The full Billboard cover story on Frozen’s Idina Menzel is now available. In the article she talks about finding success at a later age, her new Broadway show, and her “fanzels”.
In an excerpt she talks about the infamous Oscar incident:
On March 2, three days before the start of preview performances for “If/Then,” she flew to Los Angeles to perform “Let It Go” at the Oscars. Admittedly, she was nervous – “Just let me park and bark,” she said to the producers – but she focused on her 4-year-old son, Walker, whose father is actor Taye Diggs. (The couple met when they starred in “Rent” together and in December announced their separation after 10 years of marriage.) It couldn’t have helped her nerves when John Travolta mispronounced her name as “Adele Dazeem” in his introduction. (“THANK YOU, JORN TROMOLTO!” read one of the many tweets in response.) “That threw me for a minute, but then I just got back on track and reminded myself of where I was,” says Menzel. “He was really gracious and sent this gorgeous email, and we’re buddies and it’s all cool.” (The actor also sent flowers.) The result of all the social media chatter and coverage of the flub is that she’s now a household name – two of them, in fact. “Please. I mean, I’ve only benefited from it.”