Michael Bay Flees Stage at Samsung Press Conference

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By Chris Taylor2014-01-06 23:04:50 UTC

Director Michael Bay is one of the hottest names in Hollywood, with a string of blockbusters such as Armageddon and Transformers to his credit. But he didn't fare so well on stage at Samsung's CES keynote in Las Vegas Monday.

Bay was cued up to deliver an endorsement of Samsung's new curved screen by linking it to his movie career. How exactly, we don't know — because Bay's teleprompter wasn't working. The director, clearly nervous already, declared that he would "wing it" — but gave up and walked offstage just seconds later.

You can see Bay's cringeworthy few minutes on stage below, starting at 57 minutes:

Sadly for Samsung, Bay's hasty exit seemed to be the story of the press conference on Twitter. According to social media analytics firm Topsy, tweets mentioning Bay spiked at 3,500 per minute after his appearance.

Image: Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images Entertainment

Topics: CES, Film, Michael Bay, samsung, Tech