She may have had nothing only vitriol for cohost Elton John, merely at Tuesday night's London-set GQ Men of the Year Awards, Lily Allen did sustain some kind words reserved for one British ikon: the bobbies.
Before berating the Rocket Man onstage�and, as it were, before dispatching plenty of complimentary tipple�the 23-year-old "Smile" singer had nothing only praise for the London Metropolitan Police, thanking them publicly for rescuing a friend wHO had of late been abducted at gunpoint.
"My friend Charlie was kidnapped a few weeks ago and was kept in a car boot for six days without food or anything," she told reporters on her elbow room into the show. "It was in truth scary."
Scarier even than going away head-to-head with a cantankerous knighted pop star, if you privy believe it.
It's the indorsement such fourth dimension Allen has given public props to London's boys in grim, having appended a thank you to her most recent blog (the postscript has since been removed from the entry).
"Thank you to the Met for acquiring my quaker Charlie back, we were all terrified and from what I hear you guys did an awing job," she originally wrote.
But while Charlie was found unhurt after being held for a $130,000-plus ransom utmost month, Allen didn't quite manage to escape as unscathed from her Men of the Year hosting gig last night.
After partaking in gratis champagne piece onstage, Allen's behavior went downhill. She slurred her words onstage, let strip the erstwhile secret employment of her brother Alfie and told 82-year-old prize recipient Tony Bennett that she'd "still f--k him" disdain his in advance age.
Which john Drew the ire of John, the evening's cohost.
After Allen teased the assembled crowd of showbiz bigwigs that they had reached "a very extra point in the evening," the 61-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer quipped, "What, are you going to have some other drink?"
To which Allen retorted, "F--k off, Elton. I'm 40 long time younger than you. I have my whole life ahead of me."
Her fellow master of ceremonies�and, as it turns out, comebacks�fired back, "I could silent snort you under the table."
On hand for the spectacle was celeb chef Gordon Ramsay, Elle Macpherson, Thandie Newton, Steve Coogan, Mark Ronson, Orlando Bloom and Josh Brolin, among others.
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