Lizzo has won her first Emmy Award, and her acceptance speech is one for the highlights reel.
The singer took home the trophy for Outstanding Competition Program for her series Watch Out for the Big Grrrls and she used the opportunity to reflect on how far she's come, while calling out the lack of colour and body diversity on television.
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"I'm very emotional … The trophy is nice but my emotion is for these people on the stage with me. The stories that they shared, they're not that unique, they just don't get the platform. Telling stories, let's just tell more stories," she told the audience.
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"When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media. Someone fat like me. Black like me. Beautiful like me. If I could go back and tell little Lizzo something, I'd be 'You're gonna see that person, but, bitch, it's gonna have to be you!'"
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However, win or lose, Lizzo was just glad her competition program – which sees women competing to be one of the star's backup dances – was also nominated for six different categories.
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"I am so excited to share with you guys that Watch Out for the Big Grrrls is Emmy-nominated," she said in an Instagram post when finding out she was nominated. "And not just one nomination, bitch! Six nominations. You know what the Emmys are? Nicole Kidman is gonna be there, bitch. Probably!"
Sadly, Nicole Kidman was not there, but the win means Lizzo is two wins away from EGOT status. The singer already has a Grammy and now an Emmy. Just an Oscar and a Tony to go.
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Title: Lizzo calls out lack of colour and body diversity on television as she wins first Emmy
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Published Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:09:00 GMT
