There was a polite smattering of applause on Monday night at a dinner in honour of Tom Hanks' movie career when Julia Roberts stood up to give a speech. A few moments later the audience of the Film Society of Lincoln Centre were pale faced, sweating and muttering 'Well really!' at the actress' dirty, filthy, foul mouth.

Quite why the Pretty Woman star decided to be pretty fucking insulting is anyone's guess, though the fact that she mentioned that she needed the toilet might indicate that she'd taken rather too much liquid on board that evening. The New York Daily News relates her speech thus:

"Alright well, it's late and I'm paying my babysitter overtime and I have to pee. So Tom, everybody fucking likes you. All my bits are gone. Listen, I had lunch today with Rita [Wilson, Hanks' wife], and her tits were here [motioned high] and her waist was here [motioned small] and her ass was like that [motioned high], so what can I tell you that's new? Tom Hanks, what the fuck?"

What the fuck indeed? This was the Hollywood equivalent of a tramp grabbing you and telling you 'I fuckin' love you, no really, I fuckin' do, yer me best mate in the world, yer bastard but I'll fight yer. Didn't think much of that 'The Ladykillers', yer fucker.'