“Why the hell would I do that?” he said. “I’m already famous. Do you really think I wanted to be famous like this?”

He alluded to a buggy teleprompter, but took responsibility.

“Did I make a mistake? Yes I did. I’m not in the finger pointing business and rolling other people under the bus."

Harvey stressed that he did not miss any rehearsals: “I went to more rehearsals than I’ve ever gone to for anything. I did the whole table read. I was there for the entire dress rehearsal.”

He described the moments right after he announced the wrong winner as chaotic.

“All I hear is confusion backstage,” he said. “I’m standing there in the wing. I got a guy in my ear going, we gotta do something. I had to walk out there and do what I thought was the right thing.”

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Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, accompanied by Atlanta Fire Chief Roderick Smith, provided an update to the press during a media tour at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. They discussed the new Simulation Center, which will enable officers to train for various crime scenarios, including domestic disputes, commercial robberies, and kidnappings. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.
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