Kathy Hilton apologizes for applying lipstick during PCAs speech

Kathy Hilton apologizes for applying lip gloss on stage as Mariska Hargitay delivers an impassioned acceptance speech at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards.

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

She added: “I apologise, Mariska, I’m really sorry… I look forward to talking to you.”

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

The socialite admitted that she was actually looking for a tissue because she felt like she had 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 on lipstick,” she told the store. “It was during her speech so I thought the camera [would not] be focused on me.”

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

After Hargitay, 58, was named the winner, the “Law & Order: SVU” actress took the stage and began giving a rousing 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 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 poignant words, several eagle-eyed viewers spotted 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 call out the Casa Del Sol tequila investor for her behavior.

“I love Mariska Hargitay. Such a bizarre moment as Kathy Hilton puts lipstick back on during her beautiful acceptance speech,” one person tweeted.

One more wrote“Mariska is eternal, Olivia Benson 100% in television history deity, beautiful speech and – dafuq Kathy Hilton, you can’t wait two minutes to touch your lips?”

Meanwhile, Hilton’s pal Stracke recently came to her defense, exclusively telling Page Six: “I think she thought the camera wasn’t on her. I think she thought the camera was off her.”