Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe producers of this year’s 72nd Emmy Awards promised some unexpected moments, and it didn’t take long for that to come true.
That is, if you classify “almost burning down the Staples Center” as unexpected.While announcing the very first Emmy on Sunday night with presenter Jennifer Aniston, host Jimmy Kimmel sprayed the envelope with Lysol, and then set it on fire to jokingly sterilize it.
Aniston was there with a fire extinguisher — but unlike in rehearsals, the stubborn fire wouldn’t go out. By the third time the flames reappeared, neither Aniston nor Kimmel noticed — until the stage manager alerted them.“That was very scary, by the way,” said “Jimmy Kimmel Live” co-head writer Molly McNearney,.
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