“I’m going to make some pudding to fill this pot so that I can always remember the day I finally got to Harvard through humiliation,” she said.

“It will be displayed with pride. It’s silly but I think I earned this one.”

In a press conference after the ceremony, Bullock expressed how much she enjoyed the afternoon’s flamboyant festivities.

“I’ve always loved theater and the antics of theater people,” she said. “This was such a great experience.”

Bullock said she enjoyed a “wine lunch” with members of the Theatricals before the parade, and looked forward to “drinking and dancing” with the cast later that night.

Along with her pudding pot, Bullock took home a $5,000 gift basket filled with food, cosmetics and clothing from local Harvard Square merchants.

The Pudding will honor Robert Downey Jr. in its Man of the Year ceremony next Thursday, Feb. 19. Following the presentation, the Pudding will premiere its new show, HPT 156, As the Word Turns.

—Staff writer Kimberly A. Kicenuik can be reached at kicenuik@fas.harvard.edu.