Salma Hayekis thankful for her good palRenée Zellweger— and her stylish dress collection.
While presenting the best actress award to Zellweger, 50, at theNational Board of Review Awards Galain N.Y.C. on Wednesday night, Hayek, 53 opened up about the time when Zellweger loaned her a spare dress at the 2003 Academy Awards after hers (literally!) burst at the seams.
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In 2003, both leading ladies were nominated for Best Actress, Zellweger for her role inChicagoand Hayek forFrida.
“It was annoying because at some point I would go, I wish she wins, she’s so amazing,” Hayek said as she presented Zellweger with the award on Wednesday.
“And even the night before when my big butt exploded the seams of my Oscar dress and I had no dress forthe Oscars, she ended up giving me one of her dresses that, thank God, was wide here [gestured around her butt] and stretchy here [gestured around her breasts]. That’s what I wore for that night,” Hayek said of the Carolina Herrera gown, featuring a black embellished lace bodice and a white A-line skirt.
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While both looked like winners on the carpet that year, both actresses lost the category toNicole Kidmanfor her performance inThe Hours.
“I really wish that they would have a tie so that we could both win but we both lost,” theLike a Bossstar continued.
Hayek went on singing Zellweger’s praises, adding that the Golden Globe winner has a heart of gold and never says unkind things about others.
The two met in 1996, and spent New Year’s together with Hayek’s family.
In an interview withNew York Magazinein Sept., Zellweger said she bumped into pal Hayek at the airport who gave her sound advice when she took a six-year hiatus from the acting business in 2010.
“She shared this beautiful … metaphor? Analogy? ‘The rose doesn’t bloom all year … unless it’s plastic,’ ”Zellweger said. “I got it. Because what does that mean? It means that you have to fake that you’re okay to go and do this next thing. And you probably need to stop right now, but this creative opportunity is so exciting and it’s once-in-a-lifetime and you will regret not doing it. But actually, no, you should collect yourself and, you know … rest.”
“Wow, I really am up here. Well, hi everybody, it’s nice to see you. Y’all look pretty good 17 years later,” Zellweger jokingly said while accepting herfourth Golden Globe award(her last win was in 2004 forCold Mountain). “Thank you to the [Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Globes’ organizing body] for inviting me back to the family reunion, especially with all these extraordinary ladies this year.”
“I mean it, your work moves me. It moves me,” she said of her fellow nominees, which includedCynthia Erivo(Harriet),Scarlett Johansson(Marriage Story),Saoirse Ronan(Little Women),Charlize Theron(Bombshell). “And I’ve been cheering for y’all from theater seats for a long time.”
source: people.com
