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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.
00:02Thank 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, they don't have to like you.
00:18They watch everything and they are sick of everything.
00:22So if you make them smile, if you, you know, do something good and they acknowledge you, it feels amazing.
00:30Do you read reviews or how do you kind of approach that side?
00:32Of course I do.
00:33I engage in emotional cutting where I read the reviews, I read the comments, and then I go cry somewhere else, which is dumb.
00:42But anyone that says they don't read them is a big fat liar.
00:46Of course we read them.
00:48Are there anyone on the movie side that you're particularly rooting for tonight?
00:52Any favorite films?
00:53I did just make a fool of myself in front of Cynthia Erivo, but she's a goddess.
00:59What am I supposed to do, you know?
01:02On the movie side, my God, there's been so many amazing movies this year.
01:06Have I gone through all of them?
01:07No, I haven't.
01:09No, I haven't.
01:10There's only so much time I can spend on the couch.
01:13But, you know, it's a...
01:16Come on.
01:19Come on.
01:20And we are not going to be done with Wicked anytime soon.
01:22There's another one coming out, right?
01:25So, yeah.
01:26And Valentine's Day next week?
01:28And the winner is...
01:28Any favorite romances, rom-coms?
01:31Let me tell you something about Valentine's Day.
01:33It sucks, and we don't...
01:35We do not celebrate it.
01:36My husband and I, and that's why we've been married so long.
01:39Because Valentine's Day is stupid.
01:42Okay?
01:43And you heard it here first.
01:45I hate it.
01:46I hate it.
01:47I hate it.
01:47I will wear black and eat El Pollo Loco all day.
01:51I...
01:51Yeah.
01:52So no rom-coms on the docket?
01:53No, not on the day.
01:55Later, but I just hate that forced, stupid holiday.
01:59I mean, L.A. has almost burned to the ground, for God's sakes.
02:05Take that, Cupid.
02:06Take that, Cupid.
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