RTÉ cut the Oscars during John Legend’s ‘Glory’ last night and people were not happy
John Legend’s performance of ‘Glory’ was one of our top picks from the Oscars Sunday night, so of course we were waiting patiently to watch it on our big screen’s last night.
Especially when the anthem went on to win the award for Best Original Song.
It also got three, yes we mean three, standing ovations during the performance and moved several people to tears.
Did we build it up enough?
Well, when RTÉ broadcasted their edit of the Oscars ceremony last night – which had to be edited down to 90 minutes from the original several hours – the song was cut in the middle to go to an ad break.
And let’s say that people were not happy but don't worry we've good news below these angry reactions. Just to cheer you all up a bit.
The song Glory makes me feel like crying it ABD THEY JUST CUT OFF HALF WAY THROUGH THE SOBG WTF RTE
— marion (@joshsus420) February 23, 2015
WT ACTUAL FUCL
Wtf RTE?? Why did you cut the Glory performance???
— Lauren ଘ(｡• ө•｡)੭*✩💜 (@lernlestrange) February 23, 2015
Eh was that a joke?! @rte cutting out to an ad in the middle of Glory?! Ridiculous altogether.
— Jessica Kavanagh (@JessxKavanagh) February 23, 2015
You can’t even watch the performance on the RTÉ Player.
But according to 2FM’s Rick O Shea, it wasn’t there fault.
For everyone pissed off at @rte cutting last night's Oscars we just buy in a pre-edited package (open to correction).
— Rick O'Shea Is No Longer Here (Links In Bio) (@rickoshea) February 24, 2015
Not their fault.
But let’s not point the finger just yet, we’ve great news!
You can witness the Oscar winning song live in the Marquee, Cork this summer.
John Legend is set to play the venue on June 23, tickets are on sale next Wednesday, February 25 from ticketmaster.ie.
Excited to announce Grammy winner @johnlegend will play his first ever Cork show on 23 June @LATMofficial. https://t.co/ZxyXvCKmjz #LATM15
— Aiken Promotions (@aikenpromotions) February 18, 2015
Now doesn’t that make you feel better?
Ok, here’s the Oscar performance in full just in case.
