Widow's Bay Star Turns Her Emmy Win Into a Pointed Sam Altman Jab

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images Betty Gilpin took home the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Widow's Bay. However, the 40-year-old surprised viewers with an unusual acceptance speech and finished with a jab at Sam Altman, urging her fellow artists to "lean towards Sam Shepard" and less toward the OpenAI CEO. Betty Gilpin's Emmy speech got the room cheering after her unexpected Sam Altman jab Gilpin earned the award for her role as Sarah Westcott Warren in the Season 1 prequel episode set in the 18th century. Other actresses in the category were . . .