‘Succession’ Creator Jesse Armstrong Disses King Charles III During 2022 Emmys Speech
usmagazine.comA royal shout-out. Succession creator Jesse Armstrong joked about recent “successions” while accepting the biggest award of the night at the 2022 Emmys.“Big week for successions,” the producer, 51, said after winning the trophy for Outstanding Drama Series at the awards show on Monday, September 12. “New king in the U.K.
This for us. Evidently, a little bit more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles.”Brian Cox, who plays Logan Roy on the HBO drama, chimed in with his own joke, adding: “Keep it royalist, keep it royalist.”Before thanking members of the cast and crew, Armstrong got in one more quip about the new king, 73, saying: “I’m not saying we’re more legitimate in our position than he is.
We’ll leave that to other people.”Charles became king last week following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday, September 8, at her Balmoral estate in Scotland.
She was 96. Buckingham Palace announced the news hours after revealing that the queen had been placed under medical supervision.Though Charles immediately assumed the throne after his mother’s passing, his coronation may not take place for some time.
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