Keke Palmer is ‘almost speechless’ after historic Emmy win
Keke Palmer
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesKeke Palmer made history during the 2024 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, January 7.
Palmer, 30, became the first black woman — and the first woman in 15 years — to win an Emmy for outstanding game show host. The Scream queen alum, who won passwordbeat fellow nominees Mayim Bialik (Danger!), Ken Jennings (Danger!), Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune) And Steve Harvey (Family feud).
“Wow. That’s so exciting, thank you so much,” Palmer said during her acceptance speech at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. “I’m honestly so grateful, I’m almost speechless. I want to thank the people who made this happen, thank you On Jimmy Fallonthanks to NBC.”
Palmer also gave a shout-out to the comedy legend Carol Burnett, who was in the audience during the event. Burnett, 90, also took home a Creative Arts Emmy on Sunday for outstanding pre-recorded variety special for Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love.
The 75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards brought out the stars. The major event – which ran from Saturday, January 6 to Sunday, January 7 – honors artistic and technical achievements across a variety of television genres, including reality TV, unscripted programs and documentary programs. Dancing With the Stars won Outstanding Choreography for Variety […]
Palmer became the host of the rebooted NBC game show in 2022. Fallon, 49, serves as executive producer of the series.
After the awards ceremony, Palmer shared several Instagram photos of herself holding her new Emmy while wearing a big smile on her face. “I couldn’t do it without you @jimmyfallon!” she captioned the snaps. “I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be apart [sic] from such a classic game show like password. It’s a great honor, I won! I’m excited, BOOTS! Thank you to @televisionacad ✨.”
Palmer won her first Emmy in 2021 for best actress in a short-form comedy or drama series Keke Palmer comes up with the Taylors. “Wow! I won! I’m so shocked. I say thank you from the same platform that gave me the freedom to create when the traditional route made me feel like there was no place for me,” she wrote via Instagram in September 2021, referring to the fact that Bring on the Taylors originally aired on Facebook Watch. “Here’s proof that you can create something with what you have on social media, and that’s enough. Bring on the Taylors was born on my INSTAGRAM, from a sketch character named Chelsea Barbie Taylor that I co-born with @maxwyeth. You did all this to me!”
Throughout her career, Keke Palmer has proven that the sky is the limit – and she’s only just getting started. Palmer began singing in the church choir at age 5, and after moving to Los Angeles, she quickly found success in acting. She rose to fame after starring in her own Nickelodeon series, True Jackson, VP, of […]
Palmer went on to say that “a lot of people didn’t see a career for her” after she starred in the Nickelodeon teen sitcom. Real Jackson, Vice Presidentbut she persevered and proved her critics wrong.
“No matter how, no matter how much money I have had and haven’t had, my art has been my escape and it has saved my life more times than you know,” she wrote. ‘It doesn’t matter who’s looking at you! Never give up. Keep telling stories that are important to you. Stay an artist, that’s all that matters. While I appreciate this recognition, I’m still the same girl I’ve always been. No amount of outside affirmation can give you the peace I feel from knowing God. Be blessed!”