Maya Rudolph Slammed On Twitter For Saying David Letterman Flub Left Her 'Humiliated'

Pictured: Host Maya Rudolph as “Cece Vuvuzela” during the “Spring Break Game Show” cold open on “Saturday Night Live.” Will Heath/NBC

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Maya Rudolph's statement about David Letterman mispronouncing her name received mixed responses
Several netizens slammed the "SNL" star for recounting the event since Letterman immediately apologized to her
Other online users defended the comedian and said maybe it broke her while others said she wasn't complaining about it

Maya Rudolph did not garner much sympathy on social media after she called out David Letterman for a mistake he made over a decade ago.

The "Saturday Night Live" star, 50, shared in an interview with WSJ. magazine published Friday that she "did not have a good time" when she appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in 2009 and felt "embarrassed and humiliated" after Letterman mispronounced her name.

"I just sat there, like, I grew up my whole life in love with you. And now my heart is broken. And I'm sitting here embarrassed and humiliated," she told the outlet.

However, some Twitter users felt that the mistake wasn't a big deal and didn't understand why Rudolph was still upset and brought it up over 10 years later.

"So David Letterman mispronounced your name and that left you feeling humiliated and embarrassed? Are you for real? You obviously haven't experienced true humiliation or embarrassment to have such thin skin. Kindly get over yourself," one wrote.

"So Letterman said Maya Rudolph's name wrong. My response to that is...so? As long as it's done unintentionally, saying your name wrong on stage is not a big deal at all," another added.

"So David Letterman mispronounced Maya Rudolph's name decades ago (and apologized on air at the time, btw) and all this time later she's dragging him through the mud saying he humiliated her?!!! Really?!?!" a third person commented.

But some Twitter users defended the comedian and pointed out that Rudolph doesn't deserve to be criticized for sharing how she feels about something that happened to her. Others also suggested that the actress did not mention the incident to hit out at Letterman but rather to reflect on herself.

"I won't say Maya Rudolph is entitled, we're all broken in some way, and this situation may have made her uncomfortable and that's OK, but I also don't think Letterman did anything wrong," one user wrote.

"Uh, it's a story. Chillax, dude," another commented.

"I'm reading this differently. Not as her complaining about Letterman, but instead her reflecting on her younger self who didn't know how to react when he mispronounced her name! I did not read this as her having an issue with Letterman!" another added.

In her interview with WSJ., Rudolph, who was pregnant when she appeared on Letterman's show in 2009, admitted that she "didn't know how to handle it" and "didn't know how to come up with something funny to say" after the TV host mispronounced her name.

She acknowledged that her "public persona muscle wasn't strong yet" at the time.

Letterman did apologize to Rudolph later in the show for his mistake.

"I'm sorry that I mispronounced your name," the host said at the time, according to People. "I'm just a boob, there's no excuse for it, and from the bottom of my heart, I sincerely apologize."