Angelic Carrey accepts honour

Jim Carrey accepted the Generation Award at the MTV Movie Awards on Saturday flanked by an army of angels.

Wearing all white, the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind actor was gracious onstage as he pointed out that only Tom Cruise had received the top lifetime achievement honour in the past.

And he urged the Top Gun star's critics to leave him alone: "I like Tom Cruise; there's a lot of Cruise-bashing going on, but I'm not one of those guys. I think he's pretty cool… leave him alone."

Carrey wasn't so open when it came to talking about his rumoured romance with Jenny McCarthy.

He said: "I can't confirm or deny anything, but I am going out with someone who's very cool."