In his monologue on Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel didn’t mention the gag the night before the 2022 Emmy Awards, which critics overshadowed Quinta Brunson’s historic win. But he had a funny story involving Andrew Garfield, which we’ll explain below.
First, in case you’re just catching up during the Emmys, comedian Will Arnett presented the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. The performance took place a while back where Arnett dragged Kimmel off the stage, pretending to be dead.
Kimmel continued to play dead on the stage floor as Arnett read the nominees and eventual winner, Brunson, who won for his work on Abbott Elementary. Then Brunson came out and stepped over Kimmel’s ‘dead’ body to accept his award.
Now, Brunson says she wasn’t bothered by the lies. “To be honest, Jimmy gave me my first big late night spot and was one of the first people to see ‘Abbott.’ One of the first people – he messaged me on Instagram that he saw this comedy and thought it was One of the greatest comedies of all time,” he said later in the night. “He was so excited it was going to be on ABC. So I think at the time, I was really happy that it was Jimmy. I consider him one of the comedy godfathers. I’m a big fan of Will Arnett, so I was wrapped up in the moment. ,
“I don’t know, maybe tomorrow I’ll be mad at him,” she joked. “I’m going to his show on Wednesday so I can punch him in the face. I don’t know, we’ll see what happens.”
And apparently, Kimmel had no way of knowing who the winner was. But outspoken critics rebuked Kimmel on social media, accusing him of disrespect, among other things. Chances are, the two will discuss the matter on Wednesday when she appears as a guest on the show.
But during the monologue, Kimmel told the following story:
“So last night, they had a big dance number to start the show — where the dancers came out — and danced — to all these TV theme songs. Now, I’m Amanda Seyfried and her husband Tom, Chris O’Donnell and Sitting at a table right next to the stage with their daughter, ‘The Bear’ boy, Jeremy Allen White, and his wife Edison. Bear, ‘Ayo Adebiri and his friend, and Andrew Garfield and his friend,’ said Kimmel .
“It was a nice table. So now the dancing begins, and the dancers are dancing around us to the theme songs of Friends, and The Brady Bunch and what not, and then Game of Thrones. These dancers come out with spears , and they’re banging the spear around and about halfway through the dance, the tip of one of the spears comes flying off the handle, straight at our table,” Kimmel continued.
“And out of nowhere, and I swear to god it happened, Andrew Garfield goes ahead and snatches it out of the air. Like Spider-Man! Like… like he really is Spider-Man. As in Spider- Man would have done, he would have been in a secret position,” Kimmel said.
“His shirt untied. My wife almost had to be revived. It was incredible. And at the end of the night, the tip of… This is the spear I grabbed off the table,” said Kimmel, holding the object.
“And here I am with the superhero who saved our lives,” Kimmel added as a photo of him and Garfield appeared onscreen. “So thanks Andrew Garfield. With great power, comes great reflexes.”
You can watch the full monologue, which also features low Emmy ratings and jokes about Donald Trump, above.