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It’s nice to win twice.
Tamron Hallis still pumped after taking home her secondDaytime Emmyaward for her eponymous talk show.
In New Orleans to celebrate Essence Fest for the first time since the pandemic, the star, 51, opened up to PEOPLE on Saturday about the difference a few years can make.
“Last time we were here was 2019, we’d just launched the show,” says Hall. “Now we’re back and I just won my second Emmy last week. We’re on a natural high and it’s great.”
For Hall, the moment she found out she won again was surreal. “I was sitting there in the audience, we were back in person. The first Emmy I won we were all at home and I learned on Zoom,” she said.
“But to be in the room with all my peers and my team and to receive that honor it was just… I still can’t believe it. I thought I heard my name and then I looked at my executive producer Quiana Burns and I said, ‘Oh they really said my name, oh my gosh!'”
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Another highlight for Hall was getting to take the trophy home to her biggest little fan.
“The sweetest moment was when Moses was opening the box,” Hall says of her 3-year-old son, with husbandSteve Greener. I caught a redeye and rushed back home that night and he opened the box. To see him touch the Emmy…I said ‘What’s that?’ And he said ‘Emmy’. It was very very special."
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“My advice is whatOprah Winfreygave me. Always know your intention. Why are you doing it? What is the reason for the story, the reason for the conversation” says Hall. “And that’s not just a guiding light in television. That’s a guiding light in life. What are your intentions? The greatest who ever did it gave that advice to me so I’ll pass it down.”
source: people.com
