All I Wanted To See Was Me In The Media: Lizzo During Emotional Emmy Acceptance Speech

The singer, songwriter, and rapper Lizzo won an Emmy for her reality television series Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls. She won the Emmy for Outstanding Competition Program.

The reality competition series Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls premiered on March 24, 2022. At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, the series received six nominations and won three of them. The artist received the honour for the show and delivered an emotional acceptance speech.

Surrounded by women from her reality competition, Lizzo delivered her acceptance speech.

Lizzo Speech Emmy 2022

Lizzo began her acceptance speech by saying, “Big girls come onstage right now”. She proceeded to thank everyone for the Emmy nomination and award. Lizzo added, “I’m very emotional. The trophy is nice, but my emotion is for these people who are on the stage with me.”

Lizzo spoke about how as a young girl all she wanted to see in the media was somebody like her. “Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me,” said Lizzo. She added that if she could go back in time and speak to a young Lizzo, she would tell herself that she would see somebody in the media like her, but it would be her.

She concluded the speech with a message to the participants who took part in her dance competition show. Lizzo said, “Where are my big girls at? Come! One year ago, these women were on this television show that would change their lives forever.”

Lizzo added that the participants were now Emmy Award-winning superstars who are going on a world tour.

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls is a reality show in which 13 women compete to be dancers for Lizzo, who also hosts the show. The candidates competed to be the next “BIG GRRRL” dancer for the 2022 tour.

The award marks Lizzo’s first Emmy win and brings her one step closer to the coveted EGOT, a compilation of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. Lizzo has already won three Grammy awards.

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