At least one member of Abbott Elementary is coming to the defense of her boss after that odd moment during the Emmys Monday when Jimmy Kimmel played dead on stage as Quinta Brunson took the stage to accept her prize.At ABC’s TCA day Wednesday, the actors were asked about how it played in the room when Brunson, the EP and star of the ABC comedy, accepted her first Emmy with Kimmel lying motionless below her.
Co-star Lisa Ann Walter thought it “played funny,” but Ralph, who won an Emmy of her own Monday, was having none of it.“I was absolutely confused,” she told reporters. “I didn’t know what was going on.
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.”“The Emmy winner has become so bold!” Walters responded.For those who missed the gimmick, Will Arnett dragged the late-night star on stage for a bit before he announced the winner for Best Writing in a Comedy Series.
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