NEWSMelissa Leo Is the First Winner in Oscar History to Drop F-Bomb!
March 1 2011, Published 6:13 a.m. ET
Melissa Leo won her first Oscar this year for Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in The Fighter. But she also had another first during her acceptance speech.
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Melissa looked just as lovely as she did at the Oscars wearing lia sophia this time on The Oprah Winfrey Show, but not as nervous!
The Oscar-winning actress told Oprah Winfrey that even though she was favored to win, she tricked herself to believe she wouldn't.
"From all those years of going to auditions... I learned to leave and forget about it," she explained. "I learned how to play a mind game with myself."
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But the trick worked a little too well, as Melissa's complete shock also made her so flustered she made a mistake in her speech.
The Academy reports that Melissa was the first person in Oscar history to say the F-word during an acceptance speech!
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"I find that shocking!" Melissa said. "I grew up with it as a part of my vernacular. I accepted it as that, I brought my son up that way... but I also told him, 'Not in front of grandma!' "
Regardless of the F-bomb drop, Oprah says her Oscar is Melissa's "I am worthy award," which really made Melissa tear up!
Watch Melissa's acceptance speech below!
