Getting John Travolta to do the fad
Chicken Dance at the Sanremo Song Festival was "one of the most
terrible gags in the history of TV", artistic director Amadeus
and his showman sidekick Fiorello admitted Thursday after a huge
social media backlash against the "demeaning" stunt played on
the movie legend.
"We had our second bomb scare at the festival today, but it
would have been better if we'd had a bomb scare last night so
the Chicken Dance would have been cancelled," said Fiorello.
"Travolta will never want to come back to Italy".
Fans of the Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction star
took to social media to voice their ire over the way Travolta
had been allegedly "humiliated" and "embarrassed" by the host
and the showman.
Travolta, 71, had first led Amadeus through the moves of his
iconic big screen dances before Amadeus and Fiorello took him
outside the Ariston Theatre and taught him the Ballo del Qua
Qua, as it is known in Italian.
Meanwhile Rai state broadcaster denied doing a deal to publicise
the brand of trainers Travolta was wearing, saying the close-ups
of the shoes were necessary to highlight his dance moves.
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