Michael Bay Had A Meltdown At Samsung's CES Event And Walked Off Stage

Director Michael Bay introduced Samsung's new massive 150-inch curved TV set at CES today, flubbed his lines halfway through his speech, and then inexplicably walked off stage.

He was supposed to have a scripted conversation about TV and big, bold images in movies.

He was introduced with some "Transformers" footage, walked on stage, and then began talking about how he creates worlds ... and then stopped. He sank into silence. He said something about not being able to see the monitor. Perhaps he was referring to the teleprompter.

And then he said "I'm sorry ..." and he walked off stage, leaving Samsung exec Joe Stinziano, EVP of Samsung America, to ad lib his way out of it.

Totally bizarre.

Stinziano was a pro: He tried to prompt Bay into ad libbing and just talking like a normal human being about how a curved TV might improve movies. But Bay wasn't having it. He just walked off. 

We caught up with Bay following the show. He said he lost his place on the teleprompter.

This was Samsung's biggest marketing event of the (admittedly young) year. Not cool, Michael Bay!

This was how Bay looked right before he choked:

This is the new Samsung 150-inch curved TV he was introducing (below). It's a shame because it really does look like an awesome TV:

And here's the curved TV showing a Bay movie:

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