Lizzo Cries While Accepting First Emmy: ‘All I Wanted to See Was Someone Fat Like Me, Black Like Me’

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Lizzo is now officially halfway to being an EGOT winner after accepting the Emmy Award for Outstanding Competition Program. After just one season of her new show,  the singer-songwriter has added an impressive accolade to her list.

Appearing to be overwhelmed with emotion when her name was announced, Lizzo took the stage and immediately called for her "" to join her in accepting the award. «I need my big girls to come to the stage right now, right now!

I want to say thank you to the Emmys and the Emmy voters,» Lizzo began. «First of all, I'm very emotional. And the trophy is nice, but my emotion is for these people who are on the stage with me.»Lizzo went on to address the fact that full-figured women are not rare, their stories are just rarely told in mainstream media. «The stories that they shared, they're not that unique.