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Nancy Lee Grahn received social media backlash after blasting Viola Davis's acceptance speech after she won the Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series. "I wish I loved #ViolaDavis Speech, but I thought she should have let @shondarhimes write it. #Emmys," Nancy tweeted.

The "General Hospital" star followed it up, "Im a f--king actress for 40 yrs. None of us get respect or opportunity we deserve. Emmys not venue 4 racial opportunity. ALL women belittled." The second tweet has been removed. She responded to a fan, "I think she's the bees knees but she's elite of TV performers. Brilliant as she is. She has never been discriminated against."

"Viola Davis winning lead actress Emmy's historic. My upset is acting awards dont fix racial injustice. As an actor I see how irrelevant we r," she continued.

Following backlash, Nancy apologized for her words. "I never mean to diminish her accomplishment. I wish I could get her roles. She is a goddess. I want equality 4 ALL women, not just actors," she wrote, "I apologize 2 anyone who I offended. I'm women advocate since I became one. After reading responses, I hear u and my tweet was badly phrased. Schooled. As surrogate 2 last democratic presidents I thought I needed no lesson in equality. I was wrong. Please accept my apology."

She followed it up with a longer tweet.

I apologize for my earlier tweets and now realize I need to check my own privilege. My intention was not to (cont) https://t.co/uyre6WPeeH

— Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) September 21, 2015

Nancy admitted that she's racist, saying, "I've taking a whoopin 2night and as u can see will rightfully stay up all night to talk to you. 3am.Tried 2 respond 2 u with love as I should, Gotten mostly condescension & vitriol. Tomorrow, new day. Wont begin it with anything but love. 30 yrs an advocate 4 human rights & now i'm a racist. Color me heartbroken. Twitter can bring out the best & sadly tonight the worst of us."