Entertainment TV 'White Lotus' ' Mike White Was 'Too Drunk' for Planned Globes Speech But 'Would Take a Bullet' for Cast "I was gonna give this speech in Italian but I'm too drunk because there's no food," Mike White joked as The White Lotus won best limited series, anthology or TV movie at the Golden Globes By Kelly Wynne Kelly Wynne Digital News Writer, PEOPLE People Editorial Guidelines and Glenn Garner Glenn Garner Instagram Twitter Glenn Garner is a Writer/Reporter who works heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. Since graduating from Northern Arizona University with a dual major in journalism and photography, he got his professional start at OUT Magazine, The Advocate and Teen Vogue, and he's since consistently kept his finger on the pulse of the LGBTQ community. His first book The Guncle Guide was released in 2020 and was featured on Katie Couric's list of 100 recommended books of the year. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 10, 2023 11:27 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Rich Polk/NBC via Getty The White Lotus has dominated again as the year's best limited series, anthology or TV movie at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. The HBO show's creator Mike White accepted the award onstage at Tuesday's awards show, where he said he was "still so choked up" over White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge's acceptance speech earlier in the night for best actress in a limited or anthology series or television film. "I was gonna give this speech in Italian but I'm too drunk, because there's no food," White, 52, then joked of season 2's Sicilian setting. White Lotus, Top Gun 2, Avatar 2 and Wednesday All Land 2023 Golden Globe Nominations "So, thank you to HBO. If there's one place that gets you, let it be HBO," he continued. "And thank you, the HFPA. And thank you to these guys, I would take a bullet for you guys, maybe not in the heart, but in the foot or the leg or whatever. And I want to thank all the actors." "And Jennifer, I love you. We went out with a show we wanted to do with Jennifer, and everybody passed. I know you all passed, you all passed on this show. So yes, it's very gratifying to have this moment," White said. Rich Polk/NBC via Getty White also called season 2 star F. Murray Abraham "a legend," raving that the show's Italian crew "was amazing." Jennifer Coolidge Gets Bleeped, Standing Ovation and Brings Mike White to Tears at Golden Globes The series was nominated alongside Black Bird, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, The Dropout and Pam & Tommy. Last year, the award went to Amazon Prime Video's The Underground Railroad. For more on the 2023 Golden Globe Awards, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. White's speech came moments after Coolidge, 61, thanked him as "one of the greatest people I've ever met" in a heartfelt speech that left the TV creator reduced to tears. RELATED VIDEO: Stars at The White Lotus Season 2 Premiere "I just want to say Mike White, you gave me hope, even though this is the end because you did kill me off, but it doesn't matter because you really changed my life in a million different ways — my neighbors aren't being mean to me, things like that — and none of those people, I was never invited to one party on my hill and now everyone's inviting me!" she said. "It's to you, Mike White, this is something all of you." "If you don't know Mike White this is something you should know: he's worried about the world, he's worried about people, you're worried about animals. He really is one of the greatest people I've ever met, he gives me so much excitement to be... you make people want to live longer and I didn't. So I just want to say Mike White ... I love you and I just want to say this has been a fun night," she added. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The 80th annual Golden Globe Awards were broadcasted live on NBC and Peacock.