Sherly Lee Ralph has a lesson or two on acing red carpet fashion.
Speaking with E! at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, the Abbott Elementary star, 69, revealed the two hacks she relies on to make her uncomfortable footwear bearable.
“When you’re coming down these red carpets it’s not time for hiccups,” she explained. “I live by Lidocaine if the shoe even has the possibility of being uncomfortable and then I spray the shoe with spray adhesive, get my foot in and there is no flip-floppage.”
Ralph’s arrival at the star-studded awards show, where Abbott Elementary is up for Best Comedy Series, was certainly anything but a flop as she made an entrance in a plum Tony Ward Couture styled by her daughter, Ivy “Coco” Maurice. The design featured beading on the halter neckline and textured embellishments on the flared pocketed skirt, which actually covered her shoe of choice for the night.
Her hair was styled in a long ponytail, which displayed her statement earrings.
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In a 2023 interview with PEOPLE, the Dreamgirls star opened up about the ways Coco