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Kathy Hilton might have just out Kathy Hilton-ed herself.

Though she was quick about it, everyone saw it, includingAccess Hollywood, who posted the moment on TikTok. The zoomed-in shot shows Hilton — right over Hargitay’s shoulder — opening her handbag to search for her lipstick.

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And that’s exactly what happened. Hilton clarified the viral moment in the following statement to PEOPLE:

“I absolutely admire and love Mariska. I know her personally, and I had no idea that I would be in view. And I actually thought I was going to sneeze, I went into my handbag, I didn’t have a tissue, so I put on lipstick,” she said. “I’m really sorry, because I didn’t mean to be disrespectful. But I really didn’t think anybody would see me. I apologize.”

Despite what was happening behind her, Hargitay gave a poignant speech.

“I love this award so much because of the two words in it,” she said on stage while holding her award. “The word of course, the first word is people. And that’s people from all origins and all ethnicities and all creeds, and all genders and all identity that make this whole glorious mix of all of us.”

She continued, “The second word, and that’s even more important, is choice. So I just want to celebrate our ability in all of us the willingness in all of us to choose kindness, and compassion and courage and to choose to listen and to learn and to build a bridge between our differences and our divides.”

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Mariska Hargitay accepts The Female TV Star of 2022 award for ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ on stage during the 2022 People’s Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar on December 6, 2022 in Santa Monica, California.

TheReal Housewivesfranchise was up for a few awards at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday night.The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsearned a nod for reality show of 2022 (as didThe Real Housewives of Atlanta), but both lost out toThe Kardashians.

Jenner stepped on stage first, noting that her daughter had been with her but then disappeared. Kardashian showed up a second later out of breath, telling the crowd, “I’m so sorry I’m out of breath. I was trying to fix my hair, oh my god, a girl’s gotta fix her hair.”

Her sartorial struggles didn’t stop there, though. After the show, Kardashian said on her Instagram Stories that she actually had quite the wardrobe malfunction earlier in the night.

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Kris Jenner and Khloé Kardashian accept the The Reality Show of 2022 award for ‘The Kardashians’ on stage during the 2022 People’s Choice Awards

“You guys, we just won People’s Choice and I’m so grateful, but, okay, my outfit broke!” the reality star said from the back of her car.

“My outfit — the whole zipper popped open,” she added. “I am sewn into my outfit. I had to pee. So we had to cut the stitching out and sew me back in.”

“My hair — here, right here — is a disaster,” she continued, while moving the camera to show a clump of her hair. “But that’s okay. Champagne problems!”

source: people.com