• Kathy Hilton apologized for applying lip gloss onstage.
• Mariska Hargitay delivered an impassioned acceptance speech at the 2022 PCA.
• Hilton said it was her first time being on stage with her “RHOBH” co-stars.

Kathy Hilton apologized for applying lip gloss onstage, while Mariska Hargitay delivered an impassioned acceptance speech, at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards.

“I adore and I respect Mariska very much,” the 63-year-old “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star told Extra on Friday. “I already reached out to her, DMed her, I want to get her address, I feel terrible.”

“I apologize, Mariska, I am really sorry … I look forward to talking to you,” she added.

Hilton stated that she “would never do anything to be rude intentionally,”  and that it was her first time “being back on the stage with some of the girls,” referring to her “RHOBH” co-stars.

The socialite admitted that she was looking for a tissue because she needed to sneeze.

“I was looking for a tissue, [but] I didn’t have a tissue or a hanky, so I got nervous and just put some lipstick on,” she told the outlet.

“It was during her speech so I thought the camera [would not] be focused on me.”

Hilton appeared at the PCAs alongside her co-stars Dorit Kemsley, Sutton Stracke, Lisa Rinna, Erika Jayne, Kyle Richards, and Crystal Minkoff to present the award for Best Drama TV Star.

After Hargitay, 58, was announced the winner, she took the stage and began delivering a stirring speech about empowerment.

“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,” Hargitay said in part.

While many were moved by the NBC star’s moving words, some onlookers noticed Hilton reaching into her silver Valentino purse, pulling out a tube of lip gloss, and applying it to her lips.

Fans took to social media to condemn the Casa Del Sol tequila investor’s actions.

One person tweeted, “I love Mariska Hargitay. Such a bizarre moment as Kathy Hilton reapplies lipstick during her beautiful acceptance speech.”

Another wrote, “Mariska is eternal, Olivia Benson 100% in television history’s godhead, beautiful speech and — dafuq Kathy Hilton, you can’t wait two minutes to touch up your lips?”

Meanwhile, Hilton’s friend Stracke recently defended her, telling Page Six exclusively, “I think she thought that the camera was not on her. I think that she thought the camera was off of her.”

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