Reese Witherspoon had no merciless intentions when she unintentionally ruined a friendship.
The actress, 48, revealed she “embarrassed” a “proper actress” pal whereas talking in public, and the incident soured their sisterhood.
“I think she doesn’t like me anymore,” Witherspoon shared along with her co-star Will Ferrell throughout an interview with Individuals to advertise their new rom-com, “You’re Cordially Invited.”
“It literally haunts me,” she mentioned, recalling the incident the place she botched an awards present speech honoring her then-friend in entrance of an enormous crowd.
“We’re not friends anymore. I’m not even kidding—we’re not friends anymore,” Witherspoon said.
The Emmy winner shared that issues went downhill quick when she went on the stage to current her pal with the award however ended up roasting her within the course of.
“This friend of mine, who I didn’t really know that well but she was a very serious, proper actress, she asked me to give her an award,” Witherspoon defined.
“But I had never been to this award ceremony, so I thought it was like a roast,” she continued. “So I got up and I roasted her.”
Whereas Witherspoon did not disclose the actress’ identify, she did give clues.
Calling the incident significantly “embarrassing,” she shared that the ceremony was “British,” “elegant,” and “classy” — probably an excessive amount of for her public gag.
Witherspoon remembered one joke from the speech, telling Ferrell she mentioned, “‘Remember the time we got laser hair removal?’”
Whereas she laughed in regards to the fake pas, her well-known pal didn’t.
“I thought it was so funny and it was just, I had the wrong audience,” the “Your Place or Mine” star shared.
“It was pretty bad,” Witherspoon added about her speech.
“Not even kidding, she doesn’t talk to me anymore. Oh well,” she defined earlier than admitting, “I’m still embarrassed about it.”
Witherspoon has introduced a number of awards to actresses through the years.
In 2024, she honored her “Big Little Lies” co-star Nicole Kidman with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. Throughout that ceremony, Witherspoon impersonated Kidman’s Australian accent.
The “Babygirl” actress, 57, watched from the viewers and belted out a number of laughs throughout Witherspoon’s speech.
She’s additionally attended the BAFTAs in 2015 and 2023, strolling the carpet with British actresses like Keira Knightley, Rosamund Pike, and Felicity Jones.
Nevertheless, Witherspoon wasn’t a presenter at any of the BAFTA ceremonies she attended.
Witherspoon and Ferrell’s “You’re Cordially Invited” hit theaters at present, Tuesday, Jan. 30.
