Jimmy Kimmel Reveals the "Weirdest" Part of Hosting the 2020 Emmys

Jimmy Kimmel admitted it was a “strange experience” hosting the Emmy Awards and jumping straight back into his car afterwards. The talk show host took to the stage at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Sunday night (20.09.20) to present what he dubbed the “Pand-Emmys”, a partially virtual iteration of the prestigious awards show, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Jimmy Kimmel Reveals the "Weirdest" Part of Hosting the 2020 Emmys 

“We had a lot of fun given the difficult circumstances,” Kimmel said during his opening monologue—his first following his summer break. “The weirdest part of hosting the show was when it was over, you know, there’d usually be parties and everyone’s carrying their Emmys around, everybody’s happy, everyone’s celebrating. This year, the show ended and it was like, ‘Well, I guess I’ll go into my car and drive home.’ It was nothing.”

For those who missed the ceremony, the event was held virtually this year. So while Kimmel hosted the Emmy Awards from the Los Angeles Staples Center, the rest of the stars—aside from a few celebrity presenters—attended via live feeds.
“Doing an award show where all the winners are at home is a strange experience,” he said. “It’s probably the first time in history that somebody won an Emmy and then 10 minutes later put a load of laundry in the dryer.”

Comedian admitted it was odd not hitting up a party and celebrating with the winners afterwards, while he quipped that it's probably the first time in the awards show's history that one of the Emmy winners has done their laundry immediately after accepting an accolade via Zoom.

 During his opening monologue on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Monday (21.09.20), he said: "The weirdest part of hosting this show was, when it was over, there are usually parties and everyone is carrying their Emmys around. Everyone's happy, everyone's celebrating. This year, the show ended and it was like 'Well, I guess I'll go into my car - and drive home.'

"Doing an awards show, where all the winners are at home, is a strange experience. It was probably the first time in history that someone won an Emmy and then, 10 minutes later, put a load of laundry in the dryer." The 52-year-old host also poked fun at the ratings for this year's ceremony being the lowest, with just 6.1 million viewers tuning in.

He quipped: "Well, I hosted the virtual Emmys last night. They're saying it was the highest-rated Emmys ever. Oh, the lowest? Oh, all right."

However, the ceremony raised $2.8 million for charity. He added: "Well, we set a record, let's just say that." During the opening segment, Jimmy opened to a fake audience. It appeared he was in front of delighted star-studded crowd, but when his own face appeared laughing at one of his jokes, he revealed the footage was from previous ceremonies and the seats inside the venue were filled intermittently with celebrity cutouts - and the real Jason Bateman.