US - Sean Spicer's surprise cameo at Emmy Ceremony sets social media ablaze — Transcript

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1. 0:01He wasn't there but Donald Trump still took center stage at this year's Emmy.
2. 0:07The ceremony took almost non-stop aim at the US president.
3. 0:11"And we all know the Emmys mean a lot to Donald Trump because he was nominated
4. 0:15multiple times for "Celebrity Apprentice", but he never won...
5. 0:20Why didn't you give him an Emmy?
6. 0:23I tell you this if he had won an Emmy I bet he wouldn't have run for president..."
7. 0:28The choice of awards also had a strong political flavor.
8. 0:32The Best Drama Prize went to "The Handmaid's Tale",
9. 0:34an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel about the future dystopian America.
10. 0:39Hulu became the first streaming sites to win an Emmy for best drama.
11. 0:45"Veep" a deeply cynical Washington sitcom won the best comedy series
12. 0:48Julia Louis-Dreyfus picked up her sixth Emmy Award for her portrayal of a clueless president
13. 0:55"We did have a whole storyline about an impeachment ,
14. 0:58but we abandoned that because we were worried that someone else might get to it first!"
15. 1:03And Saturday Night won the most Emmys overall,
16. 1:07with Alec Baldwin who impersonates Trump winning Best Supporting Actor.
17. 1:12"I suppose I should say "at long last mr. president here is Emmy!"
18. 1:18Perhaps the biggest surprise was a cameo by Sean Spicer.
19. 1:22The former White House, press secretary notorious
20. 1:24for exaggerating the size of Trump's inauguration crowd.
21. 1:29"This would be the largest audience
22. 1:32to witness an Emmys, period!'
23. 1:35Spicer's controversial appearance set social media ablaze,
24. 1:40with many questioning whether he should have been there at all
25. 1:43and saying the joke simply wasn't funny...