Bleeps happen. Especially during live awards shows. But they usually result from expletives that have slipped from the mouths of winners — out of excitement, passion, even anger. Not during Sunday night’s Golden Globes, when the host Ricky Gervais, never one to bite his tongue, was bleeped twice by NBC during his prepared monologue.

First came a comment about Judi Dench’s defense of the panned film “Cats,” which she stars in. (Even Gervais hesitated at first, saying “I can’t do this next joke.”) “It was the role she was born to play,” Gervais said, “because she loves nothing better than plunking herself down on the carpet, lifting her leg and licking her own —.”

In the audience, Gwyneth Paltrow’s jaw dropped.