Zendaya's Mom Reveals Why She Had to "Name Drop" to Sneak Up to Her Emmys Table

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Zendaya Makes History With 2022 Emmys Win

Emmys information astir interrupted a euphoric nighttime for Zendaya's mom.

Claire Stoermer hilariously recalled her nighttime astatine the 2022 Emmys minutes before her girl won Outstanding Actress successful a Drama Series for Euphoria. In an effort to soothe Zendaya's nerves, Claire approached the star's table—until she was held up by security. 

"[I] made my mode to Z earlier they awarded her the Emmy and gave her the biggest hug and said... breathe!!!" Claire wrote in an Instagram Story posted Sept. 13. The lone problem? "The antheral who tried to halt maine said 'where are your credentials?'"

Luckily, Claire knew conscionable what to say.

"i said 'i'm zendaya's mom' and kept walking!!" she continued, adding laughing emojis. "hahaha! one ne'er sanction driblet similar that but one person to bash it!"

The magic words worked, and Claire was connected manus to ticker the histrion springiness her acceptance speech.

"Thank you to the Academy, convey you to my friends and family, immoderate of which are present tonight." Zendaya said during her speech, pausing to laughter arsenic her ma cheered. "Thank you to Sam [Levinson] for sharing Rue with me, convey you for believing successful maine adjacent successful moments wherever I didn't judge successful myself."

Claire besides took a infinitesimal to share her acknowledgment to the Euphoria creator and his woman Ashley Levinson.

"I emotion this radical of people." She wrote connected her Instagram Story, accompanied by a photograph of Zendaya and the Euphoria crew. "When Z is moving connected Euphoria, I don't interest astir her! @samlev00 and @ashlevinson convey you!!"

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With her ma contiguous IRL, the 26-year-old had 1 little celebratory substance to send, but the next idiosyncratic connected her list to stock the quality with was fellow Tom Holland, who was not contiguous astatine the ceremonial owed to his filming schedule.

"Well, I didn't person to substance my ma due to the fact that my ma was already there, she's present tonight, which is precise special," she shared connected the Live From E! After Party. "I texted my boyfriend."

Zendaya's historical triumph makes her the archetypal Black pistillate to triumph pb histrion successful a play bid twice, some times for her portrayal of Rue Bennett in Euphoria, and the youngest two-time victor of an acting Emmy.

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