Sarah Paulson Is 'Ready, Willing and Able' to Support Holland Taylor at Emmys 2024: 'I'm Here with the Fan' (Exclusive)

The couple joked about being there for one another ahead of the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor are proving once again how supportive they are of one another.

Speaking with PEOPLE ahead of the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Paulson, 49, jokes that she's only in attendance to hold Taylor's, 81, fan.

"This is the nominee, I'm here with the fan," Paulson jokes while holding a portable cooling device. "Just don't ever say that I'm not supportive and ready and willing and able, because it's not about me tonight as you can tell by the fan that I carry."

Holland jokingly responds, "You're my fan carrier."

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Paulson and Taylor first met at a party in 2005, but it wasn't until a decade later that the Two and a Half Men actress first dropped hints of her romance with Paulson during a November 2015 appearance on WNYC's Death, Sex & Money podcast. At that time, she noted that she was in her first "deeply committed relationship" with a woman, also noting that she was much younger than her.

The couple officially confirmed their relationship the following month.

During a January 2019 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Paulson shared how the relationship began.

"It's a long story. We met a very, very long time ago. I was with someone else; she was, too," she noted at the time. "We sort of breezed by one another, and then started following each other on Twitter, and then …"

Billy Eichner, who appeared on that same episode, quipped, "Holland Taylor slid into your DMs?" To which Paulson replied, "She actually did. Yeah, it's pretty great."

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Taylor is nominated at the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards for best supporting actress in a drama series thanks to her role in The Morning Show. Her costars, Nicole Beharie, Greta Lee and Karen Pittman are also nominated in the category for their work on the hit Apple TV drama.

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Speaking about her costars to PEOPLE, Taylor notes that Beharie "was a thrilling person to act with. Really worked so beautifully, we did together."

Touching on working with Billy Crudup on The Morning Show as well, Taylor also shares that "he is everything."

See PEOPLE's full coverage of the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as they're broadcasting live on ABC from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

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