Sean Spicer’s Emmy Appearance: Seth Rogen, Jenny Slate, and More Slam Former Press Secretary’s Cameo
Stephen Colbert caused controversy last night at the 69th Annual Emmy Awards by bringing former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer out on stage. Award shows are known to stir the pot, whether intentionally or not, but some viewers felt the appearance was far from the right move.
The whole bit felt ironic after Colbert’s grand opening sequence centered around using TV to escape the horrors of the current political climate. Despite a touching sentiment featuring the stars of “The Americans” singing “Even treason’s better on TV” and a cameo by Chance The Rapper, Spicer undid any lasting shmaltz.
The choice to humanize Sean Spicer after he had worked to publicly defend Donald Trump and his administration struck some audiences as distasteful. Celebrities took to their Twitter platform after the fact and voiced their strong opinions — and some couldn’t even be contained in 140 characters.
https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/909583547131817986
DT is a sick liar. If we reward Sean Spicer for enabling his sickness,we are saying we accept a mentally ill POTUS.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) September 18, 2017
What fun to watch @seanspicer having a sense of humor about all the times he lied to the American public! GOOD SPORT! #emmys
— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) September 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/jennyslate/status/909595135855362048
https://twitter.com/jennyslate/status/909629529919954944
https://twitter.com/JoeMande/status/909605059289161728
.@seanspicer can normalize himself in good fun, but he still passionately advocated against human rights, health care, & American values
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) September 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/rgay/status/909571914523344896
Wish I was at the Emmys so I could have jerked off @seanspicer too!
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) September 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/michaelianblack/status/909764577264586752
And thats a SERIES WRAP on Sean Spicer
— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) September 18, 2017
•Sean Spicer's televised Emmy handjob concrete proof of evil of white supremacy
•POC won loads of awards, which matters
•Complex world!— rob delaney (@robdelaney) September 18, 2017
So, we are rewarding @seanspicer for lying through his teeth day after day in the name of the trump? The Republican Party? It's not cute.
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) September 18, 2017
The Hollywood Reporter managed to gather from Spicer himself how the appearance came to be in the first place. “I had a conversation with Stephen [Colbert] and his executive producer,” he explained. “They came up with a concept, and I thought it was kinda funny. I said I’d be there.”
The outrage wasn’t just felt by Hollywood A-listers but by everyone who has suffered from the current presidential administration — and it shows that the producers of the Emmy Awards still haven’t learned from moments like Seth MacFarlane’s awful boob song.
