And yes, ladies and gents, the plural is intentional: Ashutosh Gowariker apparently managed to wedge two feet in his mouth at this year's International Indian Film Academy Awards in Macau, China.

Foot One was inserted when he ingloriously slammed actress Priyanka Chopra with this unfortunate accolade cum insult:  "Priyanka I love you, but I don't know how you got the award for Best Actress when Aishwarya was also nominated in the same category for 'Jodhaa Akbar'."

While I was tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt for a sarcastic joke gone awry, he promptly inserted Foot Two during his attempt to recover from this gaffe, wondering aloud if Priyanka's hard work, rather than lack of natural talent, was reason for this award. Directly from the horse's (rather wide) mouth:  "Maybe it is because you are very hard-working and she is a natural..."

I wonder:  Too many feet for one mouth . . .or is his mouth too big for one foot?

Turns out this isn't the first time that Gowariker has opened his mouth widely at an awards ceremony. In January 2009 he verbally sparred with Sajid and Farah Khan over their comments about Harman Baweja. While his intentions in this case may have been just, it is clear that Gowariker doesn't keep silent about anything that is on his mind.

Feet or no feet, that's one wide open mouth.

Interestingly, Priyanka and Gowariker are currently working together on the upcoming film "What's your Rashee?"  I am confident that the film producers will save LOADS on air conditioning costs as the set will be naturally chilled. Although I hope that Priyanka's rising fame will soon soothe the embarrassment of this Gowariker's gaffe, if not, there's always next year's IIFA for payback.

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