He was blamed for turning a black lady’s successful Emmys speech into “The White-Man Present.”
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is being accused of “white privilege” after overshadowing
“Abbott Elementary” star-creator Quinta Brunson’s 2022 Emmys speech with a decidedly obnoxious sketch. Footage of the stunt goes viral as awards-show followers rip the funnyman for allegedly ruining her huge second.
For the uninitiated, the inflammatory interlude occurred after presenter Will Arnett dragged the 54-year-old “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” host by his toes onto the stage as a part of a skit earlier than asserting the winner for Finest Writing in a Comedy Collection on the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
“Jimmy couldn’t be right here tonight,” Arnett, 52, joked whereas addressing his “handed out” co-host mendacity on the ground. He added that “Jimmy had gotten into the thin margaritas” after shedding the Emmy for his late-night collection for the “thirteenth time in a row.”
The sketch garnered audible guffaws — and groans — from the gang. Nonetheless, issues took a flip after Arnett introduced that Brunson had received the Emmy for her ABC collection “Abbot Elementary,” whereupon Kimmel shockingly remained on his again in entrance of the microphone in the course of her speech. At one level, Brunson even tried to evoke him by saying, “Jimmy, get up, I received,” however the former “Man Present” host stayed put.
Twitter wasn’t about to take the TV host’s antics mendacity down.
“So Jimmy Kimmel is basically gonna upstage her speech by laying on the ground in entrance of her?” fumed one incensed viewer. “Like what the f – – okay.”
One other chastised, “Jimmy Kimmel ought to have left the stage throughout Quinta’s speech. Extremely disrespectful.”
Many accused the host of epitomizing “white male privilege” with one critic writing, “If #QuintaBrunson stepping over #JimmyKimmel who actually laid in her highlight on the day she received an Emmy isn’t a metaphor for what it means to be a WOC in a white mans world I don’t know what's.”
One offended Twitter put up seconded their sentiment, writing: “Jimmy Kimmel owes Quinta an apology however the tousled half is each picture of her accepting her award has his ass in it. White males actually are unbearable.”
“CAN SOMEONE TELL THE HUMAN PERSONIFICATION OF WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE THAT IS @jimmykimmel THAT HE IS NOT ENTITLED TO TAKE UP *ALL* THE SPACE—ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT SPACE BELONGS TO @quintabrunson WHO HAD TO LITERALLY NAVIGATE AROUND HIM TO ACCEPT HER HISTORIC #EMMY,” exclaimed one other enraged commenter.
“Me watching black twitter give Jimmy Kimmel the dragging he deserves. I find it irresistible,” mentioned one schadenfreude-filled viewer of the host’s supposed on-line comeuppance.
Regardless of Twitter’s discontentment with the skit, Brunson mentioned backstage that she didn’t thoughts Kimmel’s antics.
“I do know Jimmy Kimmel. The bit didn’t trouble me,” mentioned the writer-actress, who's slated to look on Kimmel’s late-night present Wednesday. “Truthfully, Jimmy gave me my first huge late-night spot. He was one of many first folks to see ‘Abbott Elementary.’ He was the primary particular person to message me on Instagram.”
She added, “He was so excited it was going to be on ABC. I used to be joyful it was Jimmy. He’s one of many comedy godfathers.”
Though Brunson cheekily joked that possibly she’d “punch him” throughout her visitor look as revenge for his antics.
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