Renée Zellweger Reveals Someone 'Ripped' the Train of Her 2005 Oscars Gown Causing Embarrassing Wardrobe Malfunction

Renée Zellweger’s wardrobe malfunction at the 2005 Oscars can only be described as Bridget Jones-ian.

In a new interview for British VogueZellweger, 55, looked back at 11 of her most memorable looks, including the stunning Carolina Herrera gown she wore to the awards two decades ago – which didn’t make it through the evening in one piece, according to the actress.

“First of all, it’s an amazing dress. I love that dress,” she said of the strapless red dress, before going on to explain that a lot went on underneath the dress to maintain her silhouette.

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“It was stretched and padded at the bottom to keep its shape,” she said, adding that it also had “bustles,” underwear that padded and enhanced the fullness of the outfit.

Renee Zellweger at the Oscars in 2005.

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And, in true Bridget Jones style, the dress didn’t make it through the Oscars unscathed, Zellweger revealed. “I remember when we were leaving that night, a gentleman got on the train,” she told the magazine, “and I kept walking in the other direction and he ripped it off my dress.”

Not only did the tow detach from her dress — it ripped “right under my butt,” she added with a laugh.

“I went in with that pose and left with that pose,” she told British Voguereferring to the way she stood on the red carpet with her hands behind her back. “Afterwards there were parties and things like that, but I had to go home and change my costume a bit.”

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Renee Zellweger at the Oscars in 2005.

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However, when she returned home to change, she channeled her iconic (and accident-prone) rom-com character again when she “realized I hadn’t brought my house key.”

“I had to climb up to the balcony on the second floor and through the little bathroom window,” Zellweger recalled, “in that dress with the hole in the bum.”

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Elsewhere in her walk down memory lane with British VogueZellweger said she heard through the grapevine that her Bridget Jones costar Hugh Grant kept a NSFW piece of his character’s wardrobe.

While referring to the revealing outfit Jones wore to what she believed to be a “tarts and vicars” themed party at the first Bridget Jones movie, 2001 Bridget Jones’s DiaryZellweger began, “Oh, Bridget. God, that costume made me laugh out loud.”

“It’s such an unusual experience to see the character again at different stages of her life,” she continued, referring to subsequent installments, including 2004’s Bridget Jones: On the Edge of Sanityin 2016 Baby Bridget Jones and Bridget Jones: Crazy for a Boywhich is released on Valentine’s Day this year.

Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones in the movie ‘Bridget Jones: On the Edge of Sanity’.

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“With every iteration, I think everybody’s involved, you know, we’re all different people,” she said, “and to come back together and explore who these characters might be at this stage in their lives and have a lot of people who were connected to these characters so a long time, that’s pretty special.”

In addition, Zellweger said, she had “heard some rumours” that Grant (who portrays playboy and commitment-phobe Daniel Cleaver in the franchise) was holding onto a pair of Jones’ underwear that his character memorably described as “absolutely huge”.

“But I don’t know if that’s true,” she added. “We’ll have to ask him.”

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