The victor of the Outstanding Comedy in an Acceptance Speech award to be Julia Louis-Dreyfus for packing the most laughs into her 45 seconds and delivering them with her trademark comedic flair, despite being emotionally upended by the death of her father just two days earlier. He had died on Friday at the age of 84.
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It was a bittersweet night for Julia Louis-Dreyfus who broke down in tears Sunday after accepting her seventh Emmy Award. “I think that Veep has torn down the wall between comedy and politics”, she said.
The award for Most Memorable Emmy Show Moments indisputably belongs to host Jimmy Kimmel, who was the consistent co-creator of the live broadcast’s best jokes.
Later in the night, the comedic icon and former “Seinfeld” star wrote on Instagram, “Just happy & grateful & happy”.
“It’s unbelievable. I mean, it’s wonderful”.
In 2014 he told USA Today of his famous daughter, “She’s a wonderful actress and an even better daughter and mother”. “There’s… I mean, nothing that she does would ever surprise me”. Shortly after her emotional speech, Twitter users took to social media to mourn the loss of Julia’s dad – but they paid tribute to the wrong guy.
I’m actually not Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ father.
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Richard did win one of the most prestigious acting awards when he took home an Oscar in 1978 for The Goodbye Girl, and tweeted later on Sunday evening: “One of my favourite things to do is just pet my Academy Award”. But I really appreciate all the concerned tweets.
