The cameras were off. The show was untelevised. And Melissa McCarthy finally had the chance to tee off on her fellow nominee for the best actress Oscar, Glenn Close.

“I think we all truly find her sketchy,” McCarthy told the audience at the Oscar Wilde Awards in Santa Monica on Thursday night. “And when I say sketchy, I don’t want you to take it the wrong way. I mean truly shady.”

The crowd, including Close, roared with laughter. “Why the two N’s?” McCarthy continued. “Why the double scoop? I think I’m not alone in wondering.”

Close then took the stage and indulged in a bit of playful ribbing herself by intentionally mangling her presenter’s name. “That Melissa McCartney, she’s a whore for the spotlight,” Close said, grinning.