Jill Coolidge Thank You Ariana Grande for Being Her Newfound Career Success's "Instigator"

Over the past few years, Jennifer Coolidge's career has seen a revival. She claims that Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" music video was the catalyst for her breakthrough performance as the iconic Tanya McQuoid on "The White Lotus," which propelled her to a new level of popularity. Coolidge admitted to Grande in the Entertainers of the Year cover article, which was released on December 12, that her role in the "Thank U, Next" video helped bring her back into the public eye.

She said to Grande, "I mean, from there I got 'Promising Young Woman,' and this whole thing. "In a way, you were the catalyst. I genuinely think that. I don't think I would be in this situation if you hadn't put me in "Thank U, Next" and performed that imitation."

Coolidge doubled back after Grande rejected her claim that she was to blame for her sudden popularity, calling it "absolutely the most incorrect thing I've ever heard in my life." "No, I genuinely believe that! And I believe it to be quite cool "stated Coolidge. "I was kind of flatlining when you helped me out. Just let me say thank you. Although you wouldn't confess it, I know you are quite modest, so let me just say thank you."

In the 2018 release of Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" music video, Coolidge returned as Paulette from "Legally Blonde." The video makes homage to several well-known 2000s films, including "Legally Blonde," in which Coolidge appears replete with the iconic "bend and snap."