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Dan Levy Recalls When His MTV Bosses Almost Didn’t Let Adele on Show Early in Her Career: “Rage in My Eye”

The actor worked at MTV Canada at the same time Adele was promoting her first album.

The Schitt’s Creek star made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Friday night and recalled discovering the once “little-known musician” when she was promoting her first album, 19, in the U.K. in 2008. Levy said, “There was a rage in my eye,” when he heard their reaction, and thought, “It was early days, I could have quit.” But he was determined to get Adele on the show, and after some persuading, he eventually convinced his bosses. When Fallon asked if Adele remembered the actor from their interaction years ago, Levy noted that he saw her perform at one of her Las Vegas shows, and “she did come over and sort of grabbed my hand and gave me a wink.

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