Sheryl Lee Ralph said she'd tell her younger self that 'some people called Kardashians' would 'pay $10,000 for your lips'
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- Sheryl Lee Ralph delivered a message to her 15-year-old self on the Golden Globes red carpet.
- Ralph said that one day "some people called Kardashians" would "pay $10,000" for her lips.
- Ralph was nominated for her performance as Barbara Howard in "Abbott Elementary."
Sheryl Lee Ralph gave a message to her 15-year-old self, saying that she'd tell herself that one day "people called the Kardashians" would "pay $10,000 for your lips," and to not feel insecure about them.
Ralph spoke with InStyle on the red carpet for the Golden Globes, where she was nominated for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a musical-comedy or drama TV series for her performance as Barbara Howard in the ABC hit comedy "Abbott Elementary." During the interview, Ralph delivered a message to her younger self.
"There's nothing wrong with your nose. There is nothing wrong with the shade of your skin. There is nothing wrong with the way your hair grows out of your head," Ralph said.
"And there is certainly nothing wrong with your lips because there will be some people called Kardashians and they will pay $10,000 for your lips," she continued. "Hang in there 15-year-old Sheryl Lee Ralph, you're good."
—InStyle (@InStyle) January 11, 2023
After the show, Ralph took to Twitter, saying in a tweet that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky blew her a kiss. She also posted a clip of her interview with InStyle, which The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) reposted on Instagram.
"I said what I said," Ralph wrote in a subsequent tweet following her repost of the interview clip. "Now, I'm going to bed. Goodnight!"
Ralph's role on "Abbott Elementary" as veteran kindergarten teacher Barbara Howard has brought her long overdue acclaim amid a storied film and television career that began in 1977.
At the 2022 Emmy Awards, she took home the award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for her performance in "Abbott Elementary," accepting the award by serenading the audience with a rendition of the Dianne Reeves song "Endangered Species." Ralph was the first Black woman to win the award since 1987, when Jackée Harry won for "227."