Helen Mirren has revealed she ccouldn’t eat or drink any alcohol at the Golden Globes ceremony on Monday for fear of embarrassing herself.

She revealed: “It’s a bit of a roller coaster ride… and you can’t drink. I can’t anyway. I’m too scared to drink and then make a t*t of myself. It’s much too scary to do that.”

“Some of the award shows you do there is alcohol on the table, there’s wine and things. You have one afterwards and drown your sorrows usually. I’ve lost a lot of awards in my life. I’m brilliant at going, ‘Oh, I’m so glad she won! She’s fantastic! I’m a worm by comparison! I don’t deserve it at all! I don’t know why I’m here!’”

“You’re too nervous and excited and insecure [to eat too]; you don’t want beans in your teeth.”