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SNL alum Aidy Bryant made her debut as host of the Independent Spirit Awards this afternoon in a speech that dinged the strike, the indie world and past boyfriends obsessed with it. Bryant confessed that she’d try and do some “classic roasting” in the room, and that resulted in her calling stars like Greta Lee and Natalie Portman a “stupid bit**”. Self-deprecating, she knew it wasn’t going to go well, but she got laughs from the tent.
“Welcome to the Independent Spirt Awards, also known as the bisexual Oscars.
In mentioning that it’s the 39th annual Indie Spirits, Bryant exclaimed, “Hope you froze your eggs, Spirit awards.”
“I know about you filmmakers because my high school boyfriend talked about you while we dry-humped.”
“I was told what a tracking shot was by the boys who penetrated me!”
More quips about the indie world:
“This is the only place in America where $29M is like no money!”
“I prefer this awards show wasn’t so fancy — this is one of the top nicest tents I’ve ever been in,” she continued in her dig at the indie world.
Bryant tapped her collaborators Shrill scribe Sudi Green and sketch writer Fran Gillespie.
The strike per reports was always going to get a reference per Bryant.
“Speaking of the strike, is everyone getting coffee with the people you ran into on the picket line?…Because you have to.”
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