MANILA, Philippines — “Who is that girl I see?” Lea Salonga sings in “Reflection” as Disney princess Mulan.
Sky News UK, in its recent episode, apparently didn’t see too clearly after mistakenly introducing the Tony-award winning actress as environmentalist Anna Hughes.
Salonga was guest at the morning show “Sunrise” in its July 5 episode to promote her concert tour in the UK.
“Would you be prepared to give up flying for a whole year to help the planet?” anchor Stephen Dixon said, referring to Hughes’ environmental advocacy of calling for 100,000 individuals to pledge against flying.
“I am not Anna Hughes, I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s going on. I am not Anna Hughes, sorry about that,” Salonga said, laughing.
Dixon apologized immediately and corrected his mistake by quipping, “Why does Princess Jasmine not want to fly for a year?”
After the show took a break, Dixon admitted “We are mortified,” but Salonga took it all in stride and said: “We are laughing very, very much.” /gsg