'Nobody wanted to see me': Carol Burnett recalls meeting 'sweet' Elvis Presley on the 'Ed Sullivan' show
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Iconic actress and comedian Carol Burnett recently shared her memories of sharing the stage with the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.
Carol Burnett opens up on meeting Elvis Presley on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
Burnett, while promoting her new show 'Palm Royale', reminisced about the time she first met the "King of Rock ‘n’ Roll" during an interview with Stephen Colbert on March 26.
Colbert disclosed that they were filming on the same stage where Presley had performed on 'The Ed Sullivan Show', to which Burnett replied it was where she first met him.
“Well, I was on when Elvis was on, when he was in the Army,” Burnett said. “They did a whole big thing when he was in the army on the stage. And they put me on first," she added.
Carol Burnett said the audience was not interested in her which made her feel awful
The audience, however, was not interested in her performance as Burnett said it was all about Elvis.
“Nobody wanted to see me. I mean, it was … it was Elvis. ’Where the hell is Elvis? We want to see Elvis!’ I bombed. It was terrible, it was awful,” Burnett recalled.
Despite the initial disappointment, Burnett did meet Presley after the performance, and she felt he was “very sweet.”
Burnett then also got an autograph. “I got his autograph for my kid sister,” she added.
Elvis Presley: The Inspiration Behind ‘I Made A Fool Of Myself Over John Foster Dulles’
When asked how Presley inspired Burnett’s song 'I Made A Fool Of Myself Over John Foster Dulles', Burnett explained, "John Foster Dulles in the '50s was our Secretary of State, aptly named."
She added, "He was so dull, there was nothing there. I remember he wore this overcoat and his hat and never smiled or anything."
She continued, “I was doing a special material song that a friend of mine wrote called ‘I Made A Fool Of Myself Over John Foster Dulles.’ Everybody was going crazy over Elvis, so he wrote this song about this young girl going crazy over John Foster Dulles.”
Burnett, who will be celebrating her 91st birthday on April 26, hopes for a renewal of ''Palm Royale.' “That’ll keep me working, which I like. Yes, as long as I have fun, and that’s what I want,” she said, as reported by Fox News.
