Emmy Producers Cut Sterling K. Brown's Acceptance Speech

Last night producers for The Emmy Awards cut Sterling K. Brown's acceptance speech short after he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role in This Is Us, the first time a Black man has won in 19 years...



Sterling finished his speech backstage.

Sterling K. Brown just finished his best actor speech backstage after getting cut off during CBS' live telecast (Watch) #Emmys pic.twitter.com/0X7KiZrkIj

— Variety (@Variety) September 18, 2017

Fun Fact: Last night both Nicole Kidman and Elizabeth Moss were permitted to make long rambling acceptance speeches without interruption.