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The Primetime Emmy Awards returned with a live audience for this year's ceremony at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday.
And with comedian Cedric the Entertainer playing host, the event was not without one of those mishaps where a presenter stumbles over a word or name.
This go-around the players involved Seth Rogen, who was on stage to reveal the winner for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series, and Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham... or is it Waddington, if you had asked Rogen the moment he shared the names of the nominees.
Mishap: Seth Rogen mispronounced Hannah Waddingham's name while presenting the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series at the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday
Rogen's gotcha moment started with the comedian walking out to the stage to a version of late rapper Biz Markie's hit 1989 song Just A Friend playing.
He proceeded to garner some laughs from the audience with a string of jokes that included one about the Emmy ceremony being held indoors, in a tent, amid the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
'Why is there a roof?' Rogen said, before adding, 'It's more important that we have three chandeliers than that we make sure we don’t kill Eugene Levy tonight.'
He proceeded to mispronounce the winner's name for supporting actress in a comedy series,
