Thomas Lennon’s turn as Emmys announcer wasn’t for everyone and you can count “Sister, Sister” actress Jackée Harry among those who were not into Sunday night’s shtick.
Harry especially didn’t like the part where — after quietly asking if the Emmys were “woke” — Lennon said live on-air, “This is why people don’t do this. Because it sucks.”
“Joking about non-existent female or POC winners in a category?” Harry wrote on Twitter, tagging Lennon. “Yeah, those jokes suck, Thomas.”
Here’s what Lennon tweeted in response:
Except that the “sucks” part came after “or is that just something that was SPOKE” The joke being the insane rhyme I made with “woke.”