RuPaul Made Herstory By Winning His Fifth Consecutive Emmy
Tonight is the big, 85-hour-long Emmys main event, but because there are approximately 9,876,988 Emmys to give out, the Creative Arts Emmys have been happening all week long. Nicole Byer hosted the five-night event, and she was up for the Emmy for Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Competition Program, making her the first Black woman to be nominated for that award. But RuPaul won that Emmy, as Nicole stood by thinking, “They got me to host this shit and didn’t even give me the Emmy?!” No, apparently, Nicole knew she was no match for Ru!
Jeff Probst of Survivor has won the reality show host Emmy four times, and going into last night, Ru had won that category four times too. And The Queen of Fracking is now The Queen of Reality Hosts, because he won that category for the fifth time. This is RuPaul’s seventh Emmy overall (and he could win his eighth if Drag Race wins the Emmy for Outstanding Competition Program tonight since Ru is an EP on the show). Never one to miss an opportunity to preach about love and acceptance (despite not really wanting trans women on his show), RuPaul chirped out a politically tame acceptance speech:
“Tonight, the only political statement I want to make is this: love,” he said. “Love for our LGBT brother and sisters, love for Black queens and brown queens and love for the United States of America…The time has come for you to vote for your lives.”
Additionally, RuPaul’s pre-recorded message also included a dedication to the memory of Chi Chi DeVayne, who passed away in August:
“I’d like to dedicate this Emmy to one of my girls, Chi Chi DeVayne. May you rest in power and perfection.”
Here’s Ru’s speech and he switched out the bedazzled Zorro mask for full drag:
RuPaul just broke the Emmys record for most wins in the Competition Host category, and dedicated the victory to Chi Chi DeVayne.
With 5 consecutive wins, we only have 69 more until this is considered a *sensible* 74 honors to match Ru’s excellence. https://t.co/XijMnl0SKx pic.twitter.com/bcyPQPoNtM
— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) September 20, 2020
Variety also reports that Maya Rudolph, who won her first Emmy on Thursday for her voiceover work on Big Mouth, won her second Emmy last night for playing Kamala Harris on an episode of Saturday Night Live. Amazingly, Maya was never even nominated for an Emmy the entire time she was a regular cast member on SNL––that means, Whitney, Donatella, Beyoncé….no EMMYS. These judges clearly have no taste.
Other guest-acting trophies went to Cherry Jones, for her performance on Succession, and Ron Cephas Jones, for This Is Us. Ron’s daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones also won an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Digital Series for Quibi’s #FreeRayshawn. Ron and Jasmine are the first father-daughter duo to win Emmys in the same year. And Eddie Murphy, who won his first-ever Emmy, also for a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live.
And well, you still have the entire day to binge-watch some of the other nominated shows before dressing up in your best Emmys-branded garbage bag couture and pouring out a bowl of Chex mix in time for your Emmys viewing party tonight. WE JUST CAN’T GET ENOUGH EMMYS! Just make sure that your party consists of you, and no one else. And a couple of bottles of strawberry zinfandel. You know, the good stuff.
You can head on over to Deadline to see the full list of 2020 Emmy winners so far, but here’s some of the winners from last night:
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
Big Mouth
Bob’s Burgers
BoJack Horseman
Rick and Morty
The Simpsons
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES
American Masters
Hillary
McMillion$
The Last Dance
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE
American Son
Bad Education
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings: These Old Bones
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend
OUTSTANDING UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Amy Schumer Learns to Cook: Lunch Break and Pasta Night
Cheer
Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked
We’re Here
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Adam Driver, Saturday Night Live
Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live
Dev Patel, Modern Love
Brad Pitt, Saturday Night Live
Fred Willard, Modern Family
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Angela Bassett, A Black Lady Sketch Show
Bette Midler, The Politician
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place
Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live
Wanda Sykes, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, The Outsider
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us
James Cromwell, Succession
Giancarlo Esposito, The Mandalorian
Andrew Scott, Black Mirror
Martin Short, The Morning Show
OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black
Cherry Jones, Succession
Phylicia Rashad, This is Us
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder
Harriet Walter, Succession
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
Making It (Amy Poehler & Nick Offerman)
Nailed It! (Nicole Byer)
Queer Eye
RuPaul’s Drag Race (RuPaul)
Shark Tank
Top Chef (Padma Lakshmi & Tom Colicchio)
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