The Miami Dolphins didn’t make it into Super Bowl LVII — but one celebrity “dolphin” did.
Jennifer Coolidge has found her porpoise in a recent Super Bowl industrial for e.l.f. Cosmetics.
The 61-year-old “Legally Blonde” star expressed interest in playing a dolphin during a viral interview with Access Hollywood on the 2023 Golden Globes.
Now, in a 45-second spot promoting e.l.f’s Power Grip Primer ($10) — which is designed to be step one in a makeup routine, Coolidge hilariously claims that she looks like a “baby dolphin” after using the product.
The already-made-up actress applies the “sticky” gel-based substance on top of her look, expressing in disbelief, “Oh my gosh, it looks like I got here from the ocean! I appear to be a dolphin … a baby dolphin!” before attempting her best dolphin impression.
Already ahead of any potential blowback, the present it-girl shared with People the rationale she plays around with classic beauty standards.
“I put products on out of order. I put the primer on after my makeup because I feel prefer it makes me look extra dewy,” Coolidge explained. “I used to be putting it on in front of my friend, and we were joking around and I said, ‘Oh my god — It does appear to be I’m coming out of the ocean. I appear to be I’m wet.’ After which I said, ‘Like a dolphin.’”
The “American Pie” M.I.L.F. also portrayed the aquatic mammal during a recent performance at Harvard’s thespian student society, the Hasty Pudding Club, which honored her with the 2023 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Yr award.
Wearing a hooded dolphin costume on top of her black ensemble, Coolidge was asked to sing “The White Lotus” theme song within the kind of a dolphin. To the gang’s amusement, she answered the decision, and the bit was a bound-to-go-viral moment on TikTok.
“Jennifer Coolidge is a national treasure and deserves to play a dolphin in a movie or television show,” one fan flipped under the clip.
“Flipper is shaking,” one other spouted.
“Flawless casting. No notes,” the official HBO Max account bubbled with praise.
The list of iconic celebs collaborating in Super Bowl 2023 commercials keeps growing. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg star in Skechers ads, while John Travolta honored his “Grease” co-star Olivia Newton-John, who died in August on the age of 73, in a T-Mobile ad.
Alicia Silverstone slipped into a contemporary version of her famous yellow “Clueless” tartan suit for Rakuten, while Steve Martin and Ben Stiller traded insults all in good fun for Pepsi Zero Sugar.
