Carol Burnett detailed the moment she first met Elvis Presley while performing on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Throughout her 70-year career, Carol Burnett has shared the screen with some of the most iconic performers of all time - including Elvis Presley. The actress - who is currently promoting her new show 'Palm Royale' - recalled the moment she first met the 'King of Rock ‘n’ Roll' in an interview with Stephen Colbert.
Well, I was on when Elvis was on, when he was in the Army,' Burnett said. 'They did a whole big thing when he was in the army on the stage. And they put me on first.' 'Nobody wanted to see me. I mean, it was … it was Elvis. ’Where the hell is Elvis? We want to see Elvis!' I bombed. It was terrible, it was awful.' Burnett said she did meet Presley after the performance, and he was 'very sweet.' 'I got his autograph for my kid sister,' she added.
She's such an inspiration' to everyone on set, for 'everything she did for every person every woman,' her co-star Kristen Wiig recently told People. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP 'We have dinner and talk and text and she's so funny. I did press with her yesterday and she was cracking everybody up. And I am a better person from knowing her. I just love her,' Wiig said. 'I literally said today, 'I still can't believe that we work together.
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