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Niecy Nash-Betts celebrated her Emmy win within the coolest method! The 53-year-old actress shared an Instagram video of her together with her spouse, Jessica Betts, skinny-dipping following the awards ceremony on Monday, January 15. Within the background of the clip, viewers might hear Kool & The Gang’s hit single “Rejoice” taking part in.
“OK guys, as deliberate I’m celebrating my Emmys win by skinny-dipping!” Niecy mentioned within the video. “OK, I booked a resort suite that has an indoor swimming pool. Now, I’m simply ready for my higher half so we are able to get the get together began.” After Jessica appeared, Niecy held up her gold trophy for the digital camera.
Niecy gained the award for excellent supporting actress in a restricted or anthology collection or film for her position as Glenda Cleveland in Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. As she took the stage on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the Netflix actress delivered an empowering speech.
“I’m a winner, child!” Niecy cried after accepting her trophy. “Thanks to essentially the most excessive for this divine second. Thanks, Ryan Murphy, for seeing me. Evan Peters, I really like you. Netflix. Each single one that voted for me. Thanks. My higher half, who picked me up once I was gutted from this work. Thanks. … I need to thank me, for believing in me and doing what they mentioned I couldn’t do.”
Niecy continued, “I need to say to myself in entrance of all you lovely individuals, ‘Go, lady, along with your dangerous self. You probably did that.’ Lastly, I settle for this award on behalf of each Black and Brown lady who’ve gone unheard, but overpoliced, like Glenda Cleveland, like Sandra Bland, like Breonna Taylor!”
“I wanna thank me, for believing in me.”
Niecy Nash-Betts, who gained the Emmy for Finest Supporting Actress in a Restricted or Anthology collection on the Emmys, paid tribute to “each black and brown lady who has gone unheard but over-policed” in her speechhttps://t.co/JCCIAsTq6w pic.twitter.com/UNNSs5hfVs
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After delivering their “thanks” speeches, award winners exit the stage to talk to reporters, writers and journalists within the press room, the place Niecy mentioned self-motivation.
“I believed in me, and typically individuals don’t consider in themselves,” the previous Scream Queens star defined. “I hope my speech was a scrumptious invitation for individuals to just do that — consider in your self and congratulate your self. … Generally you’ve received to encourage what? Your self. That’s why it’s not referred to as mama-esteem, them-esteem, us-esteem. It’s referred to as vanity ‘trigger no one received to consider it however you.”
Niecy added that she is “the one one who is aware of what it value me,” and is the “just 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 position.” Moreover, she is “the one who is aware of what it’s wish to undergo divorce on digital camera and nonetheless have to drag up and present out.”
“I’m proud that I did one thing that individuals mentioned I couldn’t do,” she concluded.
