'When They See Us' Star Jharrel Jerome Fights Back Tears In Powerful Emmy Speech

Jharrel Jerome brought the house down with his acceptance speech at the 2019 Emmy Awards. The 21-year-old won Outstanding Lead Actor for a Limited Series for his powerful portrayal of Korey Wise in Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us." Amy Adams, Mahershala Ali and Sterling K. Brown were among the audience members who gave him an emotional standing ovation as he accepted the award. Onstage, Jharrel choked up while thanking his "beautiful mother," saying, "I couldn't do it without her."

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[zoomiekabilangbuhay]

I loved how proud Angela looked when she read Jerome’s name!!!

[LovedByYou]

I'm legit crying!!!! Well deserved oh my goodness!!! Well Deserved 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[jesushateswood]

Jharrell Jerome was the person I cared about winning.

[Lil]

well deserved but the show itself and the director, ava, got robbed.

[s.]

I'm so glad Jharrell Jerome won. Ava Duverney should've won too.

[brimichelleg]

So deserving of the award and the standing ovation 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Fear_lyss]

Angela wasn’t willing to say anything but his name on that card 🤣 you could hear it in her exhale!

[ARYEliB]

Damn I’m tearing up man his performance touched me ! Well deserved

[ladyloveishere]

Im so glad he won. He dominated the acting world. He deserved it

[Mrmister]

So happy he won. He did such a great job in his performance. I felt the show was robbed a little bit though because they should've won in some of the other categories also.

[frankgaspers]

He has a huge career in front of him . Good job!

[jennifergraham]

So glad he got the award. It was well deserved. The director and producers did an amazing job picking the cast.

[carlpattersoncp]

Congratulations bruh skies the limit keep reaching!!!

[theflyent]

Congratulations young brother let your lite shine, the world is paying attention. To the strong men whom actually went thru this, don't ever forget we love you and god has mysterious ways of learning us lessons. May you and your family's smile and be at peace. We have a long way to in society this was beautiful and much needed💯💯💯💯

[MsShaSha]

This made me cry. You're amazing and you absolutely deserve it young man. Pure talent.

[darionwilson]

He’s so handsome!!! & his performance was mesmerizing!!! ☺️

[JTUKNZ]

Soooo happy this guy won. He was amazing

[isamargilmartinez]

Orgullo de origen Dominicano... Felicidades

[ShawnLH]

imagine just showing the actual section of the show without all the whimsical music and captioning, ,,,just imagine!

[helloxons]

Excellent Actor & Awesome Win!!! BTW... It's great they announced he's a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts when he went up to accept his award, but he's also a graduate from a prestigious university. Let's give this king all the accolades he has earned & deserves...!!! 👍 👏 💗