Talking to comic Heather McMahan on the crimson carpet may simply be the important thing to award season success.
“I do assume I’m just a little little bit of a great luck attraction, as a result of normally the those that come to me find yourself profitable,” McMahan, 38, advised Us Weekly solely whereas selling her partnership with Stouffer’s Supreme. “I all the time say, ‘Cease by my sales space since you’re clearly gonna win.’ Let me, like, rub your head or one thing. I’m a great luck attraction.”
The comic is an outdated professional in terms of internet hosting, having appeared on E!’s Dwell From the Crimson Carpet varied occasions prior to now yr. She even has some memorable interactions with stars — and sure, one in every of them took dwelling an award.
“Generally, you solely get 20 seconds with somebody,” she advised Us. “There have been occasions the place I used to be in the midst of a dialog, like Lamorne Morris — who ended up profitable the Emmy for Fargo that yr. I advised him, ‘I might sit and chat with you all day.’”
McMahan additionally revealed that she took her sneakers off when speaking with Ariana Grande and what it was like chatting with Nicholas Braun, who performed Cousin Greg in Succession.
“He was so unbelievable, so humorous,” she stated. “Clearly, who didn’t love Succession? However that was a type of moments the place I used to be like, ’That is the most effective job ever.’”
McMahan continued, “I’ve been on this enterprise some time. I get to work with so a lot of my completely different friends, [but] to interview them on the crimson carpet, and seeing how nervous they’re about getting nominated for awards that they put their coronary heart and soul into, is fairly surreal.”
The gig is “actually enjoyable” for the comic, however is admittedly the “hardest” a part of her job.
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“You need to be a journalist,” she stated. “You need to know your details. You need to research. You actually need to be on it.”
McMahan is presently on her Bamboozled comedy tour, however took a break to work with Stouffer’s Supreme to shock households across the nation with the final title Pantry.
“It’s been the good expertise. Not solely am I attending to introduce this new product, the Stouffer’s Supreme Shells & Cheese, however I’m additionally getting to present again to native communities,” she advised Us. “I’m shocking households with the final title Pantry, displaying up with a field stuffed with Shells & Cheese. We’re additionally attending to go to native meals pantries of their respective cities [for] an enormous give again, which is wonderful. We’ve 10,000 bins of Stouffer’s Supreme to cross out throughout the nation.”
McMahan was digital camera prepared for the entire “wild journey” round America.
“I’ve been actually driving round in a large field truck passing out macaroni and cheese,” she advised Us. “I really feel like I’m operating a recreation present, and it has been lightning pace operating from house-to-house and Pantry household to Pantry household.”
She famous that “one in seven individuals” depend on meals pantries, so it’s additionally been an “eye opening expertise” for McMahan. “It feels nice to, like, actually get in contact with communities,” she added.
