Ariana Madix is still trying to process the news that she just earned her first Emmy nomination.
After hosting Peacock’s Love Island USA for three seasons, Madix learned Wednesday morning that she was nominated for best host for a reality or reality competition program. However, since she’s currently in Fiji filming season eight, she learned about the nomination after everyone in America due to the time difference.
“I was dead asleep. It was 4:30 in the morning here. And my room phone, not my cell phone, started ringing and as an anxious person, that is terrifying,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter on a call from Fiji Wednesday afternoon. “So I ran over to answer the phone, worried that something bad had happened. And it was my team calling to tell me about it and to congratulate, and we were all so excited on the phone.”
But Madix admits she was still half asleep during that first call, so she then “went back to sleep almost wondering if that had really just happened.”
Fortunately for her, she was absolutely not dreaming. And now that she’s had a few hours to process it all, Madix says she’s “so over the moon” about the nomination.
