Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon has admitted that an ill-advised speech she made at a swanky event cost her a friendship with a fellow actor.

In a recent video interview for People magazine, the Oscar winner asked her You’re Cordially Invited co-star Will Ferrell: “Have you ever had this moment where you gave a speech and then like three years later, you’re like, ‘Why did I do that? Why did I do that?’.”

Looking back at a moment from her own past, the Legally Blonde star admitted: “I have one. It literally haunts me.”

Reese went on to recall an incident at an awards show where she misjudged the tone, and instead got up and roasted a “very serious, proper actress” she actually “didn’t really know that well” while introducing her at an awards show.

“The tone was British and elegant and classy. And I was like, ‘Remember the time we got laser hair removal?!’ I’m still embarrassed about it,” she said.

In fact, Reese claimed: “I think she doesn’t like me anymore. I thought it was so funny and it was just, I had the wrong audience. It was........

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