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Niecy
Nash-Betts
exhilarated
the
audience
when
she
took
to
the
stage
to
accept
the
Emmy
for
Outstanding
Supporting
Actress
in
a
Limited
or
Anthology
Series
or
Movie
for
her
role
as
Glenda
Cleveland
in
Netflix’s
Dahmer
–
Monster:
The
Jeffrey
Dahmer
Story.
The
outspoken
actress
was
her
characteristic
self
with
a
speech
that
was
both
funny
and
poignant.
After
thanking
God,
her
wife,
Jessica
Betts,
Ryan
Murphy,
the
creator
of
the
series,
and
Evan
Peters–her
co-star,
Nash
added,
“And
you
know
who
I
want
to
thank?
I
want
to
thank
me.”
“For
believing
in
me
and
doing
what
they
said
I
could
not
do,
and
I
want
to
say
to
myself
in
front
of
all
you
beautiful
people,
‘Go
on
girl
with
your
bad
self.
You
did
that.’”
The
statement
received
rousing
applause
from
the
audience
and
Nash-Betts
added,
“Finally,
I
accept
this
award
on
behalf
of
every
Black
and
brown
woman
who
has
gone
unheard
yet
over-policed.
Like
Glenda
Cleveland,
like
Sandra
Bland,
like
Breonna
Taylor.
As
an
artist,
my
job
is
to
speak
truth
to
power,
and
baby
I’mma
do
it
till
the
day
I
die.
Mama,
I
won.”
Nash-Betts
portrayed
Glenda
Cleveland
who
was
Dahmer’s
neighbor.
It
was
Cleveland
who
repeatedly
contacted
police
about
Dahmer’s
irregular
behavior
and
she
was
repeatedly
ignored
as
the
killer
went
on
to
murder
more
than
a
dozen
men–most
of
whom
were
Black
and
Brown.
According
to
Huffington
Post,
Nash-Betts
expounded
on
her
remarks
in
the
press
room
following
her
win
where
she
stated,
“I’m
the
only
one
who
knows
how
many
nights
I
cried
because
I
couldn’t
be
seen
for
a
certain
type
of
role,”
she
said.
“I’m
the
one
who
knows
what
it’s
like
to
go
through
a
divorce
on
camera
and
you
still
have
to
pull
up
and
show
out.”
“And
you
still
have
to
go
home
[because]
you
have
children
and
a
whole
life.
So,
I’m
proud
of
myself.
I’m
proud
that
I
did
something
that
people
said
I
could
not
do
because
I
believed
in
me.
And
sometimes
people
don’t
believe
in
themselves.
I
hope
my
speech
was
a
delicious
invitation
for
people
to
do
just
that,”
she
continued.
“Believe
in
yourself
and
congratulate
yourself.
Sometimes
you’ve
got
to
encourage
–
what?
Yourself.
And
that’s
why
it’s
not
called
‘mama-esteem,’
‘them-esteem,’
‘us-esteem.’
It’s
called
‘self-esteem’
—
because
don’t
nobody
got
to
believe
it
but
you.”
