Actress becomes 1st woman to win comedic genius award
During her acceptance speech at MTV Movie Awards 2016, she humbly
thanked comedic legends like Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner and Lucille
Ball for paving the way for her in Hollywood.
Melissa McCarthy has become the first woman to ever win the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie Awards.
During her acceptance speech, she humbly thanked comedic legends like Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner and Lucille Ball for paving the way for her in Hollywood.
READ: MTV Movie Awards 2016, See complete list of winners
The 45-year-old actress won the
coveted 'Comedic Genius Award' at the MTV Movie Awards on April 10 and
made sure to use her platform for some good.
Thanks
to movies like, "Gilmore Girls", "Samantha Who?", "Private Practice"
and "Mike & Molly", Melissa has made us laugh and totally deserves
her big win.
"I may be the first woman to receive this award," she said. "But
I am certainly not the first one to deserve it. I think I’m a walking
human patchwork of all the remarkable funny women who I’ve loved and
studied over the years. And I am only here because Carol
Burnett, Jane Curtin, Phyllis Diller, Whoopi Goldberg, Terri Garr,
Madelince Kahn, Lucille Ball, Gilda Radner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Diane
Keaton, Tracey Ullman, Bette Midler, Lilly Tomlin and my mom, Sandy Lynn McCarthy
who taught me not to fear being the butt of a joke and taught me not to
worry about being likeable or perfect and to lovingly go for the kill!”
Melissa concluded her speech with: "Who knew Bruce Springsteen could get even cooler?"
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