The late-night host was widely criticized for pretending to be a dead body for the length of the 'Abbott Elementary' star and creator's acceptance speech.
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We all expected Quinta Brunson could leave the 2022 Emmys as winner of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her runaway hit ABC sitcom. What we didn’t—and never could have—expected was for Jimmy Kimmel to steal her moment by lying prostrate on the stage for the length of her acceptance speech.
Brunson played along with the bit, saying, “Jimmy, wake up, I won” and asking him to hold her phone. Perhaps that’s because, as she noted to theAbbott Elementary praise. “I think in that moment, I was just really happy that it was Jimmy up there—I kind of consider him one of the comedy godfathers,” she said. “I’m a huge fan of Will Arnett, so I was wrapped up in the moment.” But she also hinted that her feelings about the incident may change. “I don’t know—tomorrow I may be mad at [Kimmel]. I’m gonna be on his show on Wednesday, so I might punch him in the face,” she continued. Overall, though, “I felt like the bit didn’t bother me that much.
As she no doubt learned upon checking her phone, the internet had no shortage of thoughts. Many deemed saw the situation as the embodiment of white male privilege.winner’s acceptance speech couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Sheryl Lee Ralph’s rendition of Dianne Reeves’s “Endangered Species” and reflection on the Academy finally giving her the due she deserved
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