Rob McElhenney attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
Rob McElhenneyalready has his Emmy, so he was a bit distracted during Monday night’s awards show.
Instead, he’s looking at his phone, where he was live streaming the Philadelphia Eagles' playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“Who schedules the Emmys the same night as the @eagles #gobirds #FlyEaglesFly,” he wrote in the post on X (formerly Twitter) as he shared the selfie.
The NFLreactedto the selfie, writing, “Priorities 🎯” in response to the actor’s selfie, which saw his wife pursuing her lips as she captured the moment.
McElhenney’s indifference to the awards show comes after he andRyan Reynoldswere recognized earlier this month at the Creative Arts Emmys forWelcome to Wrexham, an FX docuseries aboutthe Welsh soccer team they co-own. The show was up for six awards and logged five wins, which McElhenney later shouted out at Monday’s Emmys when he took the stage with his formerIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiacastmates.
Among the awardsWelcome to Wrexhamreceived were outstanding unstructured reality program, outstanding cinematography for a reality program and outstanding picture editing for an unstructured reality program.
Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson attend the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
In anacceptance videoshared on Instagram, the co-owners of the Welsh soccer team channeled their signature humor as McElhenney kicked things off and Reynolds quickly interrupted himwearing aDeadpoolmask.
“Mr. Lively couldn’t be here to accept this broken Emmy, so he sent me on his behalf. First and foremost, Wrexham, we love you. Thank you for letting Rob and the other guy tell your story.”
While Reynolds, 47, spoke, he held up a “broken Emmy,” as he mentioned in his speech, which he later revealed he’d borrowed fromHugh Jackman.
Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds at the FYC event for “Welcome To Wrexham”.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
He wrote on his Instagram Story that “of course” he turned to Jackman, 55, for the award, and shared that Jackman “wasn’t sure if he had an Emmy.”
“Turns out he does. He gives it to me, then asks, ‘Is it supposed to look like that?’ "
It turned out that Jackman’s award is “broken,” Reynolds said, but not before adding, “I love this man.”
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source: people.com
