The First Lady.Davis called the reception to the series “incredibly hurtful” after the Washington Post’s Inkoo Kang criticised “Emmy-baiting performances” from Davis as well as Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson.“Critics absolutely serve no purpose,” Davis said in an interview with the BBC. “And I’m not saying that to be nasty, either.
They always feel like they’re telling you something that you don’t know.“Somehow that you’re living a life that you’re surrounded by people who lie to you and ‘I’m going to be the person that leans in and tells you the truth’.
So it gives them an opportunity to be cruel to you.”Take a look at Davis in The First Lady here:“How do you move on from the hurt, from failure?” Davis added of bad reviews. “But you have to.
Not everything is going to be an awards-worthy performance.“Ultimately I feel like it is my job as a leader to make bold choices.
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