The Miss Universe 2015 has brought so much controversy, thanks to the veteran host Steve Harvey who has extended his apology to everyone involved. Amidst the social media pandemonium, the judges stand by their decision which was unanimous in the first place.
Miss Universe 2015 judge Perez Hilton tells US Weekly what the judges thought of after the host had announced Miss Columbia as the winner, instead of Miss Philippines. Perez says, "My initial reaction was that it was rigged. I was like, 'How is this possible?' Because I knew how I voted and I knew that all the other judges voted for Miss Philippines to win. And then I started to really do the math and that was four. I know they have the world vote and the contestants themselves judging but that's still four out of six judges that voted for Miss Philippines [Pia Wurtzbach]. So how is this possible?"
The celebrity judge expressed that all of the judges were stunned by what had happened because they knew who the real winner was. "Everybody was [stunned]," he tells Us. "We were like, 'What is going on? This is crazy.' We were all making videos in disbelief," he explained.
When Steve Harvey went back to the stage to admit the mix up, Perez Hilton initially thought that the incident was staged. However, he thought about it and realized that Fox would never do such thing. It was a real honest mistake and it has resulted to a huge publicity for the pageant.
The gossip blogger think it is a good idea to bring back Harvey next year, but he wants to br part of the event, not as a judge, but as a special backstage correspondent. And the organization might consider this suggestion. Mark Shapiro, Miss Universe pageant executive, expressed his willingness to bring the host back next year. "I definitely want him back, and I would hate to see him not come back. He's going to want a shot to redeem himself," he said in an interview at the 'Jim Rome Show.'
