Golden Globes screw up, identify America Ferrera as Gina Rodriguez

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You’d think winning a Golden Globe would make Gina Rodriguez a familiar face around the Globe offices. But the Chicago native and “Jane the Virgin” star found out otherwise this morning.

The official Golden Globes Twitter account sent out a photo and identified it as Rodriguez announcing the Globe nominees. But it wasn’t her. It was fellow Latina actress America Ferrera of “Ugly Betty” fame.

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The tweet was quickly deleted, but Twitter users already had noticed.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which runs the Golden Globes, issued a statement calling the gaffe “an unfortunate error. Our sincerest apologies to both America and Gina.”

It was otherwise a good morning for Rodriguez, who wasn’t actually present at the announcement. She received a second nomination for her “Jane the Virgin” work and graciously dismissed the flub in an “Entertainment Tonight” interview.

“Who cares?” she said. “America’s lovely. She’s so beautiful and such a fantastic actress. If there’s anybody I want to get mixed up with, it’s her for sure! To me it’s like, whatever. We always make mix-ups in life.”

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