Aziz Ansari has jokingly torn to shreds the pompous nature of film award shows, while accepting a prestigious trophy at one.
The American funnyman picked up the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence In Comedy at the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards, which was broadcast by IGN.
Ansari had the audience roaring with laughter, as he delivered a memorable acceptance speech that was quickly spread online.
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"We've done all this shit so many times - you wear the tux, some person comes to your house and puts some gunk in your hair and on your face, you get in an SUV, you come here and eat this f**king awful award show food," said Ansari.
"'Oh sir, would you like the chicken or the veg'- whatever is f**king less repulsive, I don't know. I ate a big lunch - I prepped - I've done this before."
He went on to call the highlights package played before he walked on-stage "the most awkward thing in the world".
"You get mad about the bits they picked and imagine people who haven't seen your shit being like, 'Really? This guy? That wasn't that great'...
"If Charlie Chaplin saw that reel he'd be like, 'Jesus, please, man! Don't give him a f**king award that looks exactly like me, please!'"
Ansari, who was presented the award by Shaun of the Dead filmmaker Edgar Wright, said he didn't even want to attend the show to pick it up.
"One thing I hate about honours is that you can't accept them from home," he said.
"I was in London and I had to fly to LA to accept a f**king British award... I asked if I could send a video in and it accept it that way.
"They were like, 'Aziz, John Lithgow [is going to be there]'. Who cares! He probably hates his family and he's looking for an excuse to leave the house."
After his tirade, Ansari then qualified his complaints as "just jokes", before saying that receiving the honour was "really a very nice thing".
His show Master of None is available in New Zealand to Netflix subsrcibers.
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