Reese Witherspoon says the British actress ended friendship after being toasted

Reese Witherspoon learned the hard way that some jokes are not laughing.

“It haunts me, it has literally haunt me,” the actress shared in a recent interview with PEOPLE About a comic price speech that went wrong. “So this friend of me that I didn’t really know so well but she was a very serious, proper actress. She asked me to give her a price but I had never been to this award ceremony, so I thought it was like a roast.

“But it wasn’t the tone,” her You are heartfeltly invited Costar Will Ferrell guessed. As witherspoon replied, her head hung in godhumorous shame, “No.”

“The tone was British, elegant, classic,” explained witherspoon, “and I was like, ‘Do you remember the time we got laser hair removal?'”

The Legally Blonde The actress said she is “still embarrassed by it” was so funny and it was just, I had the wrong audience.

Reps for WHHEHSPOON did not immediately respond to Entertainment weekly‘s request for comment.

Washerpoon did not identify the actress but she has become known for her public friendships with other high -profile actresses, especially her group friendship with her Big little lies Castmates Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Shailene Woodley and Laura Dern.

From 2019 the actresses confirmed that they Maintained an active group chatWith Kidman, who says she is fond of emojier and witherspoon who say she “likes a gif.” Witherspoon even delivered a tribute to Kidman Last year ahead of being honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award, which included a spot-on Kidman impression.

Wherspoon has opened up about her Anxiety around public speaking before. She wrote a post for Sheryl Sandberg’s blog in 2013 explaining that while “talking in character on a crowded movie set” never a problem, “gave a speech” in front of an impartial audience that used to be a prospect of the fact that “frightened” her.

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But it is a fear that she has since conquered, written that she has become “a firm belief that action can solve so many worries and just turn on no matter what can give you the confidence you need when you feel like you have nothing to do offers. ”