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Connie Britton Reacts to Barack Obama's Fangirl Moment astatine 2022 Emmys
Connie Britton whitethorn beryllium a five-time Emmy Award nominee, but she wholly mislaid her chill implicit this celeb interaction.
Nominated this twelvemonth for her relation arsenic Nicole Mossbacher connected HBO's The White Lotus, the histrion recalled her astir memorable instrumentality brushwood exclusively with E! News' Loni Love connected the 2022 Emmys reddish carpet connected Sept. 12. The brushwood successful question? The clip she met Barack Obama.
The 55-year-old said she had "no idea" the erstwhile president was a instrumentality of hers, peculiarly of her relation arsenic Tami Taylor connected the deed bid Friday Night Lights.
"When I was gathering him for the archetypal time, I was conscionable like, 'Oh, it's gonna beryllium 'Hi, bye,' and he's gonna beryllium similar onto the next,'" she recalled. "And helium said, 'I truly similar you successful Friday Night Lights.' And I conscionable astir deed the floor."
Needless to say, it was a "big moment" for the star.
Connie could person different large infinitesimal astatine this year's Emmys, arsenic she and her White Lotus co-stars—including Sydney Sweeney, Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett—racked up a full of 8 acting nominations, marking 20 total for the series.
"It's truthful wonderful," she said of the recognition, adding that she's conscionable arsenic blessed to reunite with the formed since filming. "The past clip we were each unneurotic was successful Maui, and it was heavy COVID, and so, this is truly a beauteous celebration."
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The histrion stunned successful a gorgeous, coral gown by decorator Monique Lhuillier and completed the look with dazzling diamond and turquoise jewelry. As for skincare, she got reddish carpet acceptable acknowledgment to the 8-in-1 look therapy instrumentality the TheraFace PRO.
And though she's known for her long, luscious locks, she opted to enactment her hairsbreadth up for the event (see every prima connected the Emmys reddish carpet here).
"It had to beryllium a large decision, like, putting the hairsbreadth up, but I emotion it," she joked connected the carpet. "And it's truthful blistery retired present and it feels truthful great. I'm like, 'Oh, this is what it feels similar erstwhile your hairsbreadth is up. Amazing! I emotion it.'"
Season 1 of the White Lotus is present streaming connected HBO Max, and tune successful to the 2022 Emmy Awards unrecorded contiguous astatine 8 p.m.ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock.
(E!, NBC and Peacock are each portion of the NBCUniversal family.)
Don't miss E!'s unrecorded 2022 Emmys reddish carpet sum Monday, Sept. 12, starting astatine 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT followed by the Emmy Awards ceremonial astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock.
