Jamie Foxx reacts to national anthem criticism, says 'the telecast was off'

LAS VEGAS, May 5 (UPI) -- Apparently, what viewers heard at home and what the audience heard at the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas on Saturday, were two different versions of Jamie Foxx's national anthem.

The Internet criticized Foxx's performance, giving it poor reviews, but the Oscar-winning actor, who has proven his vocal talents before, told Entertainment Tonight, a technical difficulty was to blame.

"We crafted this great thing with the organ and everything. That night [my in-ear] pack falls off just before I'm supposed to sing," he said.

The crooner had to hear the music from the speakers of the stadium and continue to sing. He thought that he did a good job overall, even citing that he received compliments from others who heard it live.

"We were like walking around like, 'Wow we nailed it everything was great,' I...saw Denzel Washington [and] he was like, 'That was amazing. Jim Gray was like, 'You nailed it, it was the best.' Then when we looked on the Internet or somebody told me about the Internet [and] they said, 'Oh people are really clowning you.' Then when I listened I said, 'Oh yeah, we're off.'" Foxx said.

The actor admitted: "In the stadium, you would have thought I was getting a standing ovation but the telecast it was different -- it was so off,"

Foxx hopes for another chance in the future to redeem himself since he knows that wasn't one of his best moments.

His fifth studio album, Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses, comes out May 18.