The Last of Us star Pedro Pascal had to be censored while on stage at the Emmys after he fired an explicit shot at fellow actor Kieran Culkin.
Pascal took his chance to have a jab at Culkin as he arrived on stage to hand out the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series last night (January 15).
The category was dominated by stars from two shows, namely the The White Lotus and Culkin's show Succession.
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F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli, Theo James and Will Sharp earned nominations for The White Lotus, while Nicholas Braun, Alan Ruck, Alexander Skarsgård and Matthew Macfadyen represented Succession.
As you can see Culkin wasn't even a nominee in the category, but that didn't stop Pascal bringing him up.
The Chilean-American actor has been wearing a sling recently after suffering an injury, and while on stage he offered up a backstory as to how it happened.
"A lot of people have been asking about my arm,” he began, before clarifying that the injury is actually located in his shoulder.
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Pascal then fired his shot, but was quickly censored by producers as he dropped a curse word.
"I think tonight is a perfect time to tell everyone that Kieran Culkin beat the s**t out of me,” Pascal joked.
The camera then cut to Culkin, who at first responded with a death stare towards Pascal before he joined in with the joke and cracked a smile.
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The response made it clear there's no real beef between Pascal and Culkin, but the pair have been joking about a feud since the Golden Globes earlier this month.
At the earlier ceremony, the two actors went head-to-head in the category of Best Male Actor in a Television Drama Series - an award which ultimately went to Culkin.
He clearly couldn't resist a quick gloat towards his competition, as he said: “I was nominated for a Golden Globe like 20 years ago, and when that moment passed, I still remember thinking, ‘I’m never going to be back in this room again'.
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"But thanks to Succession I’ve been in here a couple times … Suck it, Pedro! Sorry. Mine!”
Fans have been loving the back-and-forth between Pascal and Culkin, with one viewer describing the rivalry as the 'highlight of awards season'.
"WE are the true winners of this award season for getting Pedro Pascal and Kieran Culkin’s friendship actually," another commented.
And just if you were wondering, Pascal's injury actually had nothing at all to do with Culkin as he previously explained he'd simply had a fall, saying: "Be careful ... it can happen to anybody."
Topics: Film and TV, Celebrity, Pedro Pascal
Emily Brown