Steve Harvey's cartel joke at Miss Universe 2019 is not going over well

Anneta Konstantinides 

Steve Harvey and Miss Colombia at the Miss Universe pageant.Steve Harvey and Miss Colombia at the Miss Universe pageant.

Steve Harvey interviews Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Náder onstage at the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant at Tyler Perry Studios on December 8, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Paras Griffin/Getty Images

Comedian Steve Harvey made a joke about cartels while speaking to Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Náder onstage at the 2019 Miss Universe pageant.
Harvey had been discussing his infamous 2015 gaffe, when he incorrectly named Miss Colombia the new Miss Universe instead of Miss Philippines, before he made the joke.
When Náder told Harvey that her country had forgiven his mistake, he said: "The cartel hasn't forgiven me."
It was Harvey's second joke of the night about Colombian cartels. Many on Twitter called him out, calling his jokes "ignorant" and "absolutely disrespectful."

Steve Harvey isn't embarrassed about his infamous Miss Universe 2015 gaffe, and wanted everyone to know that when he took the stage as host once against for the 2019 competition on Sunday night.

But the host began trending on Twitter yet again when he made a cartel joke while talking to Miss Colombia.

Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Náder referenced Harvey's 2015 mistake, when he announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez as the next Miss Universe when Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach had actually won the competition, after he revealed she had made the top 20.

"Are you sure?" she joked. "Should I go back?"

Harvey and Tafur Náder at the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant at Tyler Perry Studios on December 8, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Paras Griffin/Getty Images

Harvey said "Yes, look," and then spelled out Colombia. When Náder told Harvey that her country had forgiven his mistake, he said: "The cartel hasn't forgiven me."

The joke didn't sit well with many viewers, who took to Twitter to express their disappointment in Harvey.

Victoria Leandra
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Steve Harvey talking about Colombia’s cartels is not funny #MissUniverse

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Diana Montoya
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¿Really @IAmSteveHarvey? A stupid joke about a Colombian cartel... c’mon! You should know better. #MissUniverse2019

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10:25 PM - Dec 8, 2019
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Andrea Tantoy
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Just a side note. Steve Harvey’s cartel joke to Colombia was so inappropriate and offensive