Lizzo wins Emmy for 'Watch Out for the Big Girls'
Lizzo accepts Outstanding Competition Program for"Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls" onstage during the 74th Primetime Emmys at Microsoft Theater on September 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Lizzo, the Grammy-winning singer and former Houston resident, is now an Emmy winner.
Her reality series,"Watch Out for the Big Grrrls," won in the outstanding reality competition category at the 74th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Monday night. It beat out such stalwarts as"Top Chef,""The Amazing Race,""Ru-Paul's Drag Race" and"The Voice" as well as"Nailed It."
Lizzo, draped in a fiery red gown, took the stage and gave a heartfelt acceptance speech that may have been second only to the one given by Sheryl Lee Ralph -- who won for supporting comedy actress with the show"Abbott Elementary" earlier in the evening -- in terms of emotional impact. "I need my big girls to come to the stage right now," she yelled as she took the stage to accept the award."I'm very emotional. The trophy is nice but my emotion is for the people on the stage with me. The stories that they shared, they aren't that unique. They just don't get the platform. Telling stories, let's just tell more stories.
"When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was someone like 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 like, 'you're going to see that person but, bitch, it's going to have to be you'."Cary Darling joined the Houston Chronicle in 2017 where he writes about arts, entertainment and pop culture, with an emphasis on film and media.
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