Alan Cumming reacts to his big Emmy win with a series of shirtless bedroom selfies
The Traitors, ending RuPaul’s eight-year winning streak.Sadly, Cumming couldn’t attend the event as he’s in Scotland filming (eight hours ahead of Los Angeles).
He was actually in bed but woke up in the middle of the night to texts informing him he’d won. Cumming posted several photos of himself in bed on Instagram and thanked people for helping him win.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.“A series of selfies taken at 3.38am just after waking up to find I had won an Emmy!” he said. “In my dream I was thinking I had set my alarm too early and I should really wake up and change it to an hour later, and of course the reason I was dreaming this is that my phone had been buzzing constantly for about twenty minutes with people trying to tell me I had won the Emmy for hosting The Traitors!” he continued. “I wasn’t able to be at the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony in Los Angeles because of filming commitments in Scotland, so I wasn’t able to thank the people who made this possible.“But I hope writing my thanks down here – and not spouting them in a frenzy of fear at having the dreaded music cut me off on live TV – will make them feel more sincere and heartfelt to those I am truly indebted to.”He went on to thank the production company behind the show, Peacock, NBC Universal, his stylist, agents, and publicists, among others.
He also thanked all the cast members and the crew at Ardross Castle, where the show is filmed, for helping things run smoothly.
Cumming ended by giving a shout out to his husband. “Finally thank you forever to Grant Shaffer who supports and loves me in everything I do and will always receive the most votes in my castle.”Cumming and Shaffer, an illustrator and storyboard artist, had a civil union in the UK in 2007.
