Everyone expected Quinta Branson to walk away from the 2022 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Screenplay for a Comedy Series on the hit ABC sitcom. Abbott Elementary SchoolWhat we didn’t expect, and never could have expected, was Jimmy Kimmel stealing her moment by prostrate on stage for the length of her acceptance speech. Even if the gag when co-presenter Will Arnett first dragged him onto the stage was funny, when Branson joined him and then refused to get up and leave. It certainly wasn’t.

Branson asked him to hold the phone, saying, “Jimmy, get up, I won.” Perhaps it is, as she pointed out, los angeles times Late in the evening, Kimmel gave her her first late-night spot and was early to give Abbott Elementary School praise. “In that moment, I was really happy that Jimmy was there. I think he’s one of the godfathers of comedy,” she said. “I’m a huge Will Arnett fan, so I was hooked in that moment.” But she also hinted that her feelings about the incident might change. may be angry [Kimmel]I’m going to be on his show on Wednesday so I might punch him in the face,” she continued. [But] I don’t know what the internet thinks. “

As she learned by checking her phone, the internet had a lot of different ideas. Many saw this situation as the embodiment of white male privilege.

On the bright side, another Abbott Elementary School The winner’s acceptance speech couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Sheryl Lee Ralph’s rendition of Diane Reeves’ “Endangered Species” and her reflection on the Academy that ultimately gave her the price she deserved is her one in the history books.