family friends. and esteemed members of the kennedy center mark twain prize committee. i come before you tonight to state in complete honesty. and sincerity. you're making a terrible, terrible mistake. god in heaven. kennedy center. what have you done? no award has screwed up this badly since the macarthur genius grant was given to vin diesel. seriously. people have not been this shock since they won a latin grammy. it was 2019 look it up. shakira and i was killed it. i'll grant you. a lot of amazing amazing people have flown to d. c to say nice things about adam sandler. but if you ask yourself why so many of adam's friends were available to speak tonight. i'll tell you why. because when adam isn't