Maya Rudolph says David Letterman “embarrassed her, humiliated her”

Maya Rudolph “didn’t have a good time” when she appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman” in 2009.

“He pronounced my name wrong and I just sat there like I had fallen in love with you all my life.” And now my heart is broken. And I’m sitting here ashamed and humiliated ” The 50-year-old star “Bridesmaid” told WSJ. magazine in an interview published on Friday.

“I didn’t know how to deal with it,” she continued. “I didn’t know how to come up with something funny to say. My public muscles weren’t strong yet.

The Letterman representative did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

Rudolph – who rose to fame after joining Saturday Night Live in 1999 – noted that early in her career she struggled with interviews and red carpet appearances.

“It always felt like someone was stealing my soul,” she explained. “That’s where I built a personality over the years to protect myself.”

The comedian added, “I’ve definitely improved. When I feel uncomfortable, I try to be funny. “

Despite decades in the spotlight, Rudolph still doesn’t consider himself a celebrity.

“I know I’m a working actor and people know who I am, but I don’t feel like a star because the word means something different to me today,” she said.

“There are many different types of celebrities these days and a lot of self-styled celebrities that people are known to be famous for, and that’s not what I do.”

Rudolph was pregnant during her 2009 appearance on Letterman. Today she shares the children Pearl, 17, Lucille, 12, Jack, 11 and Minnie, 9, with partner Paul Thomas Anderson.

During a conversation with WSJ. The actress explained that she is making joint efforts to prioritize her family, no matter how busy the work is.

“Believe me, I am not Pollyanna who is like, I smile all day, every day. I get stressed, nervous, but I’ve learned that I can make a choice myself and it’s liberating, ”she said.

“Maybe people who have worked as long as I have made different choices and have nicer cars. I don’t know, but it’s very important to me [try to] have that balance. “