Lisa Kudrow Says “Known Actresses” Have Told Her They’re “So Afraid” That They Inspired Her ‘Comeback’ Character Valerie Cherish

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Valerie Cherish is back for one more go-around. The Lisa Kudrow character, a veteran sitcom actress trying to survive Hollywood in endlessly cringey ways, returns for a third and final season of The Comeback — this time following Valerie as she stars in the first multicam written by AI . Kudrow introduced the character with the show’s first season in 2005, then revived Valerie for the second season in 2014, when she (and her iconic catchphrases) truly became a pop culture phenomenon. Though the show serves largely as a satire of entertainment industry and those who operate within it, there is some truth to it all, as Kudrow saw in Hollywood’s reception of Valerie. Related Stories THR Digital Cover Lisa Kudrow's Final 'Comeback' Lifestyle Lisa Kudrow and RuPaul to Join Human Rights Campaign's Los Angeles Dinner as Special Guests “In the beginning, I would go to things and actresses would come up to me — known actresses that I admired a lot — and just sort of lean in and say, ‘I’m so afraid that’s me,'” Kudrow told The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s L.A. premiere on Thursday. “I said, ‘No, of course that’s not you.’ But that’s how much Valerie lives inside every actor, every actress, every writer, everybody who knows when they shouldn’t say something but they have very loud thoughts about it and says it and tries to be charming about it and thinks maybe she can make an impact, and you can’t because no one is listening to you.” Michael Patrick King , who created the series alongside Kudrow, echoed, ” As I said to somebody once, this is a documentary, always. It’s not fantastical. Lisa’s ability to be Valerie is so unique, but it’s a composite of everyone she’s ever seen that’s like this. We’re all like this, we’re all Valerie, we’re all thin...