Jennifer Coolidge Thanks the 'Evil Gays' In Emmy Acceptance Speech

When time was running out for Jennifer Coolidge while accepting an Emmy last night for "The White Lotus," she remembered the men that helped her win her second Emmy. "I just want to thank all the evil gays," she said, "especially Paolo [Camilli], Francesco [Zecca], and Bruno [Gouery] – thank you."

The trio were part of a gay cabal out to kill Coolidge's character, wealthy heiress Tanya McQuoid-Hunt, in order for her scheming husband to inherit her estate. When Tanya sensed danger, she made a breathless plea for help that broke the Internet: "Please, these gays, they're trying to murder me!"

Coolidge reprised her win for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, but she pointed out that we can't expect her to win a third time for her "White Lotus" role. Thanking series creator Mike White for "giving me this opportunity to play this incredible character," she added in a spoiler alert for those who haven't seen the hit HBO series. "He says I'm definitely dead," Coolidge quipped, "so I'm going along with it."

Coolidge got laughs when she found the Emmy too heavy to hold. "I have to put this down," Coolidge said as she took to the stage and accepted her award. "I still don't have the strength."

But despite running over time and provoking the rage of the evening's acceptance speech monitor, host Anthony Anderson's mom Doris Bowman, she concluded with a heartfelt note: "I had a little dream in my little town, and everyone said it was impractical and far-fetched, but it did happen after all. So don't give up on your dream."