A year after Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers brought their Las Culturistas Culture Awards to Bravo — and gave the internet the gift of Ben Platt covering Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” — the comedic duo are back to hand out more honors.
The show, which taped in downtown Los Angeles on May 30 ahead of its June 17 air date, includes categories like “Hilary Duff Award for Millennial Excellence,” “Top Fact About Greta Gerwig That You May Not Know,” “Best Vibe, Hands Down,” “Hunger Games Award for Best Huge Franchise” “Real Housewife Award for Best Way to Start a Confrontation” and “Best Picture — Literal Picture,” and is an off-shoot of the pair’s hit Las Culturistas podcast.
On the red carpet before taping the show, Rogers admitted that last year — airing on broadcast for the first time after doing the show on a smaller scale in New York for several years — “we were so panicked about whether or not it could happen, we forgot to enjoy it a little bit,” as they were not certain they could actually pull off all the musical numbers and surprise bits they had planned.
Yang added, “I think we’re really steady this time, and I think that just means that we walked the crucible of year one. I think there are things about tonight and this year that I think will certainly outdo last year.” And since the two choose the nominations and winners themselves, they say they are now getting actively campaigned by those looking to win.
