WATCH | Comedian Conan O’Brien goes viral for response to Emmys’ chairman’s speech

By ANI

CALIFORNIA: American media character and comic Conan O’Brien, who was nominated for an Emmy this yr for excellent selection discuss sequence, made a splash on the 2021 Emmy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles.

According to Fox News, the late-night icon attended the illustrious award ceremony honouring one of the best of one of the best in tv on Sunday evening and drew eyes and cameras when Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma got here on stage.

The businessman was set to discuss the TV business at giant and shortly after being launched, Scherma started to chuckle, seeing O’Brien within the viewers. Shortly after, he broke into laughter, as did many others within the room.

it’s official, conan o’brien is drunk or in different phrases…conan o’brien is being conan o’brien and we love him for it. (goddamn i miss him).pic.twitter.com/dEmiIYNpHa
— aMucc | brooklyn 99 mourning (@amurkymuc) September 20, 2021
Eventually, viewers got a take a look at what precisely was inflicting the stir: O’Brien loudly cheering for and enthusiastically saluting Scherma from the viewers. “Thank you, Conan,” Scherma mentioned.

The seemingly unscripted second went viral and viewers took to Twitter to share their ideas on the second.

“I f–kin love Conan. Dude trolling the Emmy president was great #Emmys,” wrote a fan. “Conan is the best part of this show and he hasn’t even been on stage,” mentioned one other. A fourth added, “Conan is an American treasure.”

Even comic Wanda Sykes weighed in, writing: “Conan is giving no F’s tonight!”

Conan made one other shock look when Stephen Colbert’s reside election particular gained an award for excellent selection particular (reside). O’Brien hopped on stage and cheered earlier than disappearing. In the digital press room after incomes the award, Colbert joked that he requested O’Brien to hitch him onstage.

“Conan’s the kid who is graduating who doesn’t give a single f–k,” wrote a viewer alongside a screenshot of O’Brien standing on the stage. “OH GOD CONAN IS BACK AT IT AGAIN,” tweeted one other. A fan even urged: “#Conan is either not getting invited again or he’s just sealed his next hosting gig… #Emmys.”

O’Brien’s present ‘Conan’, which wrapped its closing season this summer season, was up for an Emmy this yr for excellent selection discuss sequence. The award in the end went to ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’. In his acceptance speech, John Oliver referred to as out O’Brien by title.

“Like many of us in this room, I was kind of rooting for Conan, so this is bittersweet,” Oliver admitted. “Thank you so much, Conan, for 30 years of inspiring comedy writers.” Oliver later inspired viewers to observe clips of each O’Brien and the late Norm Macdonald’s work, as per Fox News.