Bill Murray spilled vodka on Mahershala Ali at the Golden Globes: 'It felt like hot acid'

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Bill Murray committed a bit of a faux pas backstage at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.

Mahershala Ali revealed on Tuesday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" that he had a run-in with the famed comedian during an interview backstage after his film, "Green Book," won Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, and it didn't go as planned.

"Bill was, you know, toasting us -- and I don't drink -- but Bill toasted his glass on Viggo [Mortensen]'s head and then Linda [Cardellini] and then toasts on my head, and vodka just spills all over my face and is running down into my eyes and burning and in my mouth," Ali, who won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, recalled with a laugh.

"I'm doing the whole interview with an eye closed afterwards," he continued. "Vodka in the eye, it felt like hot acid rolling down my face."

Despite that pain that Murray accidentally caused him, Ali seems to have given him a pass, considering who he is.

"But, hey, it's Bill Murray, so," he added.

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