Kathy Bates wird emotional, als sie erfährt, dass sie sich tatsächlich bei ihrer Mutter bedankt hat, nachdem sie ihren Oscar gewonnen hatte: „Sie hätte mein Leben haben sollen.“

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The actress and her mother had a difficult relationship and when she won the big prize, she remembers her mother being rather blasé about it.

“She said, ‘I don’t know what all the excitement is about, you didn’t discover the cure for cancer,” Bates tells Mankiewicz, adding, “I forgot to thank her that night.”

Mankiewicz then informs the Matlock star that she did, indeed, thank her mother, but Bates is adamant that she didn’t. Until he shows her a clip of her acceptance speech.

“I’d like to thank my family, my friends,” Bates begins in the clip, “my mom at home, my dad, who I hope is watching somewhere…”

When she sees that she thanked her mother, Bates’ face immediately drops and she puts her hands to her mouth in disbelief.

“Thank you! Why did I think I didn’t thank her,” an emotional Bates says. “Oh, what a relief.”

Misery is one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen

Maybe not curing cancer but Kathy Bates has given plenty to the world through her acting. Maybe it’s just southern but the way people of Kathy’s generation will always adore the ground their mean and nasty lil parents walked on needs to be studied.