Anna Sawai Reveals That Kathy Bates Sent Her Flowers After Her Emmys Win: ‘We Started Texting’ (Exclusive)
Mar. 15, 2025Anna Sawai at the Emmys in September 2024; Kathy Bates at the SAG Awards in February 2025.Photo:Jason Almond/Los Angeles Times via Getty; Amy Sussman/Getty
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Two nominated rivals during thisawards seasonhave taken the popular phrase “give them their flowers while they’re alive” to the literal sense.
“Kathy Bates and I met for the first time at the Emmys, and she sent me flowers when I won and I sent her flowers when she won for the Critics' Choice [Awards],” Sawai, 32, explains atVanity Fairand Instagram’s 2025 Vanities Party on Feb. 25. “And we started texting, so I think she’s someone who I can very much rely on if I need any advice.”
Anna Sawai with her Emmy on Sept. 15, 2024.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
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“I have so much people to thank, but I’m gonna keep it short. Thank you to the voters for voting for me even though I would vote for Kathy Bates any day,” she confessed, eliciting laughter from the star-studded audience.
Notably, when Sawai’s name was announced as the winner, Bates was caught on camerajokingly ripping up a piece of paper, presumably a planned acceptance speech that she no longer needed after losing.
With Sawai’s revelation to PEOPLE that Bates sent her flowers after the Emmys, this paper-ripping moment now has an added layer in the grand scheme of this awards season between the two competing actresses.
Kathy Bates with Antony Starr (left) and Giancarlo Esposito (right) at the 2024 Emmys.Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty
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