The Emmy Award winner wanted to give her 20-year-old wedding dress "new life" at the Emmys Alex Borstein Rewears Wedding Dress from the Marriage of Her Now Ex-Husband to the 2018 Emmys 70th Emmy Awards - Show Alex Borstein picked a very memorable gown for a very memorable night! The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress wearing a plunging silver gown with flared sleeves — that just happens to be the wedding dress she wore to marry her now ex-husband! Get push notifications with news, features and more. “This is actually my wedding dress,” the star told Glamour magazine on the Emmys red carpet. “This was from 20 years ago.” “The marriage didn’t last but the dress did and I wanted to give it new life so now it’s my Emmys dress. That’s the truth.” Check out all of PEOPLE’s 2018 Emmys coverage here She gave the dress new life by doing a little shimmy as she took off the matching jacket when she stood up to accept her award. alex Credit: NBC When she reached the stage she started her speech by announcing: “I went without the bra.” Borstein married Gilmore Girls actor Jackson Douglas in 1999 and divorced in 2014 (it was finalized in 2017). Borstein opened up about what she learned about divorce in an interview with Huffington Post in 2015 saying, “don’t get married.” “If you believe in romance and if you believe in marriage, you also have to believe in divorce,” she said. “You can’t just want to go to weddings and children’s birthday parties. You’ve got to witness it all. We’re just here to witness and believe in both.” RELATED VIDEO: Emmy Award Winner Glenn Weiss Proposes to Girlfriend Onstage “You have to ride the highs and ride the lows,” she continued. “To know when you’ve done all you can in something and ridden it to the end is important, too. To know, which is hard. It’s hard to see that when you’re in it, but maybe that’s a good thing. You shouldn’t see it immediately because then you do the work, and you work really, really hard for as long as you can.” The actress also won a second Emmy Award this year for her voice-over performance on Family Guy.<doc-sep>Alex Borstein took home the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, stripping off part of her outfit and shimmying her way onto the stage, where she told her peers and the audience at home that she had opted to go braless. She also used the stage to encourage women to sit while they pee, to avoid splashing. “If you sit, we can all sit. Stop peeing on the seat,” she said. Hashtag true feminist. According to Jessica Radloff, an editor for Glamour, the stripping down was her idea. She also tweeted, “FYI, that’s her wedding dress she wore to her now ex-husband, lol.” Borstein was married to actor Jackson Douglas (Douglas played Jackson, Sookie’s love interest on Gilmore Girls) from 1999 to 2014. “This was from 20 years ago,” the actress told Glamour on the red carpet. “The marriage didn’t last but the dress did and I wanted to give it new life so now it’s my Emmys dress. That’s the truth.” I told @AlexBorstein to pretend strip and take off her jacket if she won, and she did!! And FYI, that's her wedding dress she wore to her now ex-husband, lol. Check out more on @glamourmag Instastories! — Jessica Radloff (@JRadloff) September 18, 2018 It is Borstein’s first Emmy win; she was previously nominated for an Emmy in 2013 for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for an episode of Family Guy, where she voices matriarch Lois Griffin. The actress was in a tough category, alongside fellow nominees Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live), Betty Gilpin (GLOW), Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live), Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live), Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne) and Megan Mullally (Will & Grace). In her acceptance speech, Borstein thanked Amazon and Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, who won the Emmy award for both Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. Story continues Read more from Yahoo Entertainment: Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.<doc-sep>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Alex Borstein won an Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and she did it in the most DGAF fashion. Let's relive it in all its glory, shall we? The first thing she did after her name was announced was remove the wrap layered over her dress in the most dramatic way possible. Then she approached the stage with a sassy shimmy because she could. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. As soon as she began her acceptance speech, she patted her boobs and said, "I went without the bra!" Kevin Winter Getty Images Twitter went crazy over it. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. thank you alex borstein for giving the boobed among us the courage to not wear a bra if we are ever on live television, i am truly inspired. fuck a bra for the rest of life, maybe? — J. Escobedo Shepherd (@jawnita) September 18, 2018 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. ALEX BORSTEIN WINNING AN EMMY WITHOUT A BRA AND THANKING NO MAN EXCEPT HER FATHER IS A FUCKING MOOD #EMMYS — devon of nine (@dynamofire) September 18, 2018 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Alex Borstein not wearing a bra in this dress is kind of everything #freethenipple pic.twitter.com/xvpTxvTBcB — Doree Shafrir (@doree) September 18, 2018 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Alex Borstein accepts her award a) BRA LESS and b) using her platform to advocate for all women sitting down on the toilet seat as to not pee on it and ruin it for the rest of us. WHAT A GODDESS!!!! #emmys — MadBack (@madback) September 18, 2018 Then she proceeded to give some tips on public restroom etiquette. "Ladies, when you use a public restroom, sit down," she said. "If you sit, we can all sit. Stop peeing on the seat." Borstein also thanked her team and costars at Mrs. Maisel—the Amazon hit starring Rachel Brosnahan as the titular stand-up comedian—and her family. She gave an especially touching shoutout to her father. "You are the only man who's truly loved or taken care of me. Thank you for that," she said. And she made a promise to her kids: "Thank you for giving me a life and I'm gonna try to be there for more of it." Todd Williamson/NBC Getty Images Perhaps the most DGAF moment of Borstein's Emmys night was the fact that she rewore her wedding gown from a previous marriage to the ceremony. "This is actually my wedding dress," she told Glamour (per People). "The marriage didn’t last but the dress did and I wanted to give it new life so now it’s my Emmys dress. That’s the truth." She was married to actor Jackson Douglas from 1999 to 2014, People reports. What a queen. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>
Alex Borstein isn't about to let a good dress go to waste! The 47-year-old actress accepted her Emmy award Monday night wearing the very same silver gown she wore when she tied the knot with her ex-husband. Alex Borstein won two Primetime Emmy awards this year. Jordan Strauss / AP Borstein, who won the best supporting actress in a comedy award for her role as a tough-talking nightclub booker Susie Myerson on Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," revealed the news to Glamour magazine on the Emmys red carpet. "This is actually my wedding dress,” said the star. “This was from 20 years ago.” “The marriage didn’t last but the dress did and I wanted to give it new life so now it’s my Emmys dress. That’s the truth.” Borstein married "Gilmore Girls" actor Jackson Douglas in 1999 and divorced in 2014. The actress proved just how funny she was when her name was called as the winner in her category. She handed her purse to her date, dramatically whipped off the jacket portion of her gown and then shimmied hilariously to the stage. "I went without the bra," she quipped once she was at the microphone. Borstein beat out some of TV's funniest ladies, including Zazie Beetz ("Atlanta"), Aidy Bryant ("Saturday Night Live"), Leslie Jones ("Saturday Night Live"), Kate McKinnon ("Saturday Night Live"), Betty Gilpin ("GLOW"), Laurie Metcalf ("Roseanne") and Megan Mullally (Will & Grace). She also won a second Emmy this year for her voice work as Lois Griffin on "Family Guy." Congrats, Alex!