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Getty Images Screws Up Apology for Mixing Up ‘Kelly Marie Tan’ and Mirai Nagasu
Getty Images has officially released a formal statement where it apologized for the horrible mix up when it captioned Vietnamese-American actress Kelly Marie Tran on the photo of Japanese-American Olympic skater Mirai Nagasu and vice versa.
However, things didn’t go smoothly when they first published the statement online as the company made a crucial error for writing “Tan” instead of “Tran” – not just once, but twice, according to Huffington Post.
Getty Images Can’t Tell Kelly Marie Tran and Mirai Nagasu Apart
This is Kelly Marie Tran, Vietnamese American actress and breakout star of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, the latest in the Star Wars film franchise.
And this is Mirai Nagasu, Team USA’s figure skating queen who is of Japanese heritage.
Mirai Nagasu Apologizes For Bizarre Comments After Poor Performance
Asian American figure skater Mirai Nagasu of Team U.S.A. opened up to People magazine to apologize for her strange interview following her performance in the women’s free skate on Friday.
Nagasu, who finished in 10th place, claimed earlier that the lack of hot water in the showers and waking up too early were partly to blame for her lackluster performance.
Mirai Nagasu Becomes the First American Woman to Land a Triple Axel at the Olympics
Japanese-American figure skater Mirai Nagasu just made history for Team America at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on Sunday night by being the first American woman to ever land a triple axel at the Olympics.
“HOLY COW!” You just witnessed a historic triple axel from Mirai Nagasu. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/NsNuy9F46h pic.twitter.com/jCMTb4LtXv