Milo Ventimiglia honoured by Harvard theatricals
THIS IS US
ACTOR MILO Ventimiglia was Friday named as Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Farkas Hall in Cambridge. The Emmynominated actor received the award after a roast from Elizabeth Mann and Mariana Sanchez Medina of the Hasty Pudding Theatrics, who poked fun at some of his B-list acting roles and his status as a sex symbol.
“Milo was named the world’s sexiest vegetarian alive by PETA, even though everyone sees you as a piece of meat,” the two Harvard undergrads quipped.
Before being able to hold the pudding pot, Ventimiglia had to endure a little extra embarrassment: the Pudding had Ventimiglia sing Fergie smash Big Girls Don’t Cry, (Ventimiglia starred in the music video). Ventimiglia took the teasing in good fun, emphasizing how proud he was to receive the title. “My mom, who declined being my date two years in a row for the Emmys, made sure to be here tonight,” he said.
After the roast, the Hasty Pudding had the opening night for France France Revolution, the troupe’s first production to feature women in the cast. Medina and Mann produced the play.
Ventimiglia said he was honoured to be part of the historic event. “To know that the Hasty Pudding is now including women on stage is absolutely the right thing to do,” he said. “The heart of the artist isn’t only in one type of person or one way of being. It’s really in all of us.”
America’s oldest theatrical organisation says Ventimiglia was selected because he has made “significant impressions on television and film.” He stars as the patriarch Jack Pearson in family drama This is Us. AP