Overview
- Christopher Jackson, who sang before the Mets–Pirates opener Thursday at Citi Field, repeated the earlier line “What so proudly we hailed” instead of “O’er the ramparts we watched.”
- He recovered within seconds and finished cleanly on a broadcast that aired nationwide on NBC.
- Clips spread quickly online as users joked about the irony that he played George Washington in Hamilton, while some posts offered sympathy for a brief, human error.
- Jackson told TMZ that one line “got away” from him, called the moment a “challenging experience,” and thanked MLB and the Mets, with no formal fallout reported.
- Singing the anthem solo in a cavernous stadium is notoriously tricky, and Jackson has delivered it without issue before, including a well-received performance at Yankee Stadium last August.