Ontario to ban use of cellphones in school classrooms starting in September
Ontario is introducing a suite of measures that will crack down on cellphone use and vaping in schools.
Quinta Brunson brought the audience to its feet when she won her first Emmy -- but at her feet during the moment was Jimmy Kimmel, who pretended to be unconscious and stayed on the floor while she accepted her award as part of an intended joke that ended up miffing some viewers.
Kimmel presented the award for outstanding writing for a comedy series with Will Arnett, who dragged Kimmel on stage and joked that Kimmel "got into the skinny margaritas" at the theater's bar after losing in an earlier category.
After the "Abbott Elementary" creator and star was announced as winner for writing the pilot of the popular sitcom, Kimmel stayed on the ground at the base of the microphone stand. He remained there throughout Brunson's acceptance speech and into the commercial break, nearly two minutes in total.
Footage shared by a ceremony attendee showed that Arnett pulled Kimmel's body offstage at the end of the segment.
Brunson, unfazed, used her limited time to thank the "Abbott Elementary" team, her family and her husband, but not without a dig at Kimmel: "Jimmy, wake up. I won!"
Kimmel remained out of the camera's frame for the duration of Brunson's speech, which lasted roughly one minute.
Later backstage, Brunson addressed the moment, saying the bit "didn't bother me that much," adding that Kimmel was an early supporter of her and "Abbott Elementary."
"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," she joked.
It would be the final time Brunson would appear onstage Monday. "Ted Lasso" won over "Abbott Elementary" in the outstanding comedy category, its second win in as many years.
Though Brunson's win was widely celebrated -- "Abbott Elementary" is a massive hit, ABC's most successful comedy in years -- many viewers chided Kimmel for not ceding the spotlight, particularly to a Black woman accepting her first Emmy. (Kimmel, meanwhile, has been nominated for 18 Emmys and won two since 2012.)
Sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen, who studies race in the entertainment industry, congratulated Brunson for "Abbott Elementary," whose cast is primarily Black and takes place in an underfunded Philadelphia public school. But she didn't think much of Kimmel's joke: "And presenter Jimmy Kimmel, get up, it's unfunny and rude," Yuen tweeted.
Ernest Owens, editor-at-large at Philadelphia Magazine, said he was irked by Kimmel, whom he said was "trying to take attention away" from Brunson's win.
Brunson, meanwhile, will return with the anticipated second season of "Abbott Elementary" on September 21.
Ontario is introducing a suite of measures that will crack down on cellphone use and vaping in schools.
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