Mawaan Rizwan accepts Comedy Award at the Attitude Awards: ‘This is a really special moment’

Mawaan Rizwan (Image: Attitude/Kit Oates)

Writer, actor and comedian Mawaan Rizwan has won The Comedy Award at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, powered by Jaguar.

After being presented with his award by fellow comedian and actor Jayde Adams at the ceremony tonight (Wednesday 9 October 2024), Rizwan said: “I’m really exhausted. No one tells you that your dreams coming true is so exhausting. And that’s a really gorgeous reminder that, actually, it’s been a hustle, and it’s taken me 30 years to do things on my own terms because of the identities I clearly wear and keep being reminded of – but don’t want to be reduced to.”

The 32-year-old added: “This is a really special moment. It feels really validating to get such a huge response from inside the

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