{"id":457337,"date":"2026-02-04T07:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/457337\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T07:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:14:13","slug":"grammys-2026-grammys-executive-producer-speaks-out-after-chers-presenting-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/457337\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammys 2026: Grammys executive producer speaks out after Cher’s presenting mishap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cher<\/a> \ufeffmade headlines for accidentally walking off stage and announcing the wrong name while presenting Record of the Year at the 2026 Grammys.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, Grammys executive producer Ben Winston has spoken out, saying he absolutely ”loved” the chaotic moment during a new podcast interview.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Rolling Stone Music Now<\/a>, Winston said he loved having the hitmaker, 79, present at the ceremony, adding they had been trying to get her for years.<\/p>\n

W\ufeffatch the video above.<\/p>\n

\"CherCher made headlines with her chaotic presentation at the Grammys – and now, a producer has spoken. (Kevin Winter\/Getty)<\/p>\n

“She did know what she was there to do. I promise you, we had briefed her, and I promise you, it was in the prompter, what she had to do,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We had been trying to get her on the show for a really long time.”<\/p>\n

He added he’s glad the viral mishap happened at the Grammys: “I think if it happened at the Oscars, it would be like, ‘oh my goodness, it’s a disaster’, but on our show, I loved it.”<\/p>\n

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\"Cher “She’s so lovely and warm and funny… I just thought it was a really funny moment.” (Frazer Harrison\/Getty)<\/p>\n

“I just thought it was a really funny moment,” he added.<\/p>\n

“If I could go back in time, I’d want that to happen again, ’cause she’s happy with it, she had a great time.<\/p>\n

“It was a really lovely moment and you want a bit of anarchy. Everything is so rehearsed these days.”<\/p>\n

During Sunday’s ceremony, Cher accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award before forgetting she had to present Record of the Year, accidentally walking off before announcing the nominees and winner.<\/p>\n

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She also bungled the winner’s name after a gap before making the announcement.<\/p>\n

“Oh, they told me it was going to be on the prompter!” she quipped, before mistakenly announcing the name of late music legend Luther Vandross, who died in 2005.<\/p>\n

The winner was Kendrick Lamar and SZA for the song Luther, which was named after Vandross and samples one of his songs.<\/p>\n

However, she laughed off what happened on stage.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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