NAGBIGAY ng makabagbag-damdamingpananalita si Patton Oswalt sa backstage ng Emmy Awards, at inialay ang kanyang award para sa yumaong asawa, na pumanaw noong Abril.
Nanalo si Oswalt ng Emmy para sa Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special at nagbigay ng tribute sa true crime writer na si Michelle McNamara, na pinakasalan niya noong 2005. Pumanaw si McNamara habang natutulog sa kanilang tahanan sa Los Angeles sa edad na 46.
“Every bit of growth that I’ve had in my career, especially in my writing and my performing, came because I met Michelle McNamara,” saad ni Oswalt, 47, sa mga mamamahayag. “Because I met and married this woman who just was so much wiser and self-actualized and aware of life than I was. I had convinced myself that I was aware and self-actualized and mature, but then I met the real deal.”
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“To have that ripped out of my life the way that it has this year – I’m not trying to say that this is meaningless, but everything seems like the lights have been turned down 50 percent on everything since she’s gone,” patuloy niya.
“It’s just going to be a long, long time before I can be the kind of person she made me again.”
Itinatag ni McNamara, nagtapos sa Notre Dame, ang website na True Crime Diary pati na ang podcast nito. Bukod kay Oswalt, inulila rin niya ang 7-year-old daughter na si Alice, na pinasalamatan din ni Oswalt sa kanyang acceptance speech sa entablado ng Emmys.
Pagkatapos ng Emmys, nag-post ang aktor ng Veep ng kanyang solo picture sa empty Arby’s kasama ang Emmy awards at isang boteng beer, na nagbiro, “This #Emmys after party is off da CHAIN!”
Noong nakaraang buwan, ibinahagi ni Oswalt ang isang madamdaming Facebook post tungkol sa kanyang pagluluksa at nangako na tatapusin ang hindi pa nailalabas na libro ng asawa tungkol sa serial killers sa California na kilala bilang Golden State Killer.
“I was face-down and frozen for weeks,” aniya. “It’s 102 days later, and I can confidently say I have reached a point where I’m crawling. Which, objectively, is an improvement. Maybe 102 days later I’ll be walking.”
“ … I’m going to start telling jokes again soon,” dagdag nito. “And writing. And acting in stuff and making things I like and working with friends on projects and do all the stuff I was always so privileged to get to do before the air caught fire around me and the sun died.” (Entertainment Tonight)
