Salma Hayek revealed that her Eternals co-star Angelina Jolie was reluctant to push her head into her birthday cake as part of Mexican tradition.
The 55-year-old actress shared her birthday cake story on Thursday while promoting the upcoming Marvel movie with her co-star Kumail Nanjiani, 43, on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Jimmy, 53, noted that Salma last month had a 'little birthday party' and asked how many people attended.
Birthday tradition: Salma Hayek revealed that her Eternals co-star Angelina Jolie was reluctant to push her head into her birthday cake as part of Mexican tradition
'Okay, there was no birthday party. All of those people were crashers,' Salma clarified.
She explained that she told people that she didn't want a birthday party and had to work that day.
'Everybody felt sorry for my loneliness so they just showed up at my house. You know? Before I knew it, 25 people. I mean, I had to say, bring some booze! Thank god there was a cake,' Salma said.
Salma reminded Jimmy of the Mexican tradition known as 'mordida' and then got the studio audience to start a 'mordida' chant.
Cake story: The 55-year-old actress shared her birthday cake story on Thursday while promoting the upcoming Marvel movie with her co-star Kumail Nanjiani, 43, on Jimmy Kimmel Live
'This is the power of Salma Hayek, she can get them to chant something that they don't know what it is,' quipped Kumail.
Salma explained that 'mordida' means bite and tradition calls for biting the birthday cake hands-free after blowing out the candles.
'And then there's always one that hits you and sticks your face inside the cake,' Salma said.
Mordida chant: 'This is the power of Salma Hayek, she can get them to chant something that they don't know what it is,' quipped Kumail
'This time Angelina came,' said Salma, referencing her Oscar-winning co-star in Eternals.
'We were starting mordita. She's
