Twain Tumble Edited By CMT
Cable channel CMT says a fall by Shania Twain was edited out of replays of its awards show to save her from embarrassment.
Twain slipped and fell on her way to the stage Wednesday night during a live telecast of the CMT Music Awards. The channel left that part out of a replay right after the telecast and during another replay Thursday.
“The last thing we want to do is embarrass anyone on our show, particularly someone as gracious as Shania Twain,” John Hamlin, the show’s executive producer, said in a statement Thursday.
Footage of the fall aired Thursday on cable news channels and was available on the Internet.
“Taking it out was the right thing to do for her or anyone else for that matter,” Hamlin said.
