PASADENA, California (AP) – Three “General Hospital” stars won performance honors and the soap management team won the Daytime Emmy Awards Friday night.
Kelly Thiebaud won as a supporting actress to play Dra. Britt Westbourne and Jeff Kober won as a supporting actor for his role as Cyrus Renault. Nicholas Chavez won as the youngest performer in the ABC drama.
“Wow!” said Chavez. “Just over a year ago I was selling cars in a small Florida beach town. I’ve always had the love and support of my family, but none of us had ever dreamed I would get on that stage.”
A cheerful Thiebaud won in her first nomination.
“I can’t believe it. I’m very surprised,” he said. “My brother, when I started acting, followed my work and said, ‘You’re not that good.’ So thank you for giving me something to rub his face on.”
Kober is known for his extensive film work and peak viewing hours on programs such as “Sons of Anarchy” and “The Walking Dead.”
“Wow, thank you for making me feel so welcome during the day. What a trip,” he said. “I love what we do to make a living, it’s play.”
The General Hospital management team also won for the third year in a row. NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” won as a writing team.
Kelly Clarkson won her third consecutive trophy as a presenter of entertainment gatherings. His eponymous program also won his second consecutive trophy for the entertainment gathering. The singer is spending the summer with her children and did not attend.
Tamron Hall won her second consecutive trophy as an informative talk show host.
Daytime dean Susan Lucci, who starred in “All My Children” throughout the series ’41-year-old series, received a standing ovation. She presented the In Memoriam segment, which included a photo of her husband, Helmet Huber, who died in March. Michael Bolton sang his hit “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”.
John Aniston of “Days of Our Lives” was awarded a prize for his career for his 37-year career as Victor Kiriakis. The 88-year-old actor was not present.
He was introduced through a video by his daughter, Jennifer Aniston, who said, “Her career is literally the definition of lifelong success.” He noted that he began acting in 1962 at prime time and also appeared in such defunct soap operas as “Love of Life” and “Search For Tomorrow” before joining “Days” in 1985.
After two years of previously recorded presentations due to the coronavirus pandemic, the day once again honored its own at night with a face-to-face ceremony. In 2020, the show was virtual for the first time and last year the audience was limited.
However, the spectrum of COVID-19 was felt.
Two nominees for “The Young and the Restless” were forced to retire. Nominated lead actor Jason Thompson, who plays Billy Abbott, and supporting actress Melissa Ordway, who plays Abby Newman, told social media that they had tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss the show.
Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner of “Entertainment Tonight” co-hosted the 49th annual awards held at the Pasadena Convention Center, where many of the nominees sat at socially distant cocktail tables and others sat in rows one by one. The other.
Frazier and Turner found themselves accepting a Daytime Emmy when “ET” won a series of entertainment news.
Turner opened the show with a reference to the Supreme Court that overturned women’s constitutional protections for abortion Friday before. She emphatically told Frazier that it was “her choice” to wear her blue dress. The crowd cheered and some women stood up.
Nominated supporting actress Nancy Lee Grahn of “General Hospital” walked the red carpet inside with references to the news of the day. He had a temporary tattoo that said “reproductive freedom” on his chest, the word “choice” on his disc earrings, and he wore a black bag with “ban on our bodies” written in rhinestones.
“I dare not go through this process without talking about the devastation I have for what has happened today and the darkest day that is for the women of this country,” the 66-year-old actor said. “We will not allow it, we will not support it.”