Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 2017 Oscars. Kimmel participated in a seemingly innocent bit within the Emmys this 12 months — however the web is just not amused. Chris Pizzello, Invision through Related Press
The Emmy Awards got here and went final night time, however not with out its personal share of controversy. Whereas it’s not on the degree of the notorious Oscar slap, it’s nonetheless obtained folks up in arms.
It began with a seemingly innocent bit: Actor Will Arnett dragged Jimmy Kimmel, who was pretending to be handed out, out on stage to current the award for greatest writing in a comedy collection. In line with The Hollywood Reporter, Arnett joked that it was the “thirteenth time in a row that he’s misplaced and he simply obtained into the thin margaritas again there.”
When it was introduced that Quinta Brunson gained for her work on “Abbott Elementary,” Arnett tried to push Kimmel out of the way in which. Kimmel, on his half, didn't transfer.
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, Brunson instructed Kimmel, “Jimmy, get up. I gained.” Whereas Kimmel gave Brunson a thumbs-up, he nonetheless didn’t transfer. Brunson stepped over Kimmel and proceeded to offer her speech whereas Kimmel continued to lie on the ground. After Brunson’s speech, Arnett dragged Kimmel off the stage.
Each lady within the background is NOT amused Jimmy Kimmel. Trash. #Emmys2022
— BlackHawkSCorp (@BlackHawkSCorp) September 13, 2022
You took away from Quinta’s second. https://t.co/RTH3VLwJNd
Why are folks so mad at Jimmy Kimmel?
Maybe unsurprisingly, the web is just not amused at Kimmel’s bit. Many accuse him of stealing Brunson’s highlight, making Brunson’s second all about him and exhibiting white privilege.
If #QuintaBrunson stepping over #JimmyKimmel who actually laid in her highlight on the day she gained 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.
— Heba Gowayed هبة جويد (@hebagowayed) September 13, 2022
Quinta Brunson deserved higher than giving her acceptance over Jimmy Kimmel’s “lifeless” physique. #Emmys#AbbottElementarypic.twitter.com/ofP5mkXpvy
— Garin Pirnia (@gpirnia) September 13, 2022
Others have tied Kimmel’s Emmy second again to his different moments of alleged racism and insensitivity. In line with CNN, Kimmel has addressed his historical past of donning blackface to painting Black celebrities.
In 2020, Kimmel known as his sketches “embarrassing,” saying “... it's irritating that these inconsiderate moments have change into a weapon utilized by some to decrease my criticisms of social and different injustices.”
Nothing will occur to Jimmy Kimmel for stealing Quinta Brunson’s second as the primary Black lady to win a solo Emmy for writing on a present she created.
— Ola Ojewumi (@Olas_Truth) September 13, 2022
Anybody who calls this a sample of Kimmel’s racism will get dragged regardless of him doing Blackface twice and utilizing the n-word. pic.twitter.com/Olq7qeviwu
What did Quinta Brunson say?
In line with Individuals, Brunson addressed Kimmel’s bit within the Emmys press room after the award present. “... I do know Jimmy Kimmel and I don’t know. I felt just like the bit didn’t trouble me that a lot.”
Brunson talked about Kimmel was one among her greatest supporters — based on her, he was one of many first folks to see her present, “Abbott Elementary,” and was very supportive.
“So, I believe, in that second, I used to be simply actually blissful that it was Jimmy up there. I form of contemplate him one of many comedy godfathers,” Brunson continued, saying she was additionally a “big fan” of Arnett.
Brunson ended by joking that she would possibly “punch him within the face” throughout her look on “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” later this week.