Susan Lucci Addresses Rumors She Had ‘Meltdowns’ After 18 Daytime Emmy Losses

Susan Lucci recalls stunned disbelief when she won first Daytime Emmy after 18 losses: 'Are you sure?'

"Winning is definitely better!" she jokes in her new memoir, "La Lucci."Susan Lucci at the 1999 Daytime Emmy Awards Diana Freed/GettyKey PointsSusan Lucci is opening up about the moment she finally broke her losing streak with her 19th Best Actress nomination at the Daytime Emmys.Recalling losing year after year for her performance as Erica Kane on All My Children, Lucci told PEOPLE, "I would go numb every time."Elaborating on her 1999 win in he…

Susan Lucci Addresses Rumors She Had ‘Meltdowns’ After 18 Daytime Emmy Losses

Susan Lucci is setting the record straight on her 18 consecutive Daytime Emmy Award losses. “I am frequently asked how I felt not to win the Emmy all those years? That’s easy! Not great,” Lucci, 79, wrote in her La Lucci memoir, released on Tuesday, February 3. “After my ninth year of not hearing my name called for Best Actress, I pretty much stopped hearing the name that was called when the envelope was opened.” Lucci said her “hearing went num…