Shonda Rhimes is not interested in patting Emmy voters on the back for historical wins on Sunday night.
The superstar producer and creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal voiced her displeasure to Vanity Fair on Tuesday, saying: ”It’s embarrassing, frankly.’
The Hollywood heavyweight, 47, who is known for creating diverse characters in her shows, continued: ‘To me, it feels embarrassing that we are still in a place in which we still have to note these moments.’
‘It’s embarrassing, frankly’: Shonda Rhimes, 47, is not interested in patting Emmy voters on the back for historical wins on Sunday night
Some of the most historical wins of the night included, Donald Glover as the first black person to win Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series and Riz Ahmed as the first South Asian man to win an Emmy period.
Lena Waithe also became the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for Master of None.
Shonda hopes to continue to see more historical wins in the future.
Some of the most historical wins of the night included, Donald Glover as the first black person to win Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Notable firsts: Lena Waithe also became the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for Master of None and Riz Ahmed as the first South Asian man to win an Emmy
‘I’m hoping that people don’t feel satisfied because they saw a lot of people win, and then think that we’re done.’
Although the How To Get Away With Murder creator was critical of the praise the Emmys got for ‘diversity,’ she did have the utmost respect for the winners, particularly Waithe.
‘She’s so even-keeled and so grounded, and that episode was such an amazing episode of television,’ she said of the writer who won, alongside Aziz Ansari, for the Thanksgiving episode of Master of None.
Rhimes, who made a name for herself by creating numerous hit shows for ABC, which resulted in the term TGIT, meaning Thank God It’s Thursday, which is an ode to ABC’s TGIF lineup throughout the 90s.
‘I’m hoping that people don’t feel satisfied because they saw a lot of people win, and then think that we’re done,’ she said of the historic wins (pictured in February)
The mega-producer created many popular, long-running series during her tenure with ABC, including How To Get Away With Murder, for which Viola Davis made history as the first black women to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015.
Rhimes, who is a hot commodity in Hollywood recently left her ABC contract for a deal with Netflix.
She recently penned an article on her newly launched Shondaland website, criticizing Hollywood for brushing her aside because of her weight.
The TV hitmaker admitted in the post that after she lost between 100 and 150 pounds ‘things got weird’.
Hollywood prejudice: The Hollywood producer recently penned an article on her newly launched Shondaland website, criticizing Hollywood for brushing her aside because of her weight (pictured in 2010 on the left and 2017 on the right)
The television writer/producer wrote of how ‘women I barely knew gushed’ and how men finally ‘spoke to me’ following her body transformation.
She added: ‘Like stood still and had long conversations with me about things. It was disconcerting.
‘But even more disconcerting was that all these people suddenly felt completely comfortable talking to me about my body.’
The Emmy-award nominee wrote that she had ‘discovered that NOW people saw me as a PERSON’.
She explained: ‘What the hell did they see me as before? How invisible was I to them then? How hard did they work to avoid me?
Things changed for her: The television writer/producer wrote of how ‘women I barely knew gushed’ and how men finally ‘spoke to me’ following her body transformation
‘When I was fat, I wasn’t a PERSON to these people. Like I had been an Invisible Woman who suddenly materialized in front of them. Poof! There I am. Thin and ready for a chat.’
The impassioned article is one of the first on the showrunner’s new website. Shondaland.com.
According to the site’s Who We Are section, Shondaland.com will provide ‘a home for complex articles and honest conversations beyond the fictional space.’
The DGA award-winning director took to Instagram on Monday to promote the site.
She posted a snap of herself holding a cell phone displaying the Shondaland.com home page. It was captioned: ‘Right now! Shondaland.com is live! Go! See!’
Promoting her site: She posted a snap of herself holding a cell phone displaying the Shondaland.com home page. It was captioned: ‘Right now! Shondaland.com is live! Go! See!’