Jimmy Kimmel slammed for disrupting Quinta Brunson’s Emmy-winning second: ‘Unfunny joke more important than Black woman being praised’

Popular late evening present host Jimmy Kimmel is going through flak after his not-so-hysterical stunt throughout actor-writer Quinta Brunson’s profitable speech on the Emmys.

As part of some act that was meant to be humorous, Jimmy lay on the ground till Quinta walked off the stage together with her trophy. In reality, Quinta needed to step over the late evening present host to get to the mic, and even requested him explicitly to stand up at one level.

Backstage, throughout Quinta Brunson’s interview, Variety quoted her as saying, “I felt like the bit didn’t bother me that much…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.”

Quinta Brunson deserved higher than giving her acceptance over Jimmy Kimmel’s “dead” physique. #Emmys #AbbottElementary pic.twitter.com/ofP5mkXpvy

— Garin Pirnia (@gpirnia) September 13, 2022

Y’all now realizing #JimmyKimmel just isn’t humorous?

Quinta is a multi-talented, extraordinarily inventive artist, creator of one of many funniest exhibits on television. She isn’t a nepo child or comes from cash, she labored her solution to the highest. He simply couldn’t let her have her second, may he? SMH pic.twitter.com/ua9DFaUnX7

— 🌺 Caira Martinez 🌺 (@CairaLovesOL) September 13, 2022

Yes as a result of the shit he pulled final evening was fked up. #jimmykimmel https://t.co/zeeHtDlrcQ

— whatsinherLV (@whatsnherLVbag) September 13, 2022

However, web has seemingly completed Quinta’s work on her behalf as a number of customers took to social media to slam Jimmy Kimmel for his unbecoming gesture.

One consumer shared a photograph of Jimmy’s stunt and wrote, “This picture pisses me off so bad.” Another consumer commented, “Damn! @jimmykimmel @JimmyKimmelLive, you were wrong as hell for this. Especially when Quinta Brunson said Wake up Jimmy, I won. That was your cue to get your ass up off the floor and out of her space so she could truly enjoy HER moment.” Yet one other consumer wrote, “Imagine being a WOC winning your first #Emmy and having to give your acceptance speech standing over a mediocre white man #JimmyKimmel who refused to leave the stage bcuz an unfunny joke is more important than a Black Woman being praised.”

Quinta Brunson gained within the class of Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for her work within the breakout present, Abbott Elementary.