Jennifer Aniston Struggling To Put Out A Fire At The Emmys Is 2020 In A Nutshell
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What could top the hellfire that has been 2020? How about an actual fire on live television that absolutely refuses to go out?
While this year’s Emmy awards ceremony was conducted in front of an empty audience, it did not let its spark extinguish. To announce 2020’s Best Lead Comedy Actress, Jennifer Aniston came onstage to join host Jimmy Kimmel, who took extra precautions to stave off the coronavirus by sanitizing the envelope containing the winner’s name.
After heavily sterilizing the card with Lysol, a move Aniston described as “extreme,” Kimmel threw it into a basket and lit it on fire to kill any surviving germs.
Aniston was tasked to put out the flames, which she attempted with a fire extinguisher. The blaze diminished for a second, but only to return stronger.
This happened a number of times. The canceled 2020 Tokyo Olympics called, it wants its flame back.
Viewers couldn’t help but label the moment as a meme for the ugly and relentless 2020—a year stricken with forced change, disease, natural disasters, and racial injustice.
After a few tries, Aniston thankfully managed to put out the fire.
“Jen saves the day!” Kimmel’s team recounted in a sharing of the moment.
Jennifer Aniston putting out a fire that won’t knock down on live TV is the best thing I’ve seen this year. #Emmys pic.twitter.com/JhuYZ9dFMj
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) September 21, 2020
Jennifer Aniston really just put out a whole fire on live TV #Emmys pic.twitter.com/xraY90ojRH
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) September 21, 2020
This fire was really not trying to stick to the #Emmys script for Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Kimmel. 😩 pic.twitter.com/N81lQt9lQo
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) September 21, 2020
[via Newsweek, cover image via Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com]
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