Rebel Wilson and Adam DeVine Make Out After Winning the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Go big or go home! At the MTV Movie Awards on Saturday, Rebel Wilson and Adam DeVine showed the world why they definitely deserved their Best Kiss honors. As they collected the coveted award for their lip lock in Pitch Perfect 2, the duo decided to return to the long-defunct tradition of celebrating their achievement with an onstage smooch.

“It’s quite incredible we won this award because in real life we have absolutely no sexual chemistry,” the 36-year-old actress began their acceptance speech. “We’ve got none, zero, zilch, nada,” DeVine confirmed. “I’m not turned on by soft, pillowy lips.” Wilson added, “And I’m not aroused by his little cabbage patch face and tight bubble butt.”

“And I’m not turned on by those emerald green…” DeVine, 32, continued, his words trailing off. That’s when they kissed. But it wasn’t just any kiss. It was a kiss for the history books (or the Internet, at least).

The make-out session lasted over 30 seconds, and the twosome tumbled to the floor in a seeming throw of passion. (Wilson’s nether region was pixilated as the camera panned up her skirt. Fortunately, she was wearing Spanx.) Once Wilson and DeVine had composed themselves, they managed to say thank you to the crowd — before making out yet again.

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They smacked each other’s butts, and Wilson collected her shoes as they darted off the stage. And with that memorable lip lock, Wilson and DeVine brought the MTV Awards back to its glory days when it was all but expected that the winners of this prize would humor the rest of us with a kiss after accepting the award.

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The rite of passage unofficially started in 2000 when Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair exchanged a peck during their acceptance speech for their steamy smooch in Cruel Intentions, but fell out of practice from 2009 to 2012 when Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart refused — for four straight years — to give the people the pleasure of witnessing them smooch onstage. (Since they were dating in real life at the time, it really didn’t seem like much to ask, but we don’t make the rules.)

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Then last year, one of the winners wasn’t at the ceremony so a live lip lock was absolutely impossible. ICYMI, Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley won for The Fault in Our Stars, but Elgort was off shooting another movie at the time so Woodley accepted the honor solo. Sigh.

So we owe a debt of gratitude to Wilson and DeVine for getting this tradition back on track. We hope next year’s winners were watching and taking notes.