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'I've been beating myself up all day!' John Travolta apologises for mispronouncing Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars

PUBLISHED: 21:38 EST, 4 March 2014 | UPDATED: 06:09 EST, 5 March 2014

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It is the embarrassing flub that has seen him become a nationwide figure of fun.

And now John Travolta has publicly apologised for mangling Idina Menzel's name when he introduced her at the Oscars.

The Look Who's Talking star admitted he was putting himself through the wringer after accidentally calling her 'Adele Dazeem,' before ultimately deciding to clear his conscience.

Holding his hand up: John Travolta has apologised for flubbing Idina Menzel's name when he introduced her at the Oscars.

Twitter was abuzz after he made the embarrassing gaffe before her performance of Frozen's Let It Go, which won the Academy Award for best original song.

In a statement the 60-year-old said: 'I've been beating myself up all day.

'Then I thought, what would Idina Menzel say? She'd say, let it go, let it go!'

'Idina is incredibly talented and I am so happy Frozen took home two Oscars Sunday night!'

Straining: But Idina was reaching for a high note rather than expressing her displeasure during her Oscars turn

And it seems that despite his embarrassing mistake in front of 43 million people, there are no hard feelings.

A source told People that far from being annoyed by the error, the 42-year-old Broadway star 'thought it was funny.'

Another star who thought it was amusing is David Letterman, who read out a top ten list of ways to mispronounce Idina‘s name during a segment on CBS's The Late Show, which included offerings such as Idrizzle Menzezzle and Liza Menzelli.

Classy broad: The musical star is said to have found the Saturday Night Fever star's error hilarious

Social media went into overdrive on Sunday after John said: 'The Oscar-nominated gorgeously empowering song Let It Go from the Oscar-winning animated movie Frozen, please welcome the wickedly talented one and only Adele Dazeem.'

One Twitter user joked: 'I wanna put my name through the John Travolta name generator.(sic)'

And TV journalist Elizabeth Vargas tweeted: 'Oh no - John travolta just mangled Idina Menzels name! (sic)'

Despite the mispronunciation, it didn't seem to affect the 42-year-old star, who put in a scintillating performance of the song, the anthem of her character Queen Elsa in the movie Frozen.

Brunette beauty: Idina changed from her strapless green dress which she wore on the red carpet to a floaty pale dress for her performance of the song

John Travolta Speaks on Idina Menzel Oscars Flub: 'I Thought, Let It Go!'

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Janey Clarkson, Bramley, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago

Thetan attack

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Hilaria, USA, United States, 2 hours ago

It happens. It made it (and her real name) more entertaining and memorable.

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Zeeke, Manchester, 3 hours ago

i think it was more of a setup line... for a joke...

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Victoria, Chorley_Lancashire, 4 hours ago

Don't beat yourself up John, just apologise and laugh it off! We've all done it at some time - and your clanger was rather funny!

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LiLi, Here, 4 hours ago

What I don't understand is how he messed this up...this is one of the most rehearsed shows on Earth, how is it possible he messed it up when he must have rehearsed it...