The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards took place on Sunday night and was full of memorable moments. The night’s biggest winners were The Crown, The Queen’s Gambit, Mare of Easttown, I May Destroy You, and Ted Lasso. But with all this excitement, we couldn’t help but notice some important faces were missing. Here are the celebrities […]
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]]>The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards took place on Sunday night and was full of memorable moments. The night’s biggest winners were The Crown, The Queen’s Gambit, Mare of Easttown, I May Destroy You, and Ted Lasso. But with all this excitement, we couldn’t help but notice some important faces were missing. Here are the celebrities who chose to skip the Emmys this year.
Rihanna
Rihanna’s absence from the Emmys was surprising considering the fact she was nominated for her Savage x Fenty vol. 2 show. The Amazon Prime special was up for Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming. However, Rihanna chose to spend that weekend on the opposite side of the country with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky. In a 2019 interview, Riri shared that being creative is what keeps her going, rather than the ‘glamorous’ side of things.
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston made it clear in advance that she will not be attending this year’s Emmy Awards due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Aniston was nominated with the Friends team for Best Variety Special (pre-recorded) for the Friends reunion. The actress has been vocal about how much she is doing to protect herself after getting her vaccine and noted that even being on the Jimmy Kimmel show last week was a big step for her.
Zendaya
This is the second time Zendaya was absent from a major event recently: last week the actress skipped the Met Gala because she was shooting the second season of Euphoria. Last year’s winner in the Best Actress in a drama series category’s choice to skip the Emmys isn’t too surprising considering the show was only nominated for non-acting categories.
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Michaela Coel, the creator, writer, and star of the acclaimed HBO series I May Destroy You made history this Sunday at the 73rd Annual Emmy Awards. Coel won her first Emmy for best writing in a limited series or anthology and she is the first-ever black woman to win this writing award at the Emmys. […]
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]]>Michaela Coel, the creator, writer, and star of the acclaimed HBO series I May Destroy You made history this Sunday at the 73rd Annual Emmy Awards. Coel won her first Emmy for best writing in a limited series or anthology and she is the first-ever black woman to win this writing award at the Emmys. Also up for the award were Mare of Eastown, The Queen’s Gambit, and three episodes of WandaVision.
I May Destroy You premiered on HBO during the summer of 2020. The show follows Arabella, a young writer struggling with the aftermath of a sexual assault and is inspired by Coel’s own experiences. Her acceptance speech was brief yet powerful: “Write the tale that scares you, that makes you feel uncertain, that isn’t comfortable. I dare you.” She ended her speech by dedicating I May Destroy You to “every single survivor of sexual assault.”
The writer-director-actress was also nominated in the best directing and acting categories for limited series but only won the writing category. I May Destroy You is currently streaming on HBO Max.
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