Quinta Brunson Accepted Jimmy Kimmel Apology – One of the best and worst moments of Monday night’s Emmy Awards was Quinta Brunson winning her first Emmy for Outstanding Writing for Abbott Elementary, then having to give her speech over Jimmy Kimmel’s prone body.
As Peridot covered, Kimmel vastly overestimates the public’s interest in his terrible comedy bits and instead of getting up and allowing Quinta to have her historic moment, Kimmel decided to make Quinta’s moment all about him. It was nasty. After she won, Quinta did her winner’s press conference backstage at the Emmys and she was nothing but gracious, calling Kimmel “one of the godfathers of comedy” and talking about how supportive Kimmel has always been of her and her career.
Well, Quinta was always scheduled as a guest on Kimmel’s show Wednesday night. Abbot Elementary’s new season starts next week and of course ABC booked her on Kimmel’s show. It was Kimmel’s turn yet again to make space for Quinta, and he gave Quinta time in his opening monologue to redo her Emmy speech (I’ve cued it to that moment):
Quinta Brunson accepted Jimmy Kimmel’s apology & got a redo on her Emmy speech
Then, as soon as Quinta sat down for the interview, Kimmel apologized thoroughly to her and explained why he was wrong. Quinta was once again gracious and she acknowledged and accepted his apology.
I understand why people were really mad at Kimmel and I was too – what he did was awful. It wasn’t just a stupid comedy bit, it legitimately hijacked Quinta’s big moment. But I also think that everything that happened afterwards was fine/good. I hate that Quinta had to be gracious about it, but I also think she was unfazed for the most part, and I think she truly accepts Kimmel’s apology.
Quinta Brunson gets her revenge during Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue after his Emmys stunt
Quinta Brunson is having the last laugh when it comes to Jimmy Kimmel’s Emmy’s stunt.
The “Abbott Elementary” creator and star interrupted the late-night host’s monologue during his Sept. 14 episode, calling out his poorly received comedy bit during her Emmys acceptance speech.
“I just have a little favor to ask. So you know how when you win an Emmy you only have 45 seconds to do an acceptance speech, which is like not that much time,” she began. “And then … you get less time because someone does a dumb comedy bit that goes on a bit too long?”
“Well, I was wondering, or more demanding, if I can (get) a couple of extra minutes to thank a couple of extra people I didn’t get to on Monday night,” she added, before Kimmel gave her the stage and she delivered another acceptance speech.
The two later sat down for a formal interview, where Kimmel apologized to Brunson for stealing her moment during the Sept. 12 Emmys.
While presenting, Kimmel was dragged by Will Arnett onto the stage by his foot. Arnett joked that the TV host passed out drinking too much after losing the variety talk series award. When Brunson won the Emmy for outstanding writing in a comedy series, she had to step over Kimmel to give her acceptance speech.
