“The trophy is nice, but my emotion is for these people who are on this stage with me, the stories that they shared, they’re not that unique; they just don’t get the platform,” she said on stage. “Telling stories. Let’s just tell more stories. When I was a little girl, all I wanted to see was me in the media. Someone fat like me, Black like me, beautiful like me.”
The Emmy winner added, “If I could go back and tell little Lizzo something, I’d be like, ‘You’re gonna see that person but bitch, it’s gonna have to be you.'”
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