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In The Tweets: White General Hospital Actress Apologizes For ‘Hate-Tweeting’ Viola Davis’ Emmy Award Win…

Sep, 21 2015 | Written by ATLien
Yes… there are White actresses out there who feel ‘some kinda way’ about Viola Davis’ speech and one of them couldn’t hold their tongue last night and hit social media with her outrage.

After Davis snagged the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama, she also snagged the hearts of many with a powerful speech about the lack of opportunity for Black actresses in Hollywood.

[READ: Black History Moment: Viola Davis’ Emmy Awards Acceptance Speech (VIDEO + Transcript)]

While the world cheered Viola’s powerful words, there was at least one person who was not a fan of Davis’ Emmys acceptance speech… soap star Nancy Lee Grahn (best known for her role as ‘Alexis Davis’ on General Hospital).

Gran wrote a series of tweets last night ripping Davis’ emotional, winning moment onstage during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards and after receiving a ton of backlash for revealing her elitist attitude, she also issued an apology statement.

More details about Grahn’s hate-filled twitter rant below…

Nancy Lee Grahn’s White privilege attitude shone bright like a diamond as she hit the tweets last night after Viola Davis’ win, stating:

The soap star even suggested that Davis hasn’t experienced discrimination in Hollywood.

“I think she’s the bees knees but she’s elite of TV performers,” she tweeted to a fan. “Brilliant as she is. She has never been discriminated against.”

While Grahn deleted several of her tweets, the conversations she was having about Davis’ Emmy win remain. She continued in the following discussion with a follower who’s account was private…

And there’s more…

After receiving immediate backlash about her rant, Grahn issued a few apology tweets, stating:

She then followed up with a lengthier apology statement:

I apologize for my earlier tweets and now realize I need to check my own privilege. My intention was not to take this historic and important moment from Viola Davis or other women of color but I realize that my intention doesn’t matter here because that is what I ended up doing. I learned a lot tonight and I admit that there are still some things I don’t understand but I am trying to and will let this be a learning experience for me

I can’t say I’m surprised at all about Grahn’s attitude and her apology is merely meant to protect her brand, nothing more. I’m almost positive her attitude hasn’t changed a bit, she’ll just rethink speaking out about it next time. *sigh*

What do you think of this situation??
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- Von Conley-Dareus via Facebook
  
  That’s one ignorant Bitch
  
  linda
  
  seriously? all she really said was women all get shafted by hollywood, which is true…hardly a hateful tweet
  
  Stlchick
  
  What was hurtful was her refusal to acknowledge disparities in Hollywood, and it was mighty white of her to say Viola has never been discriminated against. HTF would she know?
  
  boonella
  
  No that’s not all she said. Did you read the tweets above. She even claimed that Viola had not been discriminated against…so that’s not all she said.
- KRICH
  
  Ms. Grahn,knew exactly what she was saying but she didn’t realize that black twitter was going to tear a new hole in her ass. Sounds like she needs to complain to the Daytime Emmy’s people not this one. They are two different arena and the real successful actor/actresses cross over into the main stream market. Hell if she has been on the daytime soaps for 40yrs or rather acting and haven’t receive any type of accolades maybe you’re not good and just rather a scrub. How about that Ms. Nancy Grahn. Don’t mess with Ms. Voila Davis because she will always have a job.
  
  stanhope
  
  There is an old Southern saying…."throw a brick in a pack of bitches, the one that gets hit hollers loudest." Don’t believe for a moment that this cracker bitch is the only white trash that felt this way. She was just the only one stupid enough to post and get caught. Viola Davis has both CLASS and TALENT. These are but 2 things miss cracker thing is missing.
  
  Gina
  
  IDIOT! She knows we’ll forget in a couple of weeks though!!!!
- Chelle Gooden via Facebook
  
  The statement at the end of this article sums up my feelings about the situation…
  
  “I’m almost positive her attitude hasn’t changed a bit, she’ll just rethink speaking out about it next time. *sigh*”
  
  #thatisall
- Cynthia Haynes via Facebook
  
  And you wonder why she stuck in soap opera only? Have several seats dumb blond!!!
- Tonika Knight Williams via Facebook
  
  We can’t ever have our moment without someone else trying to make it about them.
- MANDY in Hotlanta
  
  My dear sweet Nancy Grahn, being born any race other than black in the USA, automatically gave you an 80% chance towards your future endeavors over any African American (whether they are educated or not). I know you can never understand the cost of being black, but whether you really meant it or not…. I’d just have to accept your apology.
- Kendra Owens via Facebook
  
  I follow her.. and she says alot of dumb stuff….smdh she has a bad case of word and type vomit.. she don’t understand and what’s sad she dont want to learn any better either.
- Loveable Trice via Facebook
  
  She pure trash….
- Caroline Jones via Facebook
  
  im so sick of these dumb mutha fuckas always shitting one someone elses moment…..
- Tehran Johnson via Facebook
  
  That’s why her ass gonna always be stuck on daytime TV faking pregnancies and fighting evil twins….
  
  Serenity
  
  Nah… she already went thru menopause on GH. Now all she’s doing is screwing a mobster
  
  Stlchick
  
  Lmao
- Sasamina
  
  Sigh…I kind of get where she was going with all of her rants, but it was all worded wrong. She should have kept her comments to herself. I’m not sure if she was being racist or just hating on Viola overall. I tend to think she was just hating on the lady. I DO get that these are just acting awards, and not awards for doing something substantial in life, like saving lives or some shit, but the lady’s choice of words were just stupid.
- Jennifer Desiree Peppars-Baber via Facebook
  
  So mad she didnt get nominated for issh. Viola gets better opportunities because shes a better actress, DUHH!
- Duane Harris via Facebook
  
  Dang, for one thing I have learned a new thing (she was quoting Ms. Tubman’ & I haven’t learn of that quote)
  
  Mrs. Davis is the real MVP and props to cookie for standing up for Viola – she should have gotten a standing ovation in my opinion for history was made.
  
  That speech was raw yet unadulterated filled with compassion.
  
  A trifecta for the queens of color!
- Kofi Goolsby-Brim via Facebook
  
  It speaks volumes and if it were vise versa Viola would have been suspended or worse but this won’t happen because she is white and an apology is always acceptable
- Nicole Anderson via Facebook
  
  White General hospital actress??? WOW
- Whitney Gaspard via Facebook
  
  And that’s why her ass still stuck on boring ass general hospital and ain’t going no where.
- Mavis Wiggins via Facebook
- Adriane D. Wilson via Facebook
  
  Obviously, she needs a Black History Lesson. One that goes back and starts at her birth 57 years ago. Harriet Tubman was real!!!
- Sabrina Wright via Facebook
  
  “They” can’t hide their true feelings for long smh…
- Nidia Dia Archer via Facebook
  
  Wow stupidity is still alive and well smdh
- Kimberly Denise Clark via Facebook
  
  I hate when people comment on shit they don’t understand, sometimes silence is golden!
- Abraham Power Grant via Facebook
  
  Congrats viola , that general hostipal bitch have. A seat & stfu please
- Tonique Chadwick via Facebook
  
  We don’t forgive you
- Shontressa Denise Ginwright Randle via Facebook
- Sherrie James via Facebook
  
  Kill her off General Hospital! Let’s see her get her next acting role!
- Alice Godfrey Carter via Facebook
  
  HATER…, YOU JUST DO YOUR THANG YOU BLACK AMERICA QUEEN .
- Lisa James via Facebook
  
  They hate to see us winning! Always jealous!
- Tammy Thomas via Facebook
  
  You met every word so why apologize….
- Gwendolyn Gwendella Johnson via Facebook
  
  That’s why she’s not a Morissa Tomei or Julianne Moore just stuck in soapland lol. You meant it why apologize.
- Michelle Newman via Facebook
  
  Her tweet wasn’t about “privilege” it was about hate and jealousy. …she hates on everybody. but who cares because most still don’t know who she is!!
- Paige Mahogany via Facebook
  
  Ignorant bitch
- Ron E. Chits via Facebook
  
  Well she is white so who better to speak on the black experience. And even after her *apology* she still peddles in the fallback “human activist/myfriends are black so I can’t be racist” trope which makes her the real victim in all of this…..*SIGH*
  
  Stlchick
  
  Yeah, she climbed back up on that pedestal and cried victim real quick.
- Nonna Mic via Facebook
  
  I loved the speech. It was timely. They always get mad when we speak out truth. Kick rocks and if you keep your mouth closed you don’t have to apologize. The Internet gives false courage. Don’t drink and type. Don’t put your hood on and type, either.
- Anisha Ward via Facebook
  
  I’m lost, did her speech suppose to have met her approval to be validated?
- Catherine Love via Facebook
  
  These white skanks make me sick!
- Acinta Williams via Facebook
  
  Ignorance is bliss. Smh
- Pisces-Antionette Morris via Facebook
  
  I guess” it’s a black thing she wouldn’t understand”.
- Betty Goins via Facebook
  
  Donna Trump.
- Lisette Garvin via Facebook
  
  FU lady. Most soaps aren’t ever on the air anymore. Yours may be next.
- Kyna Joanne via Facebook
  
  And that’s why she’s on the soaps and Viola is an award winning movie actress with a leading role on a primetime show. This soap actress lacks acting skill and class!
- Thomasine Williams via Facebook
  
  She is angry because she is irrelevant.
- Felicia Mckissick via Facebook
  
  She should have kept her apology. It’s not sincere.
- Kamisha N. Pleasants via Facebook
  
  It’s always one that just doesn’t get it!!! #WhyApologize…you meant it…say it with your chest!
- bmarie
  
  She doesn’t have to change her mind, that’s cool. Don’t do me no favors. Just keep your mouth shut and watch these beautiful black ppl finally be recognized for their work.
- Judy Friday via Facebook
  
  Don’t nobody even know this nobody bitch soap opera actress
- Norith R. Ellison via Facebook
  
  Umm hmmm.. They real feelings ALWAYS come out the minute we are winning… Aint nothing changed yall. #WeSeeYou
- Maria Marino
  
  Let’s think about why she doesn’t get Viola Davis type roles.
  
  #1.) She has been doing Lifetime movies and Soaps all her life.
  #2.) She isn’t all that good an actress….I’ve seen alot of stuff she’s been in….
- Mischka R. Cooper via Facebook
  
  Is General Hospital still on tv? All of the good characters on that show have either died or moved on to bigger and better projects. She only apologized to save her job. Congrats Viola Davis!!!! She’s just upset because watching the Emmy’ s are as close as she’s going to get to receiving one……
- stanhope
  
  dumb cracker c u n t.
- Overton Tyshone via Facebook
  
  Jealousy is a hate crime. Kill her ass off the show!
- Charente Eyvette Embry via Facebook
  
  Brent Floyd
- Serenity
  
  What role did she want? The roll Davis played in "The Help"? why don’t celebs get fake named twitter accounts and leave their namesake accounts to their publicists….
- Kinu Yamamoto via Facebook
  
  We live in a generation that people TRULY believe that can say WHATEVER they want as long as: They Apologize Afterwards, Put LOL at the end, or Say they are just “Keeping It Real”. I call BS on it. There is NO SUCH THING as Freedom of Speech. It is a delusion. Everything you say, YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SO!!! #KeepTalkingTrash
  
  Stlchick
  
  Right. And freedom of speech doesn’t absolve people of accountability
- Cheryl Lynn Funches via Facebook
  
  #Sigh…
- Mimi Love via Facebook
  
  ….white oblivion
- Veronica J. Foster via Facebook
  
  Michele K. Whitfield
- Dinah Price via Facebook
  
  She should’ve keep her mouth shut. If you don’t know what to say keep your dam mouth shut
- Tonya Geddis via Facebook
  
  Her true colors
- Terrell Aubrey via Facebook
  
  Slap the shit out of alexis
- Lukisha M. Baker via Facebook
  
  And surely it will #backfire on her… #truecolors
- Julian Berkley via Facebook
  
  Everything biotch. She’s leading people to freedom just like Harriet Tubman did.
- Katharine Alexander via Facebook
  
  She is just mad because Viola Davis made a true statement, only opportunity separates us. Many black actresses have the qualifications but never get the opportunity.
- Tia Moore via Facebook
  
  Weed them out!!!
- Rene Mercer via Facebook
  
  That no name actress, is very insecure.
- Toni Staton Harris via Facebook
  
  Soap Actress was exceptionally unwise in thought process and tweet/speech.
- Deb Par via Facebook
  
  Hating
- Delores D. Banks via Facebook
  
  It is often said that all the true colors come out in the end. Never let them catch u sleeping.
- Christopher Fabian-Sharpe via Facebook
  
  Stupid jealous bitch:(
- James McDowell via Facebook
- Lavada Hall via Facebook
  
  Unfortunate but nancy has always spoke her mind!
- Rlove GoGetta Brown via Facebook
  
  Stupid ass bitch. It’s is better to let people think you are a fool then to speak and remove all doubt.
- Velecia Harris via Facebook
  
  They always apologize when the negatives come back to them. ..
- John Sims via Facebook
  
  The will never understand.
- Yvonne Rem via Facebook
  
  #bitterwhitepeoplejustwrong
- Denise McMahan via Facebook
  
  So sick of racisim on both sides!!!
- Jessica Hosey via Facebook
  
  She sounds jealous..
- Keisha Staton via Facebook
  
  I dont think Grahn is sorry for what she tweeted. She apologized to protect her brand. In fact i wonder who wrote Her apology letter.
- Felisha Crooks-Sweet via Facebook
  
  Phuk Nancy…..whoever the hell she is. You know exactly where to shove your apology.
- Elizabeth Burnett via Facebook
  
  Hate will always come to the light. She so ignorant she couldnt understand that speech even if you translated for her…Now excuse me Dumb Bitch
  
  WiserWords2
  
  I think she’s holding on to some past anger issues. In 1989, she won a Daytime Emmy along with Debbie Morgan (All My Children) in a tie. Maybe she didn’t like sharing the title with a black actress.
- Dana T
  
  Girl, we want the Kraft brand not the Save Rite brand… Who are you again?
  Being green is not a good look.
  Dana T.
- Laveta Wright via Facebook
  
  She meant what she said so why apologize.
- Claude Brunson via Facebook
  
  Damn this social media medium is a demon for big mouthed bigots
- Ingrid Lindsey via Facebook
  
  Oh! They ain’t seen nothing!!
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