Accidental F-Bomb Riled Academy Award-Winner's Mom
by Sean ComerOne quarter-nipple cameo and a whole lotta Angelina leg aside, last night's 84th Academy Awards went off pretty tamely and without a hitch.
It did to English-only speakers, anyway. Best Actor winner Jean Durjardin just might've been made to mark the occasion by rinsing his palate with France's finest soaps.
He might not have emulated fellow European actor Roberto Benigni's antics at the 1999 Oscars when he celebrated his own "Life Is Beautiful" Best Actor nod by leaping atop theater chairs like a crazed adorable menace. But in his own way, the leading man of eventual Best Picture "The Artist" got a little naughty and said in France something that wouldn't pass censor muster in English. During his acceptance speech, Dujardin blurted out either "putain" or "merde" - which tranlates in French to loosely an equivalent to an exclaimed "f***" or "s***".
When Access Hollywood's Shaun Robingson later caught up with Dujardin, accompanied by his mother, the now-reigning Best Actor said he was "Over the moon. Yes, I'm shocked." Of the accidental profanity, his mother said followed by a chuckle "I don't like it. I don't like that he said it."
Dujardin explained to reporters earlier that the string of French that he'd blurted translated loosely to "It's amazing. It's incredible. It's unbelievable, thank you." Nevertheless, at the after-party, he added "Yeah, I'm sorry.
"It's not really a bad word, we always say that in France," Best Director winner for "The Artist" Michael Hazanavicius said. "I think it's, 'Wow, [expletive,] we did it! I'm so happy!' Something like that, or maybe, 'Holly golly, I am so happy!'"
Sure. Wink, wink.
It's quite alright Monsieur Dujardin. You kept your feet off the furniture. How mad could we really be at someone so joyful with such an Old-Hollywood class and appreciation?
"Oui! I love your country," Dujardin started off his speech. "In 1929 it wasn't Billy Crystal but Douglas Fairbanks who hosted. Tickets cost five dollars and it lasted 50 minutes. Times have changed. So, thank you Douglas Fairbanks."
For more, check out the clip of Dujardin's speech below.