76th Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theater on Sunday night. The comedians honored the long-running NBC comedy sketch show “Saturday Night Live,” which will enter its fifth decade on Sept.
28.“We heard something backstage that needs to be addressed,” Rudolph said.“Now before later,” Wiig, 51, chimed in. “We heard that our dear friend, our mentor, Lorne Michaels, has been nominated for and lost the Emmy 85 times.
He has never won.”“Never won,” Yang, 33, said. “85 times! It’s just wrong, and we’d like to take this occasion to say a few words to him.”“Lorne, look at me,” Wiig said to Michaels, 79. “It’s really hard to see if he’s looking at me.
You do have value, you are worthy, and you are not and have never been a loser, even though you have lost a lot.”Rudolph echoed her former co-star’s sentiments, “Lorne, now immediately look at me.