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 Kelly Wynne has been a TV writer at PEOPLE digital since 2021. Her work has been seen in Newsweek, where she acted as a reality TV and true-crime writer, Atwood Magazine and her mental health blog, The Chronically. People Editorial Guidelines and Glenn Garner Glenn Garner Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. He left PEOPLE in 2023. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 10, 2023 11:27PM EST 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.