“If Donald Trump gets elected, and he builds that wall, the first person we’re throwing over is Mark Burnett”.
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“If it wasn’t for television, would Donald Trump be running for president?”
“Master of None” star Aziz Ansari, who penned an essay in June for the New York Times entitled “Why Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family”, quipped on stage, “I’ve decided I’m going with Trump”.
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway compared Trump to Adolf Hitler during the awards ceremony, which was filled with references to the U.S. election. “Thank you”, she said as her voice started to shake. Towards the end of her acceptance speech, Louis-Dreyfus dedicated her Emmy to her late father, William Louis-Dreyfuss.
But dominating the evening was FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”, which took home five Emmys, including the prize for outstanding limited series. “It’s been a insane year of politics”. “He’s a complete risky monster and at any moment that I have to call him out for being an inheritor of Hitler I will”.
The politically charged show also featured a surprise cameo from ex-presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who appeared as a limo driver in a pre-taped sketch segment, asking Kimmel what it’s like to be nominated. “You know you can make $12 an hour driving for Uber?”
Tatiana Maslany, certainly the hardest working woman in show business, won outstanding lead actress in a drama for her roles as multiple clones (she plays everything from a soccer mom to a psychotic killer) on BBC America’s “Orphan Black”.
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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. “Big fan of yours, too” – with a photo of McKinnon portraying her.
