Michal Bay Meltdown, Director Says He Embarrassed Himself At CES

There was a rather unusual incident at CES earlier today involving Transformers director Michael Bay, which has quickly gone viral online. In what is being described as Michael Bay's meltdown, the director walked off the stage during the middle of a CES presentation with Samsung. Bay was on stage with Samsung executive Joe Stinziano, talking about what inspired him as a filmmaker when he started stumbling over his words. He then said, "The type is all off...sorry. I'll just wing this." Bay continued for a little bit, before flubbing his words again, saying he was sorry, and suddenly walking off stage. A bewildered Stinziano handled the awkward moment by asking the audience to give a round of applause for Michael Bay. In response to the incident, Michael Bay posted the following explanation on his official website. "Wow! I just embarrassed myself at CES – I was about to speak for Samsung for this awesome Curved 105-inch UHD TV. I rarely lend my name to any products, but this one is just stellar. I got so excited to talk, that I skipped over the Exec VP's intro line and then the teleprompter got lost. Then the prompter went up and down – then I walked off. I guess live shows aren't my thing. But I'm doing a special curved screen experience with Samsung and Transformers 4 footage that will be traveling around the world." - Michael Bay