“I'm sure you all know that Russell and I are very good friends with Susan Flannery because of Ian, and we were all wanting her to win that night, it was very deserved and I couldn't have been happier.”

“For those that are interested, at the Emmy's I was wearing a dress made for me by Craig Natiello over at Halston, jewelry lent to me by the charming Fred Leighton and my shoes were generously given to me by Stuart Weitzman who decided to clad all the Actress nominees for the awards. Actually, I have to thank Flannery for my shoes as she picked them out and took them as I was working so late, I didn't get to the shop until later. Thank you Susan, they were very sexy. She told me if I slipped down the stairs whilst presenting with Vincent and John, I could announce that she was trying to sabotage me!!”

Q: “I heard the story that the shoes you actually wore to the Emmys were given to you by Susan Flannery”?
Finola: “Susan picked them out for me. Because we were given shoes by designer Stewart Wietzman. He gave us shoes and I couldn't quite get there in time so I said to Susan, "pick me out some high black shoes." They were amazing and very sexy. And she said that if I fell down the stairs when I was presenting then I could say that "Flannery was trying to sabotage me". She gave me permission to say that”.