No sour grapes here!
Lee Daniels was definitely not thrilled when this year's best drama nominations were announced and Empire was not among them, and he made that very clear with an Instagram video saying, "Eff these mother-effers."
Time, however, seems to have softened those feelings, if they were ever real to begin with, and Daniels seemed to have changed his tune when he addressed critics while promoting Empire at Fox's summer press tour on Thursday.
Daniels said, "I spoke to my cast when we didn't get the Emmy nomination, and I told Terrence and everyone, we are lucky to be employed."