Kim Kardashian & Kendall Jenner Got Laughed At By The Emmys Audience
By Peyton Blakemore
September 23, 2019
I think it's safe to assume that the audience at the 2019 Emmys weren't exactly Kardashian-Jenner fans.
During Sunday's (September 22) show, Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner presented the award for Outstanding Reality TV, and the entire audience legit laughed at them.
The incredibly awkward moment went down when Kim said, "Our family knows firsthand how truly compelling television comes from real people just being themselves." Kendall then added, "Telling their stories unfiltered and unscripted," while the audience erupted with laughter as she and Kim stood there looking confused and pissed off.
"Here are the nominees for Outstanding Competition Series," a stone-faced Kim concluded. (To note, the award went to RuPaul's Drag Race).
There was awkward audience laughter when Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner said their family tells their stories "unfiltered and unscripted." Yikes. #Emmys2019 pic.twitter.com/H6XH3g6L1L
— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) September 23, 2019
Kim and Kendall just got laughed at mid-intro... pic.twitter.com/e0MjUo21Ix
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) September 23, 2019
Since it is 2019, the people of Twitter were quick to react to the awkward moment.
Did the #Emmys audience just laugh at Kim Kardashian? I don't think she was telling a joke. pic.twitter.com/JvUdZLPSAh
— David Onda (@David_Onda) September 23, 2019
The audience laugh when Kim Kardashian said her family knows about real people. #Emmys pic.twitter.com/as55V2akqC
— #wandpocket 👩🏻🎤 (@311tessa) September 23, 2019
Kim Kardashian: "Our family knows first-hand how truly compelling television comes from real people just being themselves."
— Ishani Nath (@ishaninath) September 23, 2019
Kendall Jenner: "Telling their stories, unfiltered and unscripted."
The rest of us:#Emmys pic.twitter.com/NW9ZaFhEZO
#KimKardashian: this award is for people being themselves on camera . #Emmys Audience pic.twitter.com/qIPMuG7W8m
— nydia ® (@N_y_d_i_a) September 23, 2019
While the audience could have been laughing at a number of things, one would assume Kim's line about their family's long-running reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians being "unfiltered and unscripted" sounded like a punch-line to some, given the fact that the series and the family themselves have been accused faking plot lines for ratings.
Fun fact: Kylie Jenner was also set to present at the Emmys with her sisters. However, she missed out on the opportunity (and the chance to be laughed at in front of all of Hollywood) because she was reportedly sick.
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