold Minds," which airs Wednesday on Hart’s SiriusXM Laugh Out Loud Radio. At the end of the December 2015 competition, Harvey mistakenly announced Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutiérrez, as the winner – before returning to the stage minutes later to correct the mix-up and correctly handing the crown to the actual winner, Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach.