‘The Bear’ Emmy Winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach On Taylor Swift Shout Out At Critics Choice Awards & Richie’s Arc

Last night after winning Best Supporting Actor in Comedy Series at Critics Choice for The Bear, Ebon Moss-Bachrach gave Taylor Swift a shout out of gratitude for being his scene partner.

Well, sort of. While she wasn’t one of the myriad celeb cameos in a show, her song “Lovy Story” is used with Moss-Bachrach singing it during a season 2 episode. Earlier in such episode, Moss-Bachrach’s Richie, is trying to get Swift concert tickets for his daughter and ex-wife.

In response to the Critics Choice shoutout from the actor, Swift posted on X “Congratulations!!”.

Deadline’s Katie Campione asked the Best Supporting Actor Comedy Series winner tonight about diving into Richie’s character during that episode, and the Swift of it all.

Answered Moss-Bachrach, “When you get some writing like that, that’ a real gift to any actor, that they trusted me to take this guy…Rarely have I gotten a chance maybe because I’m so sad and tired looking, to live out that celebratory ecstatic joy, sort of pure cranked up to ten of emotion and happiness — it’s a rare thing to celebrate like that.”

Talking about Richie’s arc, which included an explosive fight with Carmy at the end of season 2, Moss-Bachrach said that while he feels he was “the same person” between season one and two, he expounded, “Anytime, I’m playing somebody, I try to find their light and dignity and protect that. He was a man in really bad circumstances for most of the show. As his circumstances changed, he sort of had revelations about place and purpose and family, I just continued to play him the same way.”

Moss-Bachrach was honored at the Emmys tonight for his turn in season one, while he was up for season 2 at the Globes and Critics Choice.