"I love that man. He's so gentle and softly spoken. He's a darling."

She said he contacted her after the Globes to joke about what happened: "He sent me an email. I sent him an email ... we were laughing, actually."

Malek was shown the clip while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week and described it as "awkward".

"I've known her for many years, despite as it may seem from that video," Malek said, laughing. "So I thought I could easily go up and say 'hi'. But in a moment like that, it was very awkward. I have a feeling it was probably haunting me on the internet."