Rene Russo Has Laryngitis, Presents at Critics' Choice Anyways!

Rene Russo poses with her Tin Cup co-star Kevin Costner backstage at the 2015 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday evening (January 15) in Los Angeles.

The actress stepped out on stage to present him with the Lifetime Achievement Award, but she had some trouble speaking as she has laryngitis!

“Good evening. When I was asked to give Kevin Costner his Lifetime Achievement Award, I didn’t know that I would have laryngitis,” Rene joked. After talking about all the bullet points she was told she had to get to within one minute, she seemed overwhelmed. That’s when Storage Wars auctioneer Dan Dotson popped up in the audience and volunteered to speed talk for her.

Watch the full presentation below!

FYI: The stars toasted the win backstage with Pol Roger Champagne.

15+ pictures inside of Rene Russo at the awards show…