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We all know Adele has a manner with phrases — each in tune and in interviews — however in her cheeky speech Thursday morning (Dec. 7) at The Hollywood Reporter‘s Women in Entertainment breakfast, she warned the crowd that she’s “not really a motivational words kinda gal.”

“I’m just gonna be upfront about it straightaway,” she stated as she accepted the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. “I’m also not really a speeches kind of gal. They’re really not my f—ing forte. I can’t. When I’m nervous, I swear. Forgive me. I’m British, what can I say?”

It may be laborious to persuade the room of Hollywood energy gamers gathered on the Beverly Hills Hotel that Adele isn’t a “speeches kind of gal” after she gave an equal-parts heartfelt and riotous one on Thursday, poking enjoyable on the early name time (“It’s an absolute honor to be here today in full f—ing glam at 8 a.m.”) whereas paying tribute to the trade’s trailblazing ladies who preceded her (“It’s because of them that I have every right to be the boss at work and the boss at home”).

The occasion additionally introduced collectively two music powerhouses who one may assume had crossed paths earlier than. “I finally got to meet Dua Lipa!” Adele stated in her speech. “A bit starstruck. Absolutely love her. Fellow Londoner.” She additionally joked concerning the peak of the microphone onstage and invoked her fellow pop star’s title. “It’s hard with this microphone, isn’t it, Dua?” she stated. “We’re very, very tall — like supermodels. Well you are, I’m not — but anyway!”

Previous Sherry Lansing Award recipient Helen Mirren introduced Adele with the consideration, recalling the primary time she heard the tune “Hometown Glory” from Adele’s 2008 debut album 19 and “a shiver went down my back. That chill that comes just a few times in your life, when you realize you are listening to a brilliant and game-changing new artist. And I thought, ‘Wow, a goddess walks amongst us.’”

Kerry Washington was additionally honored on the occasion, receiving the Equity in Entertainment Award from Ariana DeBose. And essentially the most touching side of this system was when Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello and others helped current greater than $1 million in scholarships to highschool seniors who’re a part of THR’s Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program. “The scholarships had me in floods of tears,” Adele stated to begin her speech.

Watch Adele’s full speech and see Dua Lipa’s images from the occasion under: