Jimmy Kimmel Messed Up Quinta Brunson’s Historic Emmy Moment And Black Twitter Wasn’t Having It
Jimmy Kimmel lies onstage as Quinta Brunson accepts the award for Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series for “Abbott Elementary” during the 74th Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 12, 2022. | Source: Myung J. Chun / Getty
For the better part of a year, Black people all over America (and possibly the world) have been celebrating and cheering on actress, writer and sitcom creator Quinta Brunson and the success she’s had with her show Abbott Elementary, which managed to snag three Emmy nominations and win her the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. It was a beautiful moment for the 32-year-old who made history as the first Black woman to receive three nominations. And her acceptance of the award would have been a flawless moment…
But Jimmy Kimmel decided he needed to be a silly white man instead.
From HuffPost:
On Sunday, Kimmel and Will Arnett did a bit before announcing the winner of the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Emmy. Basically Arnett dragged Kimmel onto the Emmy ceremony stage by his feet because Kimmel was upset that his talk show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” lost the variety talk series Emmy once again to “Last Week Tonight.”
Kimmel remained on the floor, seemingly upset, as Arnett announced that Brunson had won in her category.
As the “Abbott Elementary” creator walked onstage to give her acceptance speech, Kimmel remained on the floor.
“Jimmy, wake up, I won,” Brunson told Kimmel, but he didn’t budge.
Where’s Will Smith when you need him?
Jimmy Kimmel throws temper tantrum for losing during Quinta Brunson’s Emmy Win Congratulations Queen #Emmys2022 #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/FACTwfM4VX
— CHURCH GYAL (@mel_b_hood) September 13, 2022
So, instead of allowing Brunson to have her well-deserved time on stage to accept her very first Emmy, Kimmel effectively made her moment about him by lying his pasty white a** on the stage in front of her the entire time she gave her acceptance speech and even made her step over him as she left the stage.
Jimmy Kimmel fully commmitted to his #Emmys bit with Will Arnett that involved Arnett dragging him on and off the stage
: @chrissgardner pic.twitter.com/VbDgYOR758
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 13, 2022
If #QuintaBrunson stepping over #JimmyKimmel who literally laid in her spotlight on the day she won an Emmy isn’t a metaphor for what it means to be a WOC in a white mans world I don’t know what is.
— Heba Gowayed هبة جويد (@hebagowayed) September 13, 2022
Well, Quinta seems to be being a good sport about Jimmy displaying his “dead” body along with his very much alive white privilege in front of her, saying only that “tomorrow I might be mad at him” and that she might shoot the fade when she makes her appearance on his show. (I mean, it might be all worth it if she left him laid out on his own stage since he thought it was all fun and games to go full Weekend at Bernie’s while she was accepting her honors.)
Quinta Brunson says she isn’t bothered by Jimmy Kimmel laying on stage during her #Emmys speech:
“I don’t know what the Internet thinks… Tomorrow maybe I’ll be mad at him. I’m going to be on his show on Wednesday, so I might punch him in the face.” pic.twitter.com/nyGpLZqP3D
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) September 13, 2022
Meanwhile, Black Twitter is not being quite as forgiving as Brunson seems to be (if only in the moment).
White male privilege is laying on the ground & expecting a Black woman to just step around you while she accepts her hard-earned award. Fuck Jimmy Kimmel. #Emmys2022
— H. (@cynicaltomorrow) September 13, 2022
The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. ~ Malcolm X
We witnessed this last night when Quinta Brunson had to step over Jimmy Kimmel to accept her Emmy. Bottom line: Stop disrespecting Black women!
— Kaleb L. Briscoe, Ph.D. (@DrKalebBriscoe) September 13, 2022
I’ve maintained for years that @jimmykimmel is a POS asshole but what he did to Quinta Brunson at the Emmys is just over the top. Talk about tone deaf, white male privilege and ignorance in action. Taking that moment from her. A Kanye 2.0 if you will
— Charlie Wong (@CharlieWong1987) September 13, 2022
See…and this is why people getting slapped at awards shows. Should’ve stepped on his generic “The Worst Jimmy” ass. Always fucking centering themselves. Fuck you man. #Emmys2022 #QuintaBrunson #JimmyKimmel https://t.co/Ai7frqSHAL
— J (@ThatOneBlackGrl) September 13, 2022
The same power dynamics that made Jimmy Kimmel feel like lying there during Quinta Brunson’s acceptance speech was an acceptable thing to do…
are the same power dynamics that would punish *her* if she expressed displeasure about it, or doesn’t accept his apology fast enough.
— Mekka *My Mask Protects You* Okereke (@mekkaokereke) September 13, 2022
Honestly, Kimmel really should be treading lightly on things that might upset Black people because it would be a shame if folks started reminding him about his Blackface-Capades and n-word usage.
Oh, wait…
Nothing will happen to Jimmy Kimmel for stealing Quinta Brunson’s moment as the first Black woman to win a solo Emmy for writing on a show she created.
Anyone who calls this a pattern of Kimmel’s racism will get dragged despite him doing Blackface twice and using the n-word. pic.twitter.com/Olq7qeviwu
— Ola Ojewumi (@Olas_Truth) September 13, 2022
Remember that time Kimmel announced La La Land as the winner of Best Picture during the 2017 Oscars ceremony when Moonlight had actually won the award? Well BLACK TWITTER REMEMBERS!
Just a reminder of how Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t seem to be able to let Black folks shine in really important moments. #Emmys https://t.co/WMkqz6uESY
— April is in NYC (@ReignOfApril) September 13, 2022
Clearly, Kimmel needs to stick to picking at low-hanging white nationalist fruit like Marjorie Taylor Greene and leave Black women the hell out of his silly white boy shenanigans that only silly white boys think are funny.
This is what we’re talking about when we say we can’t have nothing.
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