'Think about just trying to Zoom with your grandparents, and now imagine that we've got 150 celebrities who haven't made themselves lunch in, like, 19 years, many of them, are now trying to connect technically to an awards show.'
In an interview with"Good Morning America," Kimmel joked that he's relieved to know in advance what response his performance will get: silence.
"I am nervous about the technical end of it, because it's not something I know much about, not something I can control," he said."Think about just trying to Zoom with your grandparents, and now imagine that we've got 150 celebrities who haven't made themselves lunch in, like, 19 years, many of them, are now trying to connect technically to an awards show. Those are the challenges we're facing.
"My nightmare is that I'm on prime-time television, completely alone, unable to speak to anybody, and I've got a bunch of Emmys that need to be handed out and I don't have anyone to give them to," he continued."I guess I could just take them!"Jimmy Kimmel on"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Los Angeles, Oct. 11, 2018.announced as the host
of the 72nd Emmy Awards in June, and he joked at the time,"I don't know where we will do this or how we will do this or even why we are doing this, but we are doing it and I am hosting it." Although the COVID-19 pandemic has presented production challenges, the"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host said that one benefit of having a virtual ceremony is that no big rehearsal is necessary. Another perk is that the nominees, some of whom Kimmel said will be in"designer pajamas," will be surrounded by their loved ones during the broadcast.
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