Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Americans have dragged Jimmy Kimmel for being ‘disrespectful’ for lying on stage during acceptance speech of Quinta Brunson at the 2022 Emmys.
As presenters of best writing in a comedy series, Will Arnett dragged a seemingly passed-out Kimmel onto the stage, with Arnett quipping to the crowd that this is the “13th time in a row that he’s lost and he just got into the skinny margaritas back there.” When Brunson took the stage to accept the prize for her ABC series Abbott Elementary, which was her first-ever Emmy, Kimmel remained onstage.
Arnett tried to push Kimmel out of the way to make room for the winner, with Brunson telling him, “Jimmy, wake up. I won.” Kimmel gave her a thumbs-up but continued to lie down on the stage throughout the speech, and it wasn’t until after Brunson was done that Arnett dragged him back off. For her part, Brunson appeared to be a good sport about the bit, adding the late-night host’s name to the end of her list of thank-you’s.
The show kicked off with a big dance number set to remixed versions of famous TV opening themes.
The medley included “Friends” — after which Thompson gave a shoutout to “Living Single” — and “The Brady Bunch” — with the OG Bradys in the room — before tunes like “Law & Order” and “Game of Thrones.” Kenan even got in on the dancing action — and rocked a white Targaryen wig while doing it.
During his opening, Kenan poked fun at NBC — joking nobody under 20 knows what network TV is — and “Yellowjackets,” saying it was “hard to watch” because “it’s on Showtime,” getting quite the laugh from the show’s cast.
He also cracked, “Zendaya just turned 26 last week. 26 is a weird age in Hollywood. You’re young enough to play a high school student but you’re too old to date Leonardo DiCaprio,” he then cracked, as Zendaya hid her head in laughter.
Of “Succession” he joked it was “the only show with three brothers but no brothers.”
“Jimmy Kimmel not moving to get out of Quinta Brunson’s way is a (shitty, selfish, bullshit) choice,” tweeted Andy Dehnart, who is secretary of the Television Critics Association.
Author and activist Ernest Owens tweeted, “Can’t lie, I’m still annoyed that Jimmy Kimmel’s annoying ass was on the ground trying to take attention away from Quinta Brunson’s historic victory.”
Other journalists weighed in as well. New York magazine’s E. Alex Jung posted, “kimmel better get his ass out of the way for quinta.” Additionally, HuffPost editor Philip Lewis wrote, “Jimmy Kimmel should have left the stage during Quinta’s speech. Highly disrespectful.”
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