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Last week at the Critics’ Choice Awards, television writer, producer, actor, and all-around girl genius Phoebe Waller-Bridge accepted the award for Best Comedy Series for her show Fleabag on Amazon Prime.
During her acceptance speech, she took a moment to thank someone who was a complete surprise.
“This is a bit of a random shout-out, but you have no idea how you can accidentally inspire people just by doing your work,” she enthused. “And somebody inspired this show in a way that she will never know, and that is J.Lo!”
You don’t need to know what Fleabag is about exactly to find the statement perplexing at best. Lopez is a powerhouse in her own right, but what did she do to inspire PWB to script a comedy series about a millennial white woman in London, that has been the darling of the television awards season?
“I decided that the Priest’s favorite song was ‘Jenny from the Block,’ and it opened the entire character up for me,” she continued. “So, I don’t know where she is, but that’s really genuine, so thank you, thank you J. Lo!”
