Melissa Leo drops an F-bomb during her Oscars acceptance speech

Melissa Leo dropped an F-bomb during her acceptance speech at the Oscars! The actress — who picked up a golden gong for her role in Christian Bale hit The Fighter — forgot the ceremony was being broadcast live across America.

Earning herself the only bleep of the night, Melissa set frantic producers racing to cover up her mistake, in time for the slightly delayed showing on television.

“When I watched Kate Winslet win the same award two years ago, it looked so f**ing easy!” Melissa said during the speech.

Melissa then realized her mistake and clapped a hand to her mouth in horror, as host Anne Hathaway joked, “Wow, I thought the ‘F’ stood for The Fighter. It’s the young and hip Oscars!”

“Oh my god! Oh wow!’ Melissa managed to carry on. “Really, really, really truly wow. I know there have been a lot of people saying some real, real nice things to me for several months now. But I am just shaking in my boots here.”

Melissa later apologized for her use of the expletive, telling reporters, “I apologize to anyone they offend.

“There is a great deal of the English language that is in my vernacular. I did not mean to offend, and [it was] a very inappropriate place to use that particular word.”

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