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“Usually, they say ‘sassy, more street, more urban,'” theNailed It!host, 36, toldLaverne Coxon E!’s pre-Emmy AwardsspecialIf We’re Being Honest.
“But I read [the line], and she was like, ‘Can you be Blacker?'” Byer added of the uncomfortable exchange, which she said happened in her 20s. “I was just playing a fairy. And she was like, ‘Be as Black as you can be. If you go too Black, I’ll bring you back.'”
When Cox, 50, asked her about the casting director’s race, Byer replied, “Oh, you know, she was white like the snow.”
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Byer has used her notoriety to speak out about racism in the past, notably afterGeorge Floyd’s death in 2020.
Inan Instagram post shortly after Floyd’s murder, the actress and comedian shared “a conversation to have with your white child.”
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Byer made history as the first Black woman to be nominated for outstanding host for a reality or competition program. After back-to-back nodsin 2020 and 2021, she’sup for a third Emmyin the category this year on top ofreceiving a separate 2022 nominationfor writing her specialNicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo).
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The 74th PrimetimeEmmy Awardswill be broadcast live next Monday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
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