Sunday night’s 77th annual Emmy Awards on CBS devolved into strident left-wing politics before the ceremony had even begun.
Outside on the red carpet, actors including HBO Hacks star Megan Stalter and Oscar-winner Javier Bardem wore Artists4Ceasefire pins and paraphernalia. Their calls for an Israeli ceasefire did not include demands that Hamas return all Israeli hostages. Bardem wore a keffiyah and pushed for sanctions on Israel. He also attacked ICE raids on illegal immigrants.
The left-wing ranting continued once the ceremony began. Hannah Einbender, another Hacks actor, cried “Go Birds, f*ck ICE and free Palestine!” upon accepting her award for best supporting actress in a comedy. CBS censored her cursing.
Television Academy Chairman Chris Abrego criticized the U.S. Congress for voting to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. “In a time when division dominates the headlines, storytelling still has the power to unite us,” he said.
Yet for all his supposed concern over division, he never criticized the hate and divisiveness that Democrats have been pushing for years through their extreme rhetoric.
One award winner even implied that left-wing political writers need to fear their freedom to exist in the future. “We share this category, we are honored to share it with all writers of late-night political comedy, while that is still a type of show that’s allowed to exist,” said Daniel O’Brien, the senior writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, after the show received Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.
Such hyperbole is insulting when you consider that it is conservative voices who must literally fear for their lives. Left-wing shows have been propped up for years despite dwindling audiences. Steven Colbert’s show lost $40 million dollars per year before finally being cancelled. It also won last night’s Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show. During his acceptance speech, Colbert said he felt like he was losing his country.
Colbert: Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it. Ten years later, in September of 2025, my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Be strong. Be brave. And if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor.”
Last night’s left-wing lovefest also included a Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. A long video outlining their politics highlighted a Nancy Pelosi award for activism that included celebrating trans kids.
“Last year they were recognized with the Nancy Pelosi Equality Ally Award at the 2024 Equality Pac National Pride Gala in Washington D.C.,” the video proclaimed.
There was no mention of trans-related violence across the nation, from the recent attack on Annunciation Church by a trans shooter to the aforementioned Kirk assassination, which may have involved transgender motives.
The 77th Emmy Awards proved once again that Hollywood lives in a bubble of its own making, completely removed from half of the country it is supposed to entertain.
