Actress Reese Witherspoon, who is in the midst of promoting her comedy film ‘You’re Cordially Invited’ with Will Ferrell, could not keep to herself an anecdote that still keeps her awake at night and keeps her asking herself the classic question, why did I do it?
The 48-year-old Oscar-winning actress said she still “can’t get over a speech” that cost her the friendship of a famous actress, whom she embarrassed, even though “she was the one who asked her to give it,” an issue from her past that still eats away at her.
Witherspoon kept the actress’ name
Witherspoon’s embarrassment occurred at an awards ceremony, and she herself told PEOPLE magazine about it at the press junket for the film, which has already been released on streaming platform Prime Video: “It literally haunts me. So this friend of mine, who I didn’t really know very well but was a very serious, proper actress, asked me to give her an award. But I’d never been to an awards ceremony, so I thought it was like a ‘roast’. So I got up and roasted her,” said the actress, referring to the practice of ‘burning’ and mocking the person being talked about and which is known in the United States as ‘roast‘.
Witherspoon added that the event in which the events took place was “British,” “elegant” and “classy” and acknowledged that she completely missed the tone of her speech, of which she gave some details: “Remember the time we got laser hair removal?”, while her co-star in the film Will Ferrell laughed at her anecdote.
“I thought my speech was funny”
At no time did Reese Witherspoon say the name of the actress, but she assured that she stopped talking to her. “We’re not friends anymore. I’m not kidding, we’re not friends anymore. I don’t think she likes me anymore. I thought it was really funny and just, I had the wrong audience. It was pretty bad. Yeah. I’m not kidding, she doesn’t talk to me anymore,” she said with a laugh in a reflective mood.
Witherspoon and Ferrell star in ‘You’re Cordially Invited’, a comedy of errors in which the characters end up booking the same venue for two different weddings and in which there is a scene in which the actress’ character gives an embarrassing speech like the one she gave to her now ex-friend.