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Jennifer Coolidge has experienced a career renaissance in recent years. Her star turns up as the unforgettable Tanya McQuoid “The White Lotus” catapulted her to a new level of fame – and she says that’s where it all started Ariana Grande‘s “Thank U, Next” video. in the Weekly entertainmentIn her Entertainers of the Year cover story, published Dec. 12, Coolidge told Grande that her appearance in the “Thank U, Next” visual helped put her back in the spotlight.
“I mean, that’s where I got ‘Promising Young Woman’ and all that,” she told Grande. “You were sort of the instigator. I really believe that. I think if you hadn’t put me in ‘thanks, next’ and done that mimic, I don’t think I would be where I am.”
Grande refused to acknowledge Coolidge’s newfound success, calling her statement “the absolute most untrue thing I’ve ever heard in my life,” but the 61-year-old doubled down. “No, I really think so! And I think it’s pretty cool,” Coolidge said. “I was kind of flat and you started things for me. I just want to thank you I know you’re a very humble person, you wouldn’t admit it, but I’ll just thank you. “
Coolidge reprized her “Legally Blonde” character, Paulette, in Grande’s “Thank U, Next” music video, released in 2018.mean girls‘ and – of course – ‘Legally Blonde’, which is where Coolidge comes in, complete with the classic ‘bend and snap’.
Watch the video below.