At the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards, which took place on June 7 in Los Angeles, Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, The Young and the Restless) earned her third Emmy win, marking her second as Lead Actress.
During her acceptance speech, Stafford expressed her gratitude, thanking Josh Griffith, the show’s head writer and executive producer, for his support, stating, “thank you for letting me cry in your office.” Following this, there were misunderstandings about Stafford’s statement, leading her to clarify things on social media.
Michelle Stafford began, “Need to kill this weird narrative that’s seems to be catching fire regarding the thing that I said to Josh Griffith on stage “thank you for letting me cry in your office.” I usually wouldn’t give a sh*t. But I think actually sharing the story with you might be helpful to anyone who is experiencing grief.”
Stafford went on further to explain, “I lost a parent recently. It was devastating. But you must carry on with life. You go to work. You take care of your kids….And life does in fact move on. About 10 days or so after his death I had already had a meeting planned with Josh about some questions I had in my story.
We were discussing a couple things and every time I talked about my character’s relationship with her children and aspects of how it would play out… this surge of emotion came over me. Have you ever been there? After a loss you move on and you’re fine but then maybe you’re talking to, I don’t know, a co-worker or you see something at the market and something triggers some memory and you fall apart? The more you try to stop it the worse it gets. Oh man, it’s horrible. That’s what happened. I found myself weeping in Josh’s office. Like an idiot.
Michelle Stafford Clarifies Her Emmy Speech
Something about talking about Phyllis’s relationship with her kids just did it. I was so embarrassed. I apologized profusely. He did the most human thing. I won’t get into what he said and did but it was quite human. Yes, it’s a workplace, our set. For sure. We’ve all been working together for a long time. It’s a professional environment, but we all really care about each other.
Sometimes that’s hard for people to understand if they don’t have that kind of work life. Maybe folks out there who are trying to spread a rumor that I “cry to get a storyline” maybe they have a bad work situation. Or a boss who doesn’t even care to listen to them. I don’t know….
All I know is that I’m very honored to work with people I also care about and who I believe care about me. What a gift. What I said on stage was a spontaneous comment to my boss who did something very kind for me. Very human for me. My wish for others is that one day they actually experience a working environment that’s similar.”
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