Ayo Edebiri Said 1 Thing Most Hollywood Winners Don't — And It Really Stood Out

During Sunday’s Golden Globes Awards ceremony, Hollywood stars got accolades for their hard work, and many winners used their acceptance speech to thank their cast, crew, agents and families. But Ayo Edibiri, who won an award for her role in “The Bear,” stood out from other winners by taking a moment to specifically thank “all of my agents’ and managers’ assistants” during her acceptance speech.

“To the people who answer my emails, y’all are real ones,” Edibiri said, receiving applause from the crowd. “Thank you for answering my crazy, crazy emails.”

It was a brief but meaningful moment of recognition that matters. Similar to how Melanie Lynskey thanked her “angel” nanny after her Critics’ Choice win, it acknowledges the too-often unseen heroes who keep a workplace or a public figure’s life running smoothly. And for assistants and former assistants everywhere, it was a breakthrough moment.

Warner Bailey, a former assistant at the agency WME who runs the Instagram meme page Assistants vs. Agents, posted a clip of Edibiri’s speech and captioned it “MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.” Within minutes, Bailey said there were hundreds of comments from assistants that expressed feelings of “finally feeling seen and appreciated.”

“It was a cool moment, a classy thing to do, and I hope it’s the first of many,” Bailey told HuffPost. “One thing is for sure: Ayo Edebiri just won the hearts of every assistant out there.”

It’s not just people within Hollywood taking notice: Rowe Lapiña Hoffer, who is the senior executive assistant to the CEO of Mozilla, watched Edibiri’s speech live and loved that Edibiri’s shoutout did not seem like a platitude but a sincere appreciation.

“She didn’t make it sound as if we were… secretaries. The way she made it