Jennifer Coolidge Accepts Comedic Genius Award at 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards: ‘All Great Comedy Starts With Great Writers’
usmagazine.comIcon alert! Jennifer Coolidge was awarded the Comedic Genius Award at the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards.“Thank you, MTV.
Thank you for honoring me with this incredible Comedic Genius Award,” the White Lotus alum, 61, said while accepting the distinction during the Sunday, May 7, show at the Barker Hanger in Los Angeles. “It’s even more special because I was in The Groundlings with Melissa McCarthy and Will Ferrell, and so now I get to be in the club with them and Sascha Baron Cohen and Kevin Hart and Jack Black.
My god, what a fun night.”The Massachusetts native is the sixth person to receive the special prize and quipped that the award was the perfect shape for her. “I’m sure you know this — well, actually, you probably don’t.
The reason why I’m so thrilled — it’s just ironic that this award would be made of my favorite food: popcorn.”Coolidge turned the subject to the Writers Guild of America strike.
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