Director Michael Bay didn't fare too well onstage at Samsung's keynote address during CES in Las Vegas on Monday.
After his teleprompter malfunctioned, the Fast and Furious franchise mogul attempted to go on with his speech before abruptly exiting the stage.
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Bay isn't the first high-profile person to suffer a bout of stage fright. Check out six other prominent figures, from celebrities to politicians, who have suffered performance anxiety.
In which he posed the questions: "Who am I? Why am I here?"
The confusing interview earned itself a Saturday Night Live parody featuring some of Palin's actual answers.
Simpson panicked when the wrong backing track started to play during her performance. She performed a quick jig before the NBC cut to commercial break.
Rubio had to stop mid-speech to calm his nerves with a quick swig of water.
In April, the singer left his bandmates on the iHeartRadio stage, but later tweeted an apology to his fans.
Knight has suffered from performance anxiety throughout his career, and even discussed it openly with Oprah on her show in 2001.
Though performance anxiety was the downfall for a few would-be X Factor contestants, one performer, Jonjo Kerr, overcame his fears to give an inspiring performance.
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