Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playWhen Sydney singer Montaigne accepted her gong at the 1016 Aria Awards, she probably should have stuck to the speech she had written on her iPhone. "My old mate, the real Montaigne, a French philosopher from centuries ago, once said a thing which was ..." she began before stumbling." ... Well, it was that ... 'On the highest throne in the world we still sit only on our bottoms'." Related Content Tove Lo wears ovaries on her dress at the ARIA Awards The Veronicas' topless glitch at the 2016 ARIA Awards Video Watch: Montaigne's Aria weird awards speechAs the audience and viewers watched on in confusion, Montaigne, who had the phrase, "People not profit" written on her chest, persevered with her point. She later took to Twitter to explain that her real speech was "very clever" - she'd just chosen in the moment not to read it.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 23, 2016 22:12 UTC