Billy Crystal Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award at 2022 Critics Choice Awards
etonline.comBilly Crystal was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at 2022 Critics Choice Awards Sunday. The actor and comedian was presented the award by fellow funny man, Jimmy Kimmel.Kimmel paid tribute to his self-proclaimed «best friend,» joking about his long, storied career and nothing the importance about Crystal's influence in his own.«Maybe the most important thing about Billy for me selfishly, he is a great talk show guest.
When Jay Leno forcibly took control of the in 1993, he asked who to be his first guest? Billy crystal. And on Jay's final show, his third in a series of final shows, he asked Billy to be his because he doesn't disappoint.
He is funny, on the stage, and a chair, Billy crystal is one of the all-time greats,» Kimmel said before rolling a tape of some of Crystal's most memorable moments on screen.Crystal was the first celebrity Kimmel interviewed, making it all the more fitting that he be the one to present him the honor at Sunday night's show.«Billy Crystal was the first celebrity I ever interviewed back in 1997.
And 25 years later, I am proud to call him my best friend, even though he most certainly is not. I'm working on it, though,» Kimmel quipped. «Please welcome, and celebrate, the Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award honoree for 2022, the one and only Billy crystal.»Crystal didn't miss the opportunity to make a few jokes, at Kimmel's expense and the critics.«Thank you so much.
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