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In fact, she said that during the commercial break before the award was announced, she whispered to her manager, “I think it’s going to Mikey.”

Those whispered words are, of course, an essential part of 10CC's best-known hit single, 1970s pop masterpiece I'm Not In Love.

When the time came for Wallen to join in the tradition, he whispered something in host Mikey Madison's ear and crossed in front of the cameras to exit the stage.

“I hit him hard to the jaw, and he held me and whispered in my ear, ‘That all you got, George?’

“This will be the easiest sale I make all day,” he whispered to me.