Niecy Nash Brown has broken award show rules in her speech as she picked up her first Emmy award last night (January 15).
Niecy was nominated at the award show in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. The nomination was for her performance opposite Evan Peters in Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. She played the character of a real woman called Glenda Cleveland. Glenda was a neighbor of the serial killer who tried to raise the alarm about him but was ultimately ignored. This was Niecy’s fifth nomination as she had previously been nominated for her work in movies such as When They See Us in 2019.
Niecy Nash-Betts acceptance speech breaks rules at Emmys
Niecy Nash-Betts’ Emmys speech was filled with a lot of emotion. The Netflix star thanked her cast, crew, partner, and herself.
The celebrity said in her powerful speech: “I’m a winner, baby!
“Thank you to the Most High for this divine moment. Thank you Ryan Murphy for seeing me. Evan Peters, I love you. Netflix. Every single person who voted for me, thank you. And my better half who picked me up when I was gutted from this work, thank you.
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“And you know who I want to thank? I want to thank me – for believing in me and doing what they said I could not do. And I want to say to myself in front of all these beautiful people, ‘Go on girl with your bad self. You did that.”
She continued by paying tribute to other non-white people such as her real-life counterpart and two black women who were victims of gun violence.
“Finally, I accept this award on behalf of every Black and Brown woman who has gone unheard yet overpoliced. Like Glenda Cleveland. Like Sandra Bland. Like Breonna Taylor. As an artist, my job is to speak truth to power, and baby, I’ma do it ’til the day I die. Mama, I won!”
Fans say Niecy’s speech is the ‘best ever’
Like those in the room with Niecy Nash-Betts who gave her a standing ovation, people were quick to take to X (formerly Twitter) to applaud the star’s Emmys speech.
Someone else penned: “Absolutely LOVED “Niecy Nash-Betts thanking herself during her speech! Well deserved and she looked phenomenal! #emmys.”
A fifth person said: “Niecy Nash’s speech [three plead eyes emojis] #Emmys.”
Some else wrote: “Niecy Nash’s speech damn near broke me, My God I love her #Emmys.”
Why did she thank herself?
In a press conference after the Emmys ceremony, Niecy Nash-Betts explained why she thanked herself in her speech. She told the press that people don’t know “how much it cost” her to be where she is today
“I’m the only one who knows how much it cost me. I’m the only one who knows how many nights I cried because I couldn’t be seen for a certain type of role,” said the TV actress.
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