Elinor Burkett tells Joy Behar she had no choice but to snatch the mic from her “bigfooted” ex-partner during what should have been their acceptance speech. She describes being wedged into a row, as a slower “middle-aged crazy person,” and Roger Williams sprinting to the stage to steal all the glory for himself.
By the time she began to make her way up, after both their names were called, she says he was already halfway into his self-absorbed speech. She wasn’t having it. –gerald radford
Here’s her full explanation:
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