Niecey Nash-Betts was applauded on the seventy fifth Primetime Emmy Awards for thanking herself in her acceptance speech. She later defined why.
The 2023 Emmy Awards passed off on MLK day, and Nash-Betts secured her first-ever Emmy win within the Excellent Supporting Actress in a Restricted or Anthology Sequence or Film class for her function as Glenda Cleveland in Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2023).
She was additionally introduced with the award by Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson and the legend Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons).
As soon as the flummoxed actress approached the mic, she started her speech by thanking those who contributed to her “divine second,” together with God, her Monster co-star Evan Peters and her spouse, Jessica Betts.
Lastly, the Emmy winner thanked herself as she ought to. The gang went wild, applauding her for her confidence and reality.
“And you understand who I need to thank,” the 53-year-old mentioned. “I need to thank me for believing in me and doing what they mentioned I couldn’t do.”
Earlier than ending her speech, the Reno 911 star added sass and pizzazz when she mentioned, “And I need to say to myself in entrance of all you stunning folks. Gone lady together with your unhealthy self!”
A clip posted by Hollywood Unlocked confirmed the actress candidly explaining why she thanked herself in her acceptance speech.
“, I’m the one one who is aware of what it price me,” Nash-Betts mentioned. “I’m the one one who is aware of what number of nights I cried as a result of I couldn’t be seen for a sure sort of function. I’m the one who is aware of what it’s prefer to undergo [a] divorce on digital camera and nonetheless have to tug up and present out. And you continue to bought to go dwelling, and you’ve got youngsters and a complete life.”
The ex-Claws actress declared she was happy with herself for nonetheless killing it whereas dealing with life’s adversities that individuals didn’t see behind the cameras.
She continued, “…I believed in me, and typically folks don’t imagine in themselves, and I hope my speech was a scrumptious invitation for folks to just do that. Imagine in your self and congratulate your self!”
Nash-Betts acquired a standing ovation from the viewers when she acknowledged the “unheard” and “overpoliced” Black and brown ladies.
“Like Glenda Cleveland (the character she portrayed within the Dahmer collection), like Sandra Bland (a Texas lady discovered hanging in her jail cell), like Breonna Taylor (a Black lady who was fatally shot by a officer in her Louisville, Kentucky, residence),” she mentioned, incomes standing ovations from stars like Issa Rae from Insecure and two Shade Purple solid members, Taraji P. Henson (Shug Avery) and Colman Domingo (Albert “Mister” Johnson).
Niecy-Nash continued, “As an artist, my job is to talk reality to energy, and child, [I’m going to] do it until the day I die. Momma, I gained!”
