- The talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said he thought the design of the stage would have affected his joke.
- He also addressed the fact it may have taken attention away from Quinta Brunson’s speech.
- The pair made up after she appeared as a guest on his show.
Jimmy Kimmel recently made an appearance on The Howard Stern Show where he discussed both the Oscars snub and his own Emmys gaffe.
Quinta Brunson’s Emmy’s address included a scene in which the late-show presenter pretended to be comatose at her feet as part of a running joke. Howard Stern questioned the host about his onstage behaviour during the speech. In anticipation of losing the variety-talk-series category, Kimmel proposed the idea of being dragged onstage by fellow presenter Will Arnett. The host, however, had erred in his estimation of how the design of the stage would affect his joke.
“How I visualized this happening is, he drags me out, we read the winner, and then I’m just basically just out of the shot, and it’s not really a factor. But the stage was very different. The stage was like a catwalk. So, I was kind of, like, in the way,” said Kimmel. “Some people read racial stuff into this, and everybody has their own perspective, but the fact of the matter is… this was a plan I had no matter who [would win].”
The talk show host also addressed the fact it may have taken away the attention from Brunson’s moment. “It did take away —especially afterward— because then she had to answer questions about [my prank] instead of just celebrating her Emmy,” he said. The pair made peace when Brunson appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
When asked how Kimmel would have handled another major award show moment, the slapgate involving Will Smith and Chris Rock, the talk show host elucidated, “I would’ve went right out onstage because somebody needed to go out there at that time. And I think that was one of the drawbacks of having three hosts [Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes], it wasn’t clear who should go out there and go handle it.”
In 2017, Kimmel went out on-stage when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty wrongly presented best picture to La La Land, instead of the true winner, Moonlight.
“I think I probably would have started talking to Will Smith, who was still sitting there. I think I would’ve been like, ‘What are you doing?’ That would’ve been my first step,” he said. As for Rock, Kimmel said he has spoken to him since the incident, but isn’t disclosing details. “I don’t want to share what he told me because I don’t think it’s my story to share,” he said, “but he was surprised by it.”
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