[Girl On Fire, Glee cast version playing]
[Naya:] Hello America, and hopefully other parts of the world.
You might know me from shaking my butt
and singing in a cheerleader costume on glee.
Or from throwing shade or, dodging it, in the tabloids.
(Thank you.)
Or maybe even if you're a super fan, or just have a really good memory,
from my child actor days on TV shows like The Royal Family or The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
(Hey girl!)
Sometimes growing up happens in the blink of an
eyelash extension.
You spend years struggling to figure out
who you are
and through a lot of those years you feel like it's going to take a bit of
divine intervention for you to pull it all together.
And then, all of a sudden you find yourself sitting in the dining room,
wondering what to make for dinner and what that baby-related stain on your shirt is,
and your adulthood smacks you in the face.
And if this hasn't happened to you yet,
god willing someday it will.
Holy shit I did it, you'll think.
I'm a grown-ass woman now
and let me tell you, it'll feel good.
Your life doesn't have to be perfect for
you to be proud,
in fact I think it's the opposite.
The more imperfect your life has been,
the prouder you should be
because it means you've come that much further,
and also, probably had a lot more fun along the way.
So when life gives me lemons, I say fuck it and drink champagne.
What words do I live by?
Aside from keep it moving,
probably just that you know you have to trust in
trust in the plan that the universe and
the God has for you.
[Landslide, Glee cast version playing]
(I am Heather Morris)
(and I'm Naya Rivera.)
[Heather:] I don't need to explain what the
importance of Santana and Brittany's relationship was
to all of you who are watching because most of you
felt like it was your gateway into your current life.
[Naya:] A lot of people have said that that scene
gave them courage.
(I love you.)
[Heather:] Most of you felt like it was an inspiration to become your best self.
We both knew how special that was.
[Naya:] You know it started off as like this funny thing
like "oh yeah she just randomly hooks up with her friend Brittany"
but I kind of was encouraging them to
make it more serious and
not play around with it, because there
are people out there that you know it's
not a joke to, it's a real lives.
[Heather:] I want to thank you all for being such advocates and so supportive
of Santana and Brittany's relationship.
Because without you guys, it never would have existed.
You guys helped create something for Naya and I that
made an impact that will last for a lifetime
and beyond that.
[Naya:] Being a mom changes things and makes you
feel different in a lot of ways but
for me the big one is this:
I'm braver.
Josey gave me wings.
I know it's cheesy, but it's true.
Motherhood means learning new things
and having your expectations turned upside down
every single day.
But it has also taught me one thing for certain.
Josey is my greatest success,
and I will never do any better than him.
I don't care what other people think,
because being a mom puts everything into perspective.
You no longer have to decide what's important to you because
it's right in front of your face.
[Naya and Josey:] love you.
[I Lived, Glee cast version playing]
[Naya:] When I say sorry not sorry, I'm saying that I don't regret any of the things that have happened in my life,
and I attribute that directly to my relationship with God.
Even in my worst moments I had to trust that God had a plan for me.
I might make mistakes, but he doesn't.
I remind myself of that every day.
I'm definitely not sorry that everything happened the way it did,
I wouldn't take any of it back because if I did,
then I wouldn't be where I
am now,
and I wouldn't have any good stories to tell.
I always meditate on the idea of love
and I always want to be a source of love.
God is love and God is in everything,
therefore everything can be love.
I want to share that in whatever way I can.
I've never been afraid of being an open
book and telling it like it is,
but now I can say with 100% confidence that
zero fucks are given any more.
Advice to your 40-year-old self?
Live it up!
[I lived, Glee cast version playing]
 
[Naya:] Sorry, not sorry.
XO, Naya.
Okay, bye.
