Lizzo is an EMMYs winner! The pop superstar tearfully accepted a prize for competition show 'Watch Out for the Big Girls.'
“When I was a little girl, all I wanted was to see me in the media. Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me,” she recalled, before adding with a laugh that she would tell her younger self, “You’re gonna see that person, but b—-, it’s gonna be you.”
Lizzo concluded her heartfelt, moving speech by shouting out the Big Grrrls themselves, who were cheering her on from the audience. The Emmy victory marks Lizzo’s first nomination and first win at the award ceremony. In the Amazon Prime Video reality competition show, the three-time Grammy winner searched for backup dancers for her tour amongst a talented group of plus-sized women of color. “Girls that look like me don’t get representation,” the “Rumors” vocalist said in theSee Lizzo’s acceptance speech shared by a fan Twitter account below.
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