Jennifer Coolidge drops F-bomb during chaotic Golden Globes acceptance speech

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By Asiya Ali

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Unsurprisingly, Jennifer Coolidge was one of the highlights of the night at the 80th Golden Globes awards.

On Tuesday night (January 10), the 61-year-old American Pie star presented the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a musical-comedy or drama television series.

Ahead of her announcing Tyler James Williams as the winner for his role in Abbott Elementary, she gave a three-minute-long preamble that included jokes about everything from Crocs to teleprompters to her fears of tripping over her words.

Later, the White Lotus star came back out after she was awarded the Globe for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a limited series for her role as Tanya McQuoid in the series.

Watch Coolidge's speech below:

In her heartwarming and uproarious speech, she put the heavy gold figure on the floor and said: "I can put this down, right? I don't work out, you know? What I mean is I can’t hold it that long," - and then reflected on her career.

The Legally Blonde actress said that she had "big dreams" as a young person that got "fizzled" out as she got older - such as wanting to be Queen of Monaco - but some of her remarks were bleeped from the broadcast.

"I had these giant ideas, and then you get older, and you're [bleep]. It's just gonna happen anyway," Coolidge noted as the crowd laughed - but it was unclear for the viewers what was bleeped out.

Coolidge then championed The White Lotus creator Mike White and made him tearful in the process. She said that he gave her a "new beginning" in her career before hilariously adding: "Even if this is the end because you did kill me off, but it doesn’t matter.

"Even if this is the end, you changed my life in a million different ways," she continued - referencing her character’s fate in the acclaimed HBO show.

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Jennifer Coolidge backstage after winning the award. Credit: UPI / Alamy.

"My neighbors are speaking to me and things like that. I mean it. I was never invited to one party on my hill, and now everyone’s inviting me. I just - you know, it’s to you, Mike White," she added as the audience laughed.

The Watcher star had more praises to sing for the 52-year-old director as he teared up in the audience and said: "This is something all of you - if you don’t know Mike White - this is what you should know: He is worried about the world, he’s worried about people.

"He’s worried about friends of his that aren’t doing well, he’s always worried about people, you’re worried about animals, and he really is one of the greatest people I’ve ever [met]," she added.

The actress concluded her tribute speech with one more expletive for her beloved friend that was much easier to make out despite the bleep: "So anyway, I just want to say, Mike White, I f***ing… I love you to death!"

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