Jennifer Coolidge goes to Harvard — what, prefer it’s onerous? — as Hasty Pudding Lady of the Yr

One Boston establishment will say “Hiiiiii” to a barely much less spectacular Boston establishment subsequent month when Jennifer Coolidge heads to Harvard College to be named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year.

After nabbing an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Critics Alternative Award for her career-defining activate The White Lotus, Coolidge could have one other trophy — effectively, technically it is a pot — to ask somebody to carry whereas she delivers a memorable speech.

Established in 1951 by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the Lady of the Yr is an award given yearly to performers who’ve made a “lasting and spectacular contribution to the world of leisure.”

Frazer Harrison/Getty Photographs Jennifer Coolidge

And boy, has Coolidge ever. We have got the masseuse on Seinfeld, She TV, the American Pie motion pictures, the Legally Blonde franchise, the Christopher Guest cinematic universe, hawking ugly baggage on Intercourse and the Metropolis, and all the good work she did earlier than White Lotus obtained her some well-deserved awards on her mantel.

Coolidge might be honored Feb. 4 when she leads a parade by means of Harvard Sq., which can de facto be the gayest parade of the 12 months (sorry, NYC Pleasure). After the parade, Hasty Pudding will host a celebratory roast of Coolidge, and she or he’ll obtain her Pudding Pot trophy, adopted by the opening evening efficiency of the Pudding’s 174th manufacturing, Cosmic Reduction.

“We’re so excited to welcome Jennifer Coolidge again to her hometown and to Harvard, the long-lasting setting of Legally Blonde,” Man and Lady of the Yr coordinator Maya Dubin stated in a press release. “Her glittering persona and comedic presence are so Pudding. We all know she’ll match proper into the Pudding’s musical spectacular, although she’ll nonetheless must earn her Pudding Pot onstage.”

Man of the Year honoree Bob Odenkirk might be fêted Feb. 2, however as is customized, nobody’s making a parade out of it.

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