Kimmel Doesn’t Mention Emmys Quinta Brunson Moment, Does Tell a Fun Andrew Garfield Story (Video)
thewrap.comhistoric win. But he did have a fun story involving Andrew Garfield, which we’ll explain below.First though, if you’re just catching up, during the Emmys, comedian Will Arnett presented the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.
The presentation was preceded by a bit where Arnett dragged Kimmel, pretending to be dead, out onstage. Kimmel continued to play dead on the stage floor as Arnett read the nominees and the eventual winner, Brunson, who won for her work on Abbott Elementary.
Then Brunson came out and stepped over Kimmel’s ‘dead’ body to accept her award. Now, Brunson says she wasn’t bothered by the gag. “Honestly, Jimmy gave me my first big late night spot and was one of the first people to see ‘Abbott.’ One of the first people — he Instagram messaged me that he saw this comedy and thought it was one of the greatest comedies of all time,” she said later in the night. “He was so excited it was going to be on ABC.
So I think at that moment, I was just really happy that it was Jimmy up there. I consider him one of the comedy godfathers. I’m a huge fan of Will Arnett, so I was wrapped up in the moment.”“I don’t know, tomorrow maybe I’ll be mad at him,” she joked. “I’m going to be on his show on Wednesday, so I might punch him in the face.
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