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2025 Emmys Divides Viewers With Controversial Money Countdown
The Emmy Awards' charity countdown deducted $1,000 per second over 45 in speeches, sparking backlash for turning philanthropy into a punitive spectacle, despite $350,000 pledged.
- At the 2025 Emmy Awards broadcast on CBS, Nate Bargatze explained a ticker deducted $1,000 for each second over 45 seconds and pledged $100,000 to BGCA.
- The Emmy Awards producers designed the live ticker to encourage 45-second speeches by linking donations to the Boys & Girls Club of America with speech length, but critics said it made charity feel like a prop.
- Social-Media users and attendees noted Emmy viewers and critics online called the segment 'diabolical' and 'beyond tacky & vile,' with some winners interrupting or apologizing mid-speech to avoid reducing charity funds while children from the Boys & Girls Club of America were present.
- The stunt's immediate fallout was that winners felt shamed or rushed, apologizing for long speeches, while host Nate Bargatze faced harsh criticism from Emmy viewers despite the charitable intent.
- By the end of the night, extended speeches by Stephen Colbert and Stephen Graham pushed the total into a negative $60,000, after which Nate Bargatze revealed CBS and he would add $100,000 and $250,000 respectively, bringing the total to $350,000.
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The 2025 Emmy Awards are getting completely reamed for its “diabolical” donation counter that took away $1,000 each time a winner went over their allocated time during their speeches. On Monday, celebrities gathered at the swanky Los Angeles Peacock Theatre for the 77th Emmy Awards. But before the trophies could be passed out, Emmy Awards host Nate Bargatze revealed that he would be donating $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America — a…
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