Wendi McLendon-Covey on Reaction to 'St. Denis Medical': "I've Been So Thrilled" | Critics Choice Awards 2025 - video Dailymotion

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Wendi McLendon-Covey chats with THR at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards carpet and talks about the fan reaction to 'St. Denis Medical.' Plus, hear how she "made a fool" of herself in front of 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo.

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00:00Congratulations, show nominated. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

00:04What have you thought about kind of the reaction to the show so far?

00:07I've been so thrilled, you know, and this is just the icing on the cake.

00:12I was telling someone that, you know, the critics,

00:16they don't have to like you. They watch everything

00:20and they are sick of everything. So if you make them smile,

00:23if you, you know, do something good and they acknowledge you,

00:28it feels amazing. Do you read reviews or how do you kind of approach that?

00:32Of course I do. I engage in emotional cutting

00:36where I read the reviews, I read the comments, and then I go cry somewhere

00:40else, which is dumb. But anyone that says they

00:44don't read them is a big fat liar. Of course we read them. Are there any

00:49anyone on the movie side that you're particularly rooting for tonight? Any

00:52favorite films? I did just make a fool of myself in front

00:55of Cynthia Erivo, but she's a goddess. What am I supposed

01:00to do? You know, on the movie side, my god,

01:03there's been so many amazing movies this year.

01:06Have I gone through all of them? No, I haven't.

01:09No, I haven't. There's only so much time I can spend on the couch.

01:13But, you know, come on, come on, and we are not going to be

01:21done with Wicked anytime soon. There's another one coming out, right?

01:25So yeah. And Valentine's Day next week, any favorite romances, rom-coms?

01:31I'll tell you something about Valentine's Day. It sucks and we don't,

01:35we do not celebrate it. My husband and I, and that's why we've been married so

01:38long, because Valentine's Day is stupid.

01:42Okay? And you heard it here first. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I will wear

01:48black and eat el pollo loco all day. Yeah. So no rom-coms on the

01:53docket? No, not on the day. Later, but I just hate

01:57that forced, stupid holiday. I mean, LA has almost

02:02burned to the ground, for god's sakes. Take that, Cupid.

Wendi McLendon-Covey on Reaction to 'St. Denis Medical': "I've Been So Thrilled" | Critics Choice Awards 2025

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