Twitter Slams Jimmy Kimmel For Lying On-Stage During Quinta Brunson’s Emmy Speech. Take Your White Male Privilege And Leave, Buddy!

Twitter Slams Jimmy Kimmel For Lying On-Stage During Quinta Brunson’s Emmy Speech. Take Your White Male Privilege And Leave, Buddy!

Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night host known for taking things a tad bit too far, has done it again. Guess, he’s just never going to learn his lesson, is he?  During the Emmy Awards 2022, he pretended to pass out as soon as Quinta Brunson’s name was announced for her award and while that sounds dramatic and sweet. Alas, it didn’t just stop there. He was literally lying on the stage throughout the Abbott Elementary star’s big moment. I mean, she was literally tearing up and having an emotional moment on the stage while receiving her award and here we had Jimmy Kimmel just lying there. Many social media users found it disrespectful. And we totally get it, he did steal her thunder? Didn’t he? Every time the actress looks back at her win, she’s going to find Jimmy lying on the stage!

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Here’s what happened. Will Arnett and Jimmy Kimmel were supposed to be the presenters of the best writing in the comedy series category. But, we could see Will Arnett drag a seemingly passed-out Jimmy Kimmel on the stage. This got a burst of laughter from everyone but, the bit didn’t stop there. Will Arnett turned to the crowd and told everyone that this is the 13th time in a row that Jimmy Kimmel has lost here at the Emmys and once he heard, he just got into the skinny margaritas backstage. Following this, he announced the winner and this is when Quinta Brunson took the stage to accept the prize for her amazing series Abbott Elementary. This was a very fabulous and emotional moment for her because this was her first-ever Emmy.

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Quinta Brunson walked onto the stage with a smile brighter than the sun and it got emotional pretty quick but guess what? Jimmy Kimmel didn’t move. So, Will Arnett tried to push this “passed out” Jimmy Kimmel out of the way just to make room for Olivia Brunson to take the mic and give her speech. Once she got on there, she called out to Kimmel and told him, “Jimmy, wake up. I won.” He proceeded to look at her and gave her a thumbs-up but hey, he continued to lie down on the stage.

So, basically, throughout her emotional and sensational moment, he was lying there, on the stage and he didn’t leave. He quite literally stole her thunder and while Quinta didn’t seem to mind this because of how excited she was, we the viewers, saw the depraved moment and didn’t like it one bit. Quinta Brunson addressed the moment backstage as well as she mentioned that the moment “didn’t bother me that much” but that she wasn’t sure the others especially the viewers and fans might feel about it. She was totally right about that one, huh?

Since Jimmy Kimmel’s show was one of her first major late-night appearances and he had previously told her he considers her show, Abbott Elementary to be one of TV’s great comedies, she was happy, She said backstage in an interview, “I think at that moment, I was just really happy that it was Jimmy up there. I kind of consider him one of the comedy godfathers; I’m a huge fan of Will Arnett, so I was wrapped up at the moment. I don’t know — tomorrow maybe I’ll be mad at him. I’m gonna be on his show on Wednesday, so I might punch him in the face. I don’t know. We’ll see what happens.”

However, according to me, this moment couldn’t be worse, it was literally the personification of invasive white male privilege when a black woman was trying to celebrate herself. After all, she deserved to have all the spotlight on herself and her brilliant show, Abbott Elementary, didn’t she? Well, I think, Twitter agrees with me here:

https://twitter.com/willowhalliwell/status/1569515772027748355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1569515772027748355%7Ctwgr%5Eef0ae7b4678cd2cf5756f36ffb5d0ff1dc90aa50%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elitedaily.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftweets-about-jimmy-kimmel-quinta-brunson-emmys-speech

https://twitter.com/Liz_Hylton/status/1569514917786710017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1569514917786710017%7Ctwgr%5Eef0ae7b4678cd2cf5756f36ffb5d0ff1dc90aa50%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elitedaily.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftweets-about-jimmy-kimmel-quinta-brunson-emmys-speech

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Following all that she said backstage, all I can sure as hell hope is that she takes a jab at the host during his own show, for his depraved display of inappropriateness during one of the most splendid moments of her career, He deserves a sharp kick for putting his male privilege on display. You did not have to steal her big moment for your unfunny joke, Jimmy. Also, can we please ask men like Jimmy to stop barging in and stealing the spotlight from a woman who completely and absolutely deserves to be appreciated for her hard work? FYI, Quinta should never have had to step around a fake passed-out Jimmy to celebrate her win and say her bit.

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