00:00Jimmy, wake up! I won!
00:02Jimmy?
00:04Okay, hold my phone.
00:06Um...
00:08Not everyone was laughing at Jimmy Kimmel's bit
00:10during Quinta Brunson's acceptance speech
00:12at the Emmys. Will Arnett and
00:14Kimmel were on hand to present the award
00:16for Best Writing in a Comedy Series,
00:18with Arnett dragging a seemingly passed
00:20out Kimmel onto the stage, noting
00:22this is the 13th time in a row
00:24that he's lost, and he's just got into
00:26the skinny margaritas back there.
00:28He really didn't want to miss this.
00:34When Brunson took the stage to accept the prize
00:36for her ABC series Abbott Elementary,
00:38a big moment for the star being that it was
00:40her first-ever Emmy, Kimmel
00:42stuck to his bit, passed out on stage.
00:44At one point, Arnett tried to
00:46push Kimmel out of the way to make room for
00:48the winner, with Brunson telling him,
00:50Jimmy, wake up! I won!
00:52Kimmel gave her a thumbs-up, but continued to
00:54lie down on the stage throughout the speech.
00:56It wasn't until after Brunson was done
00:58that Arnett dragged him back off.
01:00The star later addressed the moment backstage,
01:02saying it didn't bother me that much,
01:04but that she wasn't sure how internet users
01:06might feel. She said in part,
01:08I think in that moment I was just really
01:10happy that it was Jimmy up there. I kind of
01:12consider him one of the comedy godfathers.
01:14I'm a huge fan of Will Arnett, so I was
01:16wrapped up in the moment. Many viewers
01:18didn't appreciate Kimmel's bit, noting
01:20it took away from Brunson's big moment.
01:22Andy Denart, secretary of the Television
01:24Critics' Association, tweeted,
01:26Jimmy Kimmel not moving to get out of Quinta
01:28Brunson's way is a shitty, selfish,
01:30bullshit choice. HuffPost editor
01:32Philip Lewis wrote, Jimmy Kimmel should have
01:34left the stage during Quinta's speech.
01:36Highly disrespectful. And among
01:38others, author and activist Ernest
01:40Owens tweeted, can't lie, I'm still annoyed
01:42that Jimmy Kimmel's annoying ass was on the ground
01:44trying to take attention away from Quinta
01:46Brunson's historic victory.
01:48The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to
01:50Kimmel's team for comment.
01:52For more on this story, head to THR.com
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