Kathy Bates, 76, was 'in tears' when she fit into Armani gown for the Emmys after 100-pound weight loss

Kathy Bates revealed she was 'in tears' while getting dressed for the 2024 Emmys, which were held connected September 15.

The 76-year-old actress said it was an affectional acquisition due to the fact that she 'was capable to go' to Giorgio Armani and find a formal that acceptable her for the archetypal clip 'in rather a while.'

The Matlock prima — who also clarified that she isn't acceptable to measurement distant from the manufacture yet aft she implied she was acceptable to retire from her successful, decades-spanning vocation aft her caller CBS bid runs its people — recalled a person joining her for the fitting, successful an interrogation with PEOPLE published connected Friday. 

While she was trying connected dresses during the fitting, she said some of them 'were successful tears due to the fact that everything I came retired successful conscionable looked exquisite.' 

At the extremity of the fitting, she decided connected a deep, royal purple gown with intricate, sparkly embroidery and beading. 

Bates said 'the pictures connected the reddish carpet were truthful antithetic from immoderate pictures I'd ever had taken connected a reddish carpet.'

'I conscionable felt truthful relaxed and ready,' the American Horror Story alum continued. 

'I knew I felt great, and I looked great,' she recalled. 'We had a fantastic small skit with Antony [Starr] and Giancarlo [Esposito]. It was a beauteous night.'

She added: 'That evening was truly special.' 

During her interview, Bates besides revealed that she was inspired to suffer value but astir importantly, get healthy, erstwhile she was diagnosed with benignant 2 diabetes astir 2017. 

'It frightened maine straight,' Bates admitted. 

She said that the archetypal alteration she made was listening to her body, which she explained was proposal from her niece. 

'When we're full, we acquisition an involuntary sigh,' she said astir what she learned and does now. 'I conscionable pushed the sheet away.' 

As she yet addressed Ozempic rumors astir however she dropped pounds, Bates said she mislaid astir of the value by tuning into her assemblage and grooming herself to halt eating erstwhile she felt similar she was full. 

Bates besides explained that she paid much attraction to the foods she was consuming. 

'I utilized to devour terribly: burgers and Cokes and pizza,' she told the outlet earlier adding that she besides does not devour aft 8 p.m. anymore. 

She said she was capable to suffer 80 pounds done fare and manner changes, however, she crossed the 100-pound people with the assistance of Ozempic. 

'There's been a batch of speech that I conscionable was capable to bash this due to the fact that of Ozempic,' she said arsenic she addressed the instrumentality speculation for the archetypal time.

'But I person to impressment upon radical retired determination that this was hard enactment for me, particularly during the pandemic. It's precise hard to accidental you've had enough.' 

As she continues with her hard work, she besides explained what she is moving connected now. 

Bates said that since the archetypal play of Matlock has wrapped, she is focusing connected her adjacent situation — uncovering a workout regular that works for her. 

'That's going to beryllium my adjacent happening that I'm disquieted astir due to the fact that I won't beryllium connected acceptable moving backmost and forth,' she explained. 'I person a treadmill present astatine the house, and I mightiness effort pilates. 

She added: 'People ever ask, "Don't you privation a trainer?" No, I truly don't. I don't privation anybody implicit my shoulder. It's conscionable precise important to maine to support this going. I don't privation to slip.'