Lear concluded, “Thank you Hollywood Foreign Press. Thank you each individual attending this virtual event with whom I have worked and been entertained and nurtured by and enhanced by. Once more, thank you and bless you Carol Burnett for everything you have meant to me by way of joy, surprise, delight and laughter. As I think about you, and the laughter and the joy of our parallel careers, so glad we had this time together.”
Lear then gave a nod to Burnett’s iconic ear tug from The Carol Burnett Show by making the gesture himself, effectively giving us all the feels.
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