So this is an awesome, exciting, incredible day, and I want to say something to this year& #39;s first-time nominees:

It& #39;s okay to be sad.

You have just received a huge honor, and whether or not you& #39;re ever nominated again, you only get nominated for the first time ONCE. And it may feel petty to complain that you& #39;re not going to get a big party with canapes and champagne and pretty dresses.

And hell, it IS petty, when the other choice is killing people by gathering in a large group. But something has been stolen from you by circumstance, and it& #39;s totally okay and understandable and NORMAL to be sad about that.

This is your year. It& #39;s my year too, but it& #39;s not my first time, and I& #39;m still a little sad that I& #39;ll be wearing my pretty dress alone in the swamp and not in a big fancy ballroom with all of you. (Only a little sad. I like swamps better than soirees.)

So if you feel sad, or angry, or conflicted, you can tell me, and I won& #39;t judge you or say that people are dying and you& #39;re being petty, because you& #39;re not. You& #39;re being a person who got robbed, and did nothing to deserve it.