Salma Hayek threw some epic shade at men during her BAFTAs speech
Mic drop.
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Salma Hayek's BAFTA award presentation speech went down well.
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Salma Hayek presented the award for Best Actor at the BAFTAs on Sunday night -- and she really wasn't messing around.
Dressed in black in support of the Time's Up movement like many of the actresses in attendance, Hayek kept her pre-award speech short -- but she managed to get a couple of memorable lines in.
Here's the first one:
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"In this very important and historical year for women," said Hayek, "I am here on this legendary stage to celebrate... men."
Then, after the nominees had been announced, Hayek opened the golden envelope. And proceeded to announce the winner as "Frances McDormand".
"Nah, just kidding," she said moments later. "The BAFTA goes to Gary Oldman."
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