This is the kind of energy we want to see behind Black women at all times
Octavia Spencer was finally awarded with a well-deserved star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame this Thursday in downtown Los Angeles. It was unsurprising that there were so many tears in the audience during such an emotional occasion. Spencer stated that she was "trying to keep it together because I know I haven't taken all of my pictures yet, and I want my makeup to be pretty" as she prepared to deliver her speech.
What surprised me was the heckler who raised his voice throughout the ceremony. But one man made himself the hero as he yelled and ridiculed Spencer and her friends and coworkers in attendance, stating that the gathering was "celebrating rich people," among other things.
Will Ferrell silenced the rogue guy as he took the stage to honor his friend and "Spirited" co-star.
“Not on Octavia’s day!
"He yelled at the heckler. "Keep things moving. Maintain the momentum. There's a wax museum down there. That item is completely open."
The comic did what he does best: he made the audience laugh.
"He's got big lungs." "He's breathing through his diaphragm," Ferrell quipped as the man walked down the street. "Please make it louder. "They can't hear you in Alhambra," he remarked later, to laughter from the audience.
On a more serious note, upon stepping down, he stated that Spencer was "literally the best and no one is more deserving of this star," and then asked, "Is that guy up next?"
In response to the heckler. "Is he supposed to say anything?" Is Sweatpants strange up here? Should I simply go ahead and tackle him? ”
As the applause died down, friend and former co-star Allison Janney grabbed the stage and related the tale of how they met at a party in the late 1990s. Spencer was supposedly joking with friends about being cast in a project with only two lines, and that it was really a step up from another previous performance in which she portrayed a bus driver who didn't make it out alive. Janney was lured to Spencer's exuberance.
"Anyone who could have a sense of humor about the struggles of trying to make it in Hollywood had to be a part of my life," Janney said. "Of course, I wanted to work with her." In 2011, the two collaborated on the film The Help.
Spencer remembers driving to L.A. for her own speech. She left Montgomery, Alabama 26 years ago with an old automobile, $3,000, a little television, and her goals.
"It took me a minute to absorb the profundity of this moment," she remarked after getting a certificate commemorating her star ceremony from the city of Los Angeles. "The realization of my dreams, hard work rewarded after a healthy dose of failure and rejection."
Spencer went on to thank her coworkers, friends, and sisters, who she claimed were always willing to lend her money for rent when she needed it.
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