Adam Sandler isn’t the only comedian in his household.
The actor claims he didn’t have time to write a speech for the 2022 Gotham Awards, where he won a performance tribute award, so his two daughters wrote one for him.
Sandler began, “I was too busy to write a speech. So I said to my daughter, Sadie and Sunny, who are 16 and 14, ‘I didn’t write a speech,’ and they said phrases like ‘rude’ and ‘you’re mean.'”
The Emmy winner went on to say that his daughters asked, “Can we write your speech, daddy?”
He joked, “I said, ‘Absolutely, it would be nice to see you do something other than watch YouTube or go to Lululemon every damn weekend.'” After the deal was struck, they asked him to do the speech in to keep a “silly southern accent”.
Sandler read aloud, “Thank you for presenting our daddy, Mr. Adam Sandler, with the prestigious Lifetime, Primetime, All-Time GOAT Achievement Tribute Award, or whatever that frankly disturbing object is meant to represent.”
He went on to show the award, which is an elongated rectangle. “It means a lot to him as most of the awards on his trophy rack are shaped like popcorn buckets or airships,” he said Unpolished gems actor read. The speech continued with various pop culture references and playful jokes at her father’s expense, including ones alluding to his “spanx” and his irritation when they “laugh out loud at Ben Stiller movies.”
Sandler’s acceptance ended with a sweet note about his wife, Jackie Sandler (née Titone). It read: “Thanks mommy for putting up with daddy and his frigging mood swings all these years. This is truly an achievement worthy of a lifetime achievement award.”
Along with Sandler’s victory, Michelle Williams, Gina Prince-Bythewood and the cast of fire island were among those to receive Tribute Awards from the organization focused on recognizing independent films and television shows from the United States.
Movie winners included Everything everywhere at once, After sunand until.
Watch Adam Sandler’s full acceptance speech above.