Just a few awards in, Sunday's Golden Globes devolved into a full-on who-can-swear-more-contest between Elisabeth
Moss or Jacqueline Bisset.
Let's
recap: Moss dropped a "holy sh--" bomb after winning for "Top of the
Lake." But the speech that really had us reeling comes from Bisset,
whose work in "Dancing on the Edge" earned her a trophy for Best
Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie.
It started with a really awkward silence, like she was leafing through a file cabinet in her brain, trying to find her words:
And when she did begin, it was
fairly standard. The 69-year-old British beauty thanked the HFPA. She
told us about being named "Promising Newcomer" by them 47 years ago.
Then, stuff got weird. "You've nominated me about five times," she said.
And that's true. Bisset was most recently nominated in 1999 for Best
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series
or Motion Picture Made for TV for her work in "Joan of Arc." No, she was
not nominated for her awesome work in "Class" with Rob Lowe and Andrew
McCarthy.
Anyway, the actress
then gave a shout-out to "12 Years a Slave" nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor:
"OK, Scottish background to the front! Where is Chiwetel? I need him for
inspiration!" (Bisset's father was Scottish, FYI.)
If he wins, will he reciprocate? Too soon to tell.
Naturally,
as her speech ran on, the musical cue started playing to signal she was
out of time — but Bisset was just warming up. "I'm sorry, I'm going to
get this together," she effused, before blurting out the four letter
word that starts with the letter 's'. "I say like, my mother, what did
she say, go to hell and don't come back."
It
was then that the music volume took a serious upswing, as if the horns
were literally going to knock her off the stage. But she went on,
unperturbed: "My mother. ... However, however, however, if you want to
look good, you have to forgive everybody. It is the best beauty
treatment."
Watch Jacqueline's speech below....