He forgot the words and repeated a verse while singing the national anthem at Citi Field.
Jackson omitted “O’er the ramparts we watched” and re-sang “What so proudly we hailed” before getting back on course.
Another lightly made fun of the star.
“He definitely threw away his shot today,” someone wrote, referring to the song “My Shot” from the play.
Craig Carton of WFAN sports radio even fretted the muff might have cursed the Mets’ season.
“How does George Washington mess up singing the anthem. Uh oh. Might be a long season in Queens. Let’s go Mets,” he wrote.
Jackson sang the anthem without a hitch at a 2015 Mets playoff game and recently aced it at a Carolina Panthers NFL playoff game in January.
But opening day jitters can be real.
Besides, the real George Washington died in 1799, 15 years before Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” — so he wouldn’t have known the lyrics at all.
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