Nate Bargatze Issues Charity Challenge To Keep Emmy Speeches Short
This is super clever, but was it effective?
The Emmys were last night, and host Nate Bargatze hyped a plan to keep acceptance speeches short. Every winner is supposed to have 45 seconds to talk, but getting celebrities to stick to that is damn near impossible. Nate said he’d donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club. BUT that he’d take away $1,000 for every second that winners go over their allotted time . . . and he’d ADD $1,000 for every second that winners left on the table.
They tracked the changing donation total throughout the show and in the end, the final donation was: $350,000. But NO, Nate did NOT succeed in shortening the show by 250 seconds. Instead, it went LONG and he called the winners’ execution “embarrassing” LOL!
The total ended up being NEGATIVE. CBS donated $100,000 out of the kindness of their corporate hearts and Nate chipped in $250K.
BTW, Apple TV+ comedy The Studio made Emmys history at the 77th annual awards ceremony, capturing 13 total wins across Primetime and Creative Arts categories. Find the full list of winners HERE