OSCARS 2011: Kate Garraway questions Jamie Oliver’s part invite on red carpet

By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:23 PM on 28th February 2011

There are certainly a couple of no-no’s when interviewing celebrities on the red carpet, and a big one is not asking them ‘How did you get in?’

Kate Garraway came close to a very awkward moment while chatting to the stars at the Vanity Fair post-Oscars bash last night, when she told Daybreak viewers that she couldn’t understand how Jamie Oliver managed to get an invite… and moments later he walked past.

Despite appearing to snub him mere seconds earlier, the entertainment reporter excitedly waved him over for a gushing interview.

Faux pas: Kate Garraway is horrified when her dig at Jamie Oliver almost ends in disaster – she was questioning his A-list status… as he approached behind her

Kate, reporting from the red carpet at the glitzy party, told Daybreak hosts Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley: ‘We’re not sure how he got an invite. It’s our Jamie Oliver. He’s not really A-list is he?’

The 43-year-old did an about face, though, when the TV chef and his wife Jools ambled by on their way into the bash.

Garraway grabbed the couple for an interview, telling them they were live on Daybreak.

Don’t you know who I am? The TV chef told Kate about meeting Colin Firth, whom he called the ‘The nicest, most genuine, lovely man ever’

Jamie, 35, unaware of his celebrity status being called into question, happily obliged, telling Kate how he had just met Best Actor winner Colin Firth the week before.

He said the actor is: ‘The nicest, most genuine, lovely man ever.’

Kate also chatted to ex-pat Kate Beckinsale and Tom Hanks, who both gushed about the success of The King’s Speech.

Underworld actress Kate told the presenter that she had attended university with the film’s director Tom Hooper, and he had asked her to be in a play in their first year.

Awkward: Kate was abashed after her gushing interview when Chiles and Bleakley reminded her that she had snubbed him moments before

‘So it was surreal, exciting and brilliant to see him win,’ she said.

Of Colin Firth, Kate said: ‘He should just win everything because he gives such good speeches.’

Tom Hanks left Garraway speechless with his enthusiastic crowing about the film’s success.

‘Congratulations Britain! You’ve done it! The King’s Speech has taken
America by storm.  We’re exhausted from The King’s Speech,’ he said.

‘I’m an actress’: Helene Bonham Carter also chatted with Garraway, joking that she had faked looking pleased when beaten out by Melissa Leo

Helena Bonham Carter, who missed out on a gong for Best Supporting Actress, showed Kate her would-be acceptance speech,  which was printed on a giant handkerchief.

‘It will never be seen,’ she said.

When Kate complimented her on ‘looking genuinely pleased’ when beaten by Melissa Leo at the start of the ceremony, Helena joked: ‘Well I’m an actress,  you’ve got to look pleased that someone else has won.’

She added: ‘I’ve got to be a good example for my children. It’s not the winning that counts, is it?’

Not needed: The actress showed Daybreak what would have been her acceptance speech, printed on an oversize handkerchief

The Daybreak presenter was snubbed by Glee star Matthew Morrison,
after being elbowed out of the way by an American MTV host live on air
and failing to be granted an interview when he told her: ‘One interview
at a time, give me a minute.’

Chiles and Bleakley were in hysterics when a red-faced Kate told
them: ‘The teeth are white and the elbows sharper out here, I’m just a
girl from Oxfordshire, I cna’t handle it!’

Chiles saved her, telling viewers, ‘We don’t want a punch up, we’ll leave it there.’

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