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Following his Emmy win, Ernest Harden Jr. spoke to The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet at the THR x SAG-AFTRA Emmy Nominees Night party. He opened about the reaction to his viral emotional speech, what it means to be recognized for his work and why Noah Wyle means so much to him.

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00:00Congratulations. Hold this trophy up. Let's see it.
00:02Yeah. Yes. Oh, man.
00:06It's like I'm on cloud 55, not just nine.
00:10I am so happy.
00:13It wasn't it was unexpected to a point, but it was a culmination of years of hard work.
00:19And I guess that's why I was up there on stage bawling like a baby, because all that emotion came
00:25at once.
00:27And I had a speech ready. I was ready.
00:30And then all of a sudden, God said, oh, no, no, no.
00:34This is how it's going to go.
00:36It started off by crying an ocean full of tears.
00:39And so I said, no, not in front of all these people.
00:42And it was it went from there.
00:44So everybody felt it was from the heart.
00:47And I just thank God that I got this.
00:51It was such an emotional and moving speech.
00:53And it went very viral.
00:55So many views online.
00:57So I didn't expect that because actually I got about 80 percent of what I practiced out.
01:03And so I didn't think it was a good speech.
01:05But everybody says, oh, man, that was the best speech of the night.
01:09And I just felt it from the heart.
01:11Next thing you know, it was viral.
01:12It went everywhere.
01:13So I don't know.
01:15You know, I have to say it's not like I'm so religious, but I'm spiritual and God's in control.
01:20I guess he does his thing the way we may not imagine, but he does the right thing.
01:26So I'm really I just say I love you.
01:30This is my new girl.
01:31So what's the past week been like for you?
01:35Have you heard from anyone surprising?
01:37Have they anybody surprising reached out?
01:40Everybody's reached out.
01:41My phone has been gone non nonstop.
01:45And tonight I just talked to Ron Sheldon, who I did a show called White Man Can't Jump, a movie
01:51called White Man Can't Jump.
01:52He was the director and he said, oh, man, you know, a lot of people have been waiting to call
01:57me because they know that my phone is nonstop and they wanted to let it cool down a few days.
02:03But if it's not if it's not ringing, somebody is texting me.
02:07I'm just happy because, you know, as an actor, we fight to just be recognized.
02:12And finally, I am.
02:14And so I'm really happy.
02:15I'm happy to be a part of this great show.
02:19So the pit is just like the number one show.
02:22I hope I help my my fellow actors all come up with these.
02:27And because we've got the most nominations out of anybody.
02:31So they have a good chance.
02:33And tomorrow, I mean, Monday, we'll be all together.
02:36And hopefully we're all carrying one.
02:39Well, that's exactly right.
02:41And tonight you're celebrating and we're asking everyone tonight.
02:44Let's say you're headed to the next party.
02:47Which fellow nominee is writing with you?
02:51I you know, I came alone, but my I'm not my man is Patrick Ball.
02:58I just we're tight.
03:00And of course, no, no is my brother from another mother.
03:03He is.
03:04He was one that orchestrated this whole thing for me.
03:08He discovered who I was as an actor.
03:11He went and researched it and he decided to really do something about it by creating an arc.
03:17An arc that for Louie Cloverfield that I lovingly call Noah's arc, an arc that made the world cry, an
03:23arc that's already made television history.
03:25He's not only a great actor, but a great human being.
03:29And I just say thank you.
03:32And also, I dedicated this this trophy to Betty Davis.
03:38And the reason I did is because in 1980, we did a movie together.
03:42I started a movie with her and they boycotted the image that year.
03:47So we never got this ceremony.
03:50We never got all this pomp and circumstance.
03:53And so I finally came back on my own.
03:56And I just said, hey, we didn't get it that time, Betty, but this one's for us.
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