These gays are trying to murder me

When she isn't writing, Meghan runs a community for plus-size people in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. >. Jennifer Coolidge speaks to Variety about those gays trying to murder her in “White Lotus” Season 2. Don't miss these.

Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more. Social Links Navigation. Leave it to Jennifer Coolidge to deliver yet another iconic awards show speech. Meghan is a freelance news writer at Marie Claire.

Her work has also appeared in Bustle, Refinery29, Popsugar, and other outlets. Marie Claire. In a nod to Tanya's now-legendary line, "These gays, they're trying to murder me," Coolidge used her speech to thank said "evil gays" by name, including her costars Paolo Camilli, Bruno Gouery, and Francesco Zecca.

By Meghan De Maria. From her Monica Vitti-turned-Peppa Pig cosplay, to her reading of "these are some high-end gays" to the finale's immortal quote, "these gays, they're trying to murder me," Coolidge's performance. Coolidge also brought the laughs when she set her Emmy Award statue on the ground at the start of her acceptance speech, saying she didn't "have the strength" to hold it up.

“Please, these gays, they’re trying to murder me!” Tanya begs the yacht’s captain. And while the actress joked that she "got the hook last year" for delivering too long an Emmy acceptance speech, she went overtime this year, too. “We’re all gay here,” he replies in the few English words he knows.

She also said that according to White Lotus creator Mike White, Tanya is "definitely dead," so don't expect Coolidge to win a third Emmy for the role. Coolidge's speech was met with lighthearted criticism from Anthony Anderson's mom, Doris Hancox, who was tasked with making sure the acceptance speeches stayed on track, time-wise.

Meghan De Maria. Stay In The Know. The show involves a murder mystery, and moments before the big reveal, the character Tanya McQuoid, played by the actress Jennifer Coolidge, said the line "These gays, they're trying to murder me," which almost immediately went viral on social media, especially on Twitter.

🎬 SCENE CONTEXT Show: The White Lotus Season 2 () 🎭 Scene: Tanya McQuoid-Hunt (Jennifer Coolidge) spirals into paranoid panic on a yacht, blurting the now-legendary line: “These gays. To be fair to Coolidge, though, she could probably keep the crowd laughing all night.