Keltie Knight‘s awards season mishaps continued at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
The E! Live From the Red Carpet host took the stage on Sunday, January 4, alongside costar Justin Sylvester and nearly tripped while walking on stage. To make matters worse, the Critics Choice announcer mispronounced Knight’s name, calling her “Kelsey” before quickly recovering.
Knight, 43, handled the whole thing like a pro — keeping a huge smile the entire time — before she and Sylvester, 39, told the crowd that they’d be giving out some awards throughout the evening.
“The Critics Choice Awards, they really have so many categories and we have so little time,” Knight said. “Throughout the night we’re going to be revealing other winners.”
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The duo announced a few awards, including Best Comedy, which went to The Naked Gun, Best Foreign Language Series, which went to Squid Game, Best Animated Series, which went to South Park, Best Foreign Language Film, which went to The Secret Agent, Best Cinematography, which went to Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams, and Best Comedy Special, which went to SNL50: The Anniversary Special.
Shortly after the near-fall, Knight joked about the situation on social media, sharing a clip of the moment via Instagram with the caption, “OOP! I did it again ✨.”
Sunday’s onstage trip marked the third year in a row that something happened to Knight while she was working an awards show.
During last year’s awards season, Knight showcased her fall when working at the 2025 Grammy Awards.
“WHY DOES SOMETHING HAPPEN ON EVERY RED CARPET,” she captioned a February 2025 Instagram Story video. “JUST LET ME LIVE.”
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Knight could be seen lifting up her dress in the clip before twisting her ankle and taking a tumble before the red carpet even started.
While the two falls might have brought a laugh to Knight (and her followers), the diamond debacle during the 2024 Golden Globe Awards made major headlines.
“Hi everyone, Golden Globes emergency,” she shared in a January 2024 Instagram Story. “If you’re a celebrity and you see a 4-carat diamond on the red carpet, please return it to Keltie Knight at E! ‘cause it’s gone. … And it’s real.”
She captioned the video, writing, “MISSING DIAMOND @ #goldenglobes … Humble brag but also help!”
Two weeks later, she lost a second diamond. This one was from her wedding ring. (Keltie married Chris Knight, the co–general manager of artist management at Roc Nation, in 2013.)
All’s well that ended well, since Knight ended up getting an even “bigger” rock in February 2024.
“Losing the diamond was hard but realizing it hadn’t been put on our insurance was even worse,” she told People. “Everywhere I went, whether it be the grocery store or my niece’s school production of Legally Blonde, strangers were coming up to me asking ‘Did you find the ring?’”
Knight has been an integral part of awards season for years. She hosted E! News from 2022 until the show came to an end in September 2025. Now, Knight is working on her first solo book, set to be released this year.
“I’m getting even more unhinged, if you can believe it,” she told Us Weekly exclusively in September 2025. “I am writing a solo book. It is called The F*** Them Theory: Self-Help for People Who Are Done Being a Bigger Person. My manuscript is due next week, so no stress.”
