You can now watch the rest of Sterling K. Brown's Emmys speech

Brown acknowledged this with a mixture of humor and surprise—Big Little Lies winner Nicole Kidman waxed on for nearly three minutes when she accepted her award for best lead actress in a limited series—but took it all in stride. Once backstage, though, he was offered a chance to finish his speech, which he took. So here’s the rest of Brown’s acceptance speech, in which he thanks the This Is Us writers (“you guys are our life’s blood”), Dan Fogelman, and his wife, Ryan Michelle Bathe.

As Brown notes, he wasn’t even able to thank his wife Ryan Michelle Bathe on the main stage before the loud music came on. But at least we got to hear the rest of Brown’s thoughts on the tight-knit cast of This Is Us, as well as what an honor it is to follow in Braugher’s footsteps.