Miss U host bags multi-year contract

MANILA, Philippines - Miss Universe host Steve Harvey will likely host the beauty pageant again next year and for many years to come, despite his epic gaffe of announcing the wrong winner.

“Would hate to see him not come back,” Mark Shapiro, chief content officer of WME IMG that owns the Miss Universe franchise, was quoted by US Weekly magazine as saying.

“He was funny, he was informative, he’s high energy, he’s got a great following,” Shapiro said. “I definitely want him back, and I would hate to see him not come back. He’s going to want a shot to redeem himself.

“It could happen to the best of us. He was so well intended, and he’s such a good guy, and it was really such a mistake that I hope people don’t hold this over him, other than for just a good laugh and let it pass,” he added.

But according to a report by Entertainment Tonight, a source said that Harvey signed a contract and the “deal is for at least three years, possibly even as many as six or seven.”