Sheryl Lee Ralph Comments on Jimmy Kimmel's Emmy Bit During Quinta Brunson's Speech: 'The Disrespect'

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Jimmy Kimmel's controversial prolonged comedy bit during Monday night's 2022 Emmy Awards. The Emmy-winning star revealed that she was less than pleased about the late-night talk show host playing dead during co-star and fellow first-time Emmy winner Quinta Brunson's acceptance speech. «I was absolutely confused,» she told reporters at ABC's TCA day on Wednesday. «I didn't know what was going on.

I just thought, 'I wish that man would just get up off the ground.' Then I realized it was Jimmy Kimmel. Ooh, the disrespect, Jimmy!

But that's just me. I told him, too, to his face. He understood.»When asked about her thoughts on the situation, Brunson — who is scheduled to appear on Kimmel's late-night show on Wednesday — kept it diplomatic and coy. «I'm going to tape [] right after this.

It will be a good old-fashioned conversation,» she told reporters. «I think it will be a good time. You'll have to tune in and watch.»Co-star Lisa Ann Walter said she «thought it played funny in the room.»For anyone who might have missed it, when the comedy seriescreator and star went onstage to collect her Emmy, she was met with a seemingly passed-out Kimmel, who pretended to lie completely still during the entirety of her acceptance speech as part of a prolonged comedy bit.