Patsy Palmer left both the crowd and viewers at home in stitches during the British Soap Awards, as she went off in a tangent about vaginas during her award acceptance speech.
The actress, 53, won the prize for Best Comedic Performance at the annual ceremony, held on Saturday night at London's Hackney Empire.
She scored the win for her role as Bianca Jackson on EastEnders, beating out stiff competition from Jack P Shepherd, Nicola Wheeler and Nicole Barber-Lane.
However, as she took to the stage to accept the gong, Patsy got rather sidetracked, as she deliver an ode to vaginas, that had the audience breaking down into laughter.
She made the X-rated remarks in reference to EastEnders' live 40th anniversary special, which saw Bianca having to help sister Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) give birth after they became trapped in the Queen Vic with cousin Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) following the explosion.
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The scene had viewers cracking up as Bianca and Lauren argued over who had to help, with both reluctant to get up close and personal with the birth.
It culminated with Bianca taking a huge glug from a bottle of brandy for some liquid courage, before declaring the now-iconic line: 'It’s only a noony Lauren!'
Referencing the hilarious moment, Patsy began her speech: 'Listen I haven't prepared a speech, because I really thought Jack was gonna win.
'To be able to funny in all what of we've seen tonight is nothing short of miracle really. I'd like to thank Shona McGarty for leaving, because if she hadn't have left I wouldn't have come back.
'I wasn't expecting that and I'm so glad I did because then I stayed for the 40th and that was really where we celebrated the women's vagina!'
As the star-studded crowd burst into laughter, co-star Michelle Collins could be seen looking around in shock, while host Jane McDonald looked positively appalled.
However, Patsy didn't stop there, valiantly continuing on to add: 'I think vaginas have always been funny.'
She then changed tone to express her thanks to show and even choked back her tears, as she gushed: 'All jokes aside, coming back to EastEnders after quite some time has been the most amazing experience for me and I'm so grateful. Beyond grateful.
'And I'm not going to cry, so I'm going to go, because it is a comedy award. But you really have no idea what a gift it's been for me to come back.'
As she left the stage, the camera cut back to Jane to segue to the next award, but the singer was still left stunned by Patsy's unusual and explicit speech.
She confessed to the audience: 'Well I don't know what to say after that. I mean how many times can you say vaginas in one speech?'
Fans watching the ITV airing of the awards ceremony on Thursday night were full of praise for Patsy, taking to X to declare her monologue the 'the speech of the night.'
They wrote: 'the amount of times patsy palmer said the word vagina should be studied'; 'as if they’ve kept in her speech about vaginas'.
'I love patsy palmer I'm laughing while most are shocked at the word vagina'; '"Vaginas have always been funny" LMAO PATSY'.
'Patsy and the speech of the night. Icon'; 'p***ing myself at jane’s reaction to patsy palmer saying vagina in her speech'.
'Ofcom HQ after Patsy Palmer’s vagina speech'; '“how many times can you say vagina in one speech?” jack p shepard shaking his head and patsy’s speech is killing me'.
However, many fans were quick to claim that when the awards ceremony actually took place on Saturday night, Patsy's speech had been much longer and contained even more vagina references.
They insisted that ITV had 'massively' edited her 'iconic' speech down and took to social media to demand the broadcaster 'release the full patsy palmer vagina monologue'.
They declared: 'They kept in WAY more of Patsy's speech than I thought but rest assured, she said the word MANY MORE TIMES THAN SHOWN!'
They cut so much! We had a 5 minute vaginal monologue from our Patsy'; 'Omg they cut out the amount of times patsy said vagina ?! She said it like ten times ahaha'.
'PATSY PALMER MY QUEEN This speech was MASSIVELY cut and had the entire room in absolute hysterics, legendary'; 'I need the unedited version of Patsy's speech'.
'PLEASE did someone record Patsy's speech because where were the rest of the vagina mentions??'; 'Happy Patsy Palmer Vagina Speech Day to all who celebrate'.
'I don’t think the world is ready for Patsy Palmers vagina monologue'; 'WHY WOULD THEY SILENCE PATSYS WAFFLING ABOUT VAGINAS, LET HER SPEAK'.
'ITV need to release the unedited Patsy Palmer speech immediately. We need it'; 'I am so curious as to how much of Patsy's speech they keep in because it was ICONIC!'
'not them cutting out patsys vagina jokes there was way more in person'; 'I wasn’t expecting them to keep Patsy’s full vagina speech, but I was praying they would'.
'Them cutting out all of Patsy’s Vagina rant just makes no sense now when you see Janes reaction and how the crowd reacted???'; 'DO NOT EDIT PATSY'S SPEECH.'
'I wanna hear the full unedited speech from Patsy Palmer…'; 'I cannot wait to see what parts of patsy palmer's vagina tangent makes the tv broadcast'.
'Itv cut at least 4 minutes of Patsy Palmers vagina monologues [sic]'; 'If Patsy’s vagina monologue is cut out of the BSAs then I will be greatly disappointed'.
'And let me tell you, they’ve edited this vagina talk down A LOT.'; 'someone release the full patsy palmer vagina monologue PLEASE'.
MailOnline has contacted ITV's representatives for comment.
The awards saw EastEnders emerge victorious up with a whopping eight wins while Hollyoaks scored three, to Emmerdale's two and Corrie's singular prize.
The residents of Albert Square kicked off their wins with Best Episode which went to Phil’s Psychosis: The Mitchells In 1985.
While Steve McFadden, who plays fan favourite Phil Mitchell, also won the Best Dramatic Performance award.
Among the biggest moments of the night was Anita Watts scooping an award for her reprisal of the iconic Angie Watts for the first time in 37 years.
The actress returned as the Queen Vic's first landlady for EastEnders' special anniversary episode in February, in a heartbreaking cameo with daughter Sharon - played by Letitia Dean.
Her shock return left viewers stunned and in tears, with fans branding it the 'TV moment of the year', so her win came as no surprise.
As well as Patsy' win forr Best Comedic Performance, Navin Chowdhry also scooped the Best Villain gong for playing Nish Panesar.
Rudolph Walker & Angela Wynter (Patrick & Yolande Trueman) delivered another win for EastEnders as they won Best On-Screen Partnership.
Lacey Turner, who plays Stacey Slater, won the Best Leading Performer Award and EastEnders also won the most coveted award of all: Best British Soap.
Another standout moment of the ceremony was Sir David Jason taking to the stage to present the coveted Best Soap award.
The Only Fools and Horses star, 85, cut a dapper figure in a classic black suit and bow tie as he announced EastEnders as the winner of the night's biggest prize.
Hollyoaks' three awards started with Isabelle Smith who won Best Newcomer for her role as Frankie Osborne.
The Osbornes then won the Best Family award while Hollyoaks' sibling sexual abuse storyline received the Best Storyline award.
Meanwhile, Emmerdale's Amelia Flanagan was overcome with emotion as she was announced as the winner of Best Young Performer for playing April Windsor.
The 16-year-old - who previously won the prize for Best Young Performance for the role in 2015 - couldn't hid her shock as she took to the stage to accept the trophy.
The actress beat out Corrie's Will Flanagan, EastEnders star Sonny Kendall and Hollyoaks' Noah Holdsworth for the win.
While camera operator Mike Plant took home the Tony Warren Award which is given to employees working behind the scenes.
Coronation Street's sole gong of the night was the Outstanding Achievement Award which went to David Neilson who has played Roy Cropper for 30 years.
The June 2023 edition reached 5.7 million viewers in total with just under one million streams on ITVX and a peak of 3.2m viewers via its linear overnight broadcast.
Singer and self-confessed soaps lover Jane, 61, stepped in as a last-minute replacement for Phillip Schofield two years ago after he quit ITV after admitting to an affair with a young male This Morning colleague.
Host Jane said: 'I'm beyond excited to be hosting The British Soap Awards again as I had such a ball hosting the awards last time.
'You all know I love my soaps, so to be in a room giving recognition to all these wonderful actors and their fantastic hard work is simply joyous. I can't wait to get my glittery frock on and celebrate with everyone.'
Meanwhile, Gemma John-Lewis, Entertainment Commissioner ITV said: 'The British Soaps Awards are an opportunity to celebrate and shine a light on the incredible actors and production teams that deliver gripping drama and captivating stories throughout the year.
'We're delighted Jane McDonald, a self proclaimed number one soap fan, is returning to host the awards.'
