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Jennifer Coolidge speaks onstage at the 2023 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023 in New York City. Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for TIME At Wednesday’s TIME100 Gala honoring some of [this year’s most influential people](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/)—a group that spans Hollywood stars to heads-down scientists and activists working for change—Jennifer Coolidge wanted something from the other celebrities in the room. “I think you should all pair up,” the Emmy-winning actress told the star-studded hall at Lincoln Center in New York. The audience laughed. “No, I’m not kidding,” Coolidge responded. “All the famous people in here, I want you to get a buddy. A nerdy buddy.” Coolidge, a member herself of the 2023 TIME100 and host of the event, [recently spoke to TIME](https://time.com/6269205/jennifer-coolidge-interview-time100/) about finally being invited to cool parties amid her rocketing career success. Indeed, few attendees on Wednesday night sparked the same paparazzi flurry she did upon arriving. “I made a fake fart video with JLo and I got 2 million followers,” Coolidge announced incredulously. “Peter,” she said addressing glacier scientist [Peter Davis](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270462/britney-schmidt-and-peter-davis/), who was honored alongside fellow glacier scientist Britney Schmidt for research on an Antarctic glacier that is melting at a concerning rate, “I could barely find you on Google.” “Peter, you know, go shadow Doja Cat, right?” Coolidge continued, to increasing cheers. “She can sing on the glacier while you guys, like, twerk behind her. Just think of how many followers you could get! It’s very unfair.” Coolidge used her opening monologue to play matchmaker with other attendees, too, pairing [Ed Reynolds](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269996/edward-reynolds/), a project manager working to keep asteroids from colliding with Earth, with _Elvis_ star [Austin Butler](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6268725/austin-butler/) and nuclear engineer [Andrea Kritcher](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269989/andrea-kritcher/) with director [Steven Spielberg](https://time.com/6234045/steven-spielberg-interview-the-fabelmans/). “You see why this event is so exciting,” she said. “It’s bringing people together. Because there’s many different kinds of influence \[and\] intellect. And with our powers combined, I think we can reach more people than ever. Even more than a fake fart.” The TIME100 special airs Sunday at 7/6c on ABC and streams on Hulu and Disney+. ## Transcript Hello everyone and welcome to the 2023 time. 100 Gala really? This is it. This is it. And I mean, I'm so honored to be here, you know? I, I never dreamed that. I'd be in a room with a Ukrainian Nobel, Peace, prize-winning, Laura and human rights lawyer with a best-selling author, Judy Blume, I mean a new Elvis. I mean, my God. It's it's incredible combination of athletes and politicians and scientists, you know, like like Peter Davis and Brittany Schmidt. No. They are studying melting glaciers in Antarctica, you know? It's it's actually incredibly because they are doing this fight. Photographing the underside of the glaciers so they can calculate exactly. How long will it take for all of us to die. we have at Reynolds here tonight and I think Ed, you know, He's you know, literally deflecting asteroids, protect our planet and I just I just I just got so sexy, you know. and then there's me, you know, who drowned on TV, I can do it was I mean, you know, hey I mean, you know, it was Prestige TV, you know, but still you know but he don't we're all being honored tonight for our influence and we all earned that honor here tonight and let's just be honest. So I just have to say, you know, some of our work here to is is more urgent than others, you know. And look I have to say that. I guess I just want to tell you. I just a little story. I made a fake fart video with J-Lo and and I I got two million followers at the end of it was going to be too much and guess what? It wasn't, it wasn't. But what I'm saying is that, you know, you know, Peter and Brittany, you know, they're trying to save the planet and, you know, Peter, I could barely find you on Google and and you're like, 2:15. So, you know, Peter Davis that comes up, you know, and Peter you're you're very important Peter Davis. And you know, you got all these scientists and activists in all the famous people in here. I want you to get a buddy, a nerdy buddy that, I mean, I don't know and and get their message out there. I'm not kidding. Like, you know, Ed Reynolds, I want you to meet Austin Butler, you know anything, either play, You're the movie and now it could be A movie about a guy that deflects asteroids and stuff, you know, right. And Right? And, and Brittany and Peter, you know, I go Shadow Doja cat, right? I mean, you know, she can sing on the glacier while you guys liked, were behind her. You know what I mean? I mean, just think of how many followers you could get you see why this event is so exciting. Because it's this is what it's about bringing people together. And it's it's because there's many different kinds of influence intellect, you know. And with our powers combined I think we can reach more people than ever and you know I mean and I mean that and You know. Even more than a PetSmart you know, even more than that, you know and I don't want to devalue for 30 people like them for whatever reason, I'm even though it's good to get all those followers. But what I'm trying to say is, Well. 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