Melissa Leo was stunned when she took the stage to pick up her Best Supporting Actress Oscar from Kirk Douglas tonight, and minutes later the overwhelmed winner dropped the F-Bomb on live television.
At first Kirk didn’t seem ready to give up the statue, prompting a little flirtation.
Melissa:”This is mine? For me?”
Kirk: “You are much more beautiful than you were in The Fighter.”
Melissa; “You’re pretty good looking yourself, what are you doin’ later on?”
“Oh my god. Oh wow. Really, really, really, really truly, wow. I know there’s a lot of people that said a lot of real nice things to me for several months now, but I’m just shakin’ in my boots here.
Thank you David O. Russell. I want to thank the actors Mark Walhberg, Christian Bale . . .
Yeah I am kind of speechless . . oh there are people up there too. When I watched Kate [Winslet] two years ago it looked so f**cking easy.”
Melissa was quick to apologize back stage, but let’s face it, that was good television! Own your F-word Melissa, that was effing amazing.
Here’s what Melissa said once she got backstage (via PopEater):
“I had no idea. This word … I apologize to anyone that they offended. There’s a great deal of the English language that is in my vernacular. I really don’t mean to offend and it’s probably a very inappropriate place to use that particular word.”
