A shocked Will Smith, the veteran British comedy writer-producer who created and govt produces/showruns Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, began off his speech accepting the Emmy for Writing For a Drama Sequence by addressing what was on the minds of many TV viewers and ceremony attendees when his title was introduced as a winner.
“First off, loosen up,” he stated. “Regardless of my title, I are available peace.”
He was referring, in fact, to the notorious incident on the 2022 Oscars when American actor Will Smith leaped to the stage and slapped offered Chris Rock after the latter made a Jada Pinkett Smith joke.
Sluggish Horses‘ Will Smith went on to thank writer Mick Herron, on whose Slough Home books the Apple TV+ spy thriller sequence is predicated. He additionally acknowledged the streamer’s Europe boss Jay Hunt, his crew of writers. “and most of all, Gary Oldman and the entire actors” on the present.
That is the primary Emmy win for Sluggish Horses, which broke by way of with its third season, touchdown its first Emmy nominations, 9. The sequence’s fourth season is streaming now.
You possibly can watch Smith’s speech above.
