The Daytime Emmys: Tyra-rrific
There were three fabulous moments from last Friday's Daytime Emmys. The first was Tyra Banks' win for Best Informative Talk Show and her strident acceptance speech.
Her Emmy clip was about that famous, very unflattering tabloid bathing suit photo from last year.
And though the YouTube clip omits the end---the part where she tells the tabloids to "kiss her big fat ass!"---this clip was what led up to it.
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Then when Tyra won her Emmy, she got up on stage, thanked Oprah and her Momma---in that order---and then said when someone tries to belittle your dreams:
"I want you to tell them to kiss your dimply, flat, juicy, bootylicious, skinny, jiggly, saggy...FAT ASS!"
Loved it!
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The second best moment of the night was when Kristoff St. John won as Outstanding Supporting Actor for his role of Neil Winters on "The Young and the Restless." Too bad this photo from picapp is the only Emmy photo of Kristoff available---what up with that?---but he's the good looking black guy whose face is hidden behind the blond.
When you can see him, he's a hottie and one of those actors that's part of the backbone of "Y&R." It was nice to see him recognized for only the second time after all these years.
And speaking of being recognized after all these years, the third high point of the night was when Jeanne Cooper---that's right the fabulous, older than fire veteran---won as Outstanding Lead Actress.
What a shocker!
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It was her first win and she looked sincerely stunned. The first thing she said? "I bet you thought I had died." Then she facetiously railed against High Def---the bane of actors and actresses with more than one wrinkle. She concluded with, "I love you all. What a great profession. God bless. Stay alive, stay well."
Talk about another "Young and the Restless" backbone. Congratulations!
You can see all the Daytime Emmy results on the Daytime Emmy website.
