Ellise Shafer Avril Lavigne, the princess of pop-punk, was crowned with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday. Timed to the 20th anniversary of her debut album “Let Go,” the ceremony was a full-circle moment for Lavigne, who told Variety in an interview that she had visited the famed boulevard on her first trip to Los Angeles at 16 years old.
Lavigne recalled that first star encounter during her speech, unveiling a photo of her younger self next to what appears to be Tom Cruise’s star (the photo promptly fell off its stand once she removed its covering, leading to laughs from the crowd). “So, I’m 16 years old and I’m on my first trip to Hollywood, and of course, I had to visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame because it’s iconic,” Lavigne said.
In the photo, she’s wearing a navy sweatshirt displaying the on-brand words “skateboarding is not a crime,” and in a tender moment of nostalgia, Lavigne changed into the sweatshirt right then and there. “I can remember seeing these legendary names, and I never could have imagined mine would be here,” Lavigne said, the hood of her sweatshirt resting on her head. “This is so crazy.
I am so grateful. This is probably one of the coolest days of my life.” After thanking some VIPs in the audience, including her fiancé Mod Sun, producer and Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann, co-writer Lauren Christy and collaborator Machine Gun Kelly, Lavigne ended her speech on an encouraging note. “Today, I love making music more than ever.
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