Following the performance, Kudrow accepted her award, saying: “Thank you so much. Winning this Lifetime Culture award is everything to me. 

“I know what got me here tonight. It’s a career of meticulous planning to impress Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang,” she joked. 

“There’s no time for all the details, but Romy and Michelle – I knew that what… I was doing as going to be enough for them. Slam-dunk.”

Lisa co-starred in the 1997 cult movie.

She continued, “It goes way back, too. When I auditioned for Friends in 1994, I thought, ’This is the show I should do. ‘Cos you know who’s going to love it? Four-year-old Matt and not-yet-born Bowen!’”

“All culminating in – not a coincidence – the third season of The Comeback. I knew Matt and Bowen would have to give me this award this year. So, thank you, gentleman, for playing right into my hands. And a bigger thanks to me, Lisa, for having my priorities straight.”