“When they said my name I was like, `What show is this? This must be some other show. I kept saying that, but when my picture came up I just kind of crumpled and my husband said, `You just got nominated for an Academy Award.’” (Her hubby is Ben Falcone, who played Air Marshall Jon in “Bridesmaids”.) “I hope I can figure out something else to say to Glenn Close other than ‘Holy [bleep], you’re Glenn Close.”
“So we started brainstorming and came up with the Miss America idea. And then we found out Rob Lowe was presenting our category – jackpot! I feel like I’m in a Miss America pageant when I’m with him. And then we just contacted all the ladies and immediately everyone was on board. All the emails I got were like, ‘I’ll do whatever you want. I don’t care.’ What a good group of broads.”
Amy Poehler (x)