Kathy Hilton is apologizing profusely—both privately and publicly—to Mariska Hargitay after going viral for applying lipstick while the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actress gave a moving award acceptance speech.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star was on stage at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards when Hargitay was named Drama TV Star of the year for her role as Captain Olivia Benson on the long-running Law & Order spinoff. As Hargitay was launching into the most heartfelt part of her speech, Hilton could be seen in the background re-applying her lipstick.

But Hilton says the social faux pas was anything but intentional.

“I adore and respect Mariska very much, and I already had reached out to her, DMed her, I want to get her address. I feel terrible. I would never do anything to be rude intentionally, and I’m really sorry,” the RHOBH star told Extra’s Terri Seymour on Friday.

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

Hilton also shared that, while she didn’t think she’d be in the shot, she had a good reason for the makeup touch-up:

“I actually thought I was going to sneeze, and you don’t want to hear me sneeze. It’s the loudest sneeze that you’ve ever heard in your life. And I was looking for a tissue, and I didn’t have a tissue or a hanky, so I got a little nervous, and I just put some lipstick on, but it was during her speech, so I thought…the camera’s not going to be on me. I didn’t think that I was in that shot.”

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Though the clip of Hilton went viral, Hargitay didn’t let a little lipstick take her moment, and continued gracefully through the rest of her rousing speech.

Starring in nearly episode of Special Victims Unit and a real-life advocate, Hargitay explained why the People’s Choice Award was particularly important to her.

“I love this award so much because of the two words in it. The word, of course, the first word is ‘people.’ And that’s people from all origins and all ethnicities and all creeds, and all genders and all identity that make this whole glorious mix of all of us.”

“The second word, and that’s even more important, is ‘choice.’ So 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,” she added.

Watch Hargitay’s full acceptance speech below: