What Did Adolescence Star Erin Doherty Say In Her Censored Emmys Speech?

Erin Doherty kept the Emmys producers on their toes during this year’s ceremony when her acceptance speech was partially bleeped out live on air.

During Sunday night’s event, the British actor took to the stage to collect her award in the Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie category for her role inAdolescence.

However, not all of her speech made it to broadcast.

The star – who previously played a young Princess Anne in The Crown – ended her two-minute speech by declaring: “Thank you to the academy and you’re all fucking stunning.” 

Fortunately, while the TV version pulled the audio at the end of Erin’s speech, when the cliplanded online, we finally heard it in all its sweary glory. Take a listen for yourself below:

Elsewhere in Erin’s speech, she thanked the team who worked on Adolescence, with a special shout-out to her co-star, and the show’s co-creator, Stephen Graham, and his wife Hannah Walters, who Erin called “generosity personified” despite him having apparently joked earlier in the night that her gown made her look like a “tea cosy.”

In a more broadcast-friendly moment, Erin also dedicated the award to her sister Grace (“I wouldn’t be here without you. I love you with all my heart,” she enthused) and her partner Sinead for “making me the happiest person in the world”.

“I love you with everything I’ve got,” Erin said.

Erin was awarded her first Emmy for her role as psychologist Briony Ariston in episode three of the Netflix drama, Adolescence.

Adolescence swept the board at the 2025 Emmys, with its lead Owen Cooper becoming theyoungest ever winner at the awards.

The four-part drama also won best limited series, as well as prizes for its directing and writing, and acting prizes for Stephen Graham.

Filmed in one continuous take, the show was a hit with both critics and viewers, thanks in no small part to the way it handled hard-hitting subject matter about teenage violence and online radicalisation, as well as its technical brilliance.

Check out a complete list of the winners from the Primetime Emmys here.