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Jewish actor and London native Brett Goldstein wins another Emmy for Ted Lasso role
Brett Goldstein has won a second consecutive Emmy for his performance - and swore on TV for the second year in a row
September 13, 2022 11:34
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Brett Goldstein has won a second consecutive Emmy for his performance - and swore on TV for the second year in a row
September 13, 2022 11:34Jewish actor Brett Goldstein won his second consecutive Emmy Award last night for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Last night, the London-born actor won the prestigious award for his role as potty-mouthed footballer Roy Kent on Apple TV+'s hit show 'Ted Lasso'.
Also for the second consecutive year, Goldstein remained true to his character and swore live on television, unable to resist doing so after being warned by producers not to.
After Goldstein's win was announced, he took to the stage and said: "Thank you so much. I'm really gonna try not to swear." That turned out not to be the case.
Jewish actor and London boy Brett Goldstein wins the Emmy for supporting actor in a comedy pic.twitter.com/DDbMGmQRdm
— The Jewish Chronicle (@JewishChron) September 13, 2022
He continued by thanking the Television Academy, who runs the Emmy Awards, as well as Apple, Warner, and the show's creators, including Jason Sudeikis who also plays the title role Ted Lasso: "Thank you.. for creating this magical thing and letting me be a part of it. I will never take it for granted.
"The hardest part of being Ted Lasso is being in a scene with anyone from this cast and not ruining the take by just staring at them and going, 'God, you're good'."
He went on: "Last time I was here, I was told not to swear and I did and I'm sorry but it meant the feed got cut back home in the U.K. so my family never got to hear me say this, so thank you for this second chance."
He then named his family and loved ones, and added, "I f****ng love you," prompting roars of laughter from the star-studded audience at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles.
As the laughter and cheers continued, he closed by saying, "I'm so sorry, I'll be better, thank you very much," before walking off the stage clutching his award to be greeted by his beaming fellow cast members.
📸 | jason sudeikis and the cast of ted lasso celebrating brett goldstein's emmy win! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/UstGXFpfLm
— Jason Sudeikis Updates (@SudeikisNews) September 13, 2022
Goldstein's speech this year was similar to last year, but also different in that last year he swore at the very start: "This speech is going to be f****** short," noting that he was "very, very specifically told [he was] not allowed to swear," before continuing to do so.
Goldstein was nominated in a category that included Barry's Anthony Carrigan and Jewish actor Henry Winkler; Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang; Abbott Elementary's Tyler James Williams; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Tony Shalhoub and his Ted Lasso co-stars Toheeb Jimoh and Nick Mohammed.
Ted Lasso follows the story of the fictional football club Richmond F.C. and the American football coach brought in to manage the club. The series is currently in its third and final season.
Goldstein was born in Sutton, London, to a Jewish family. Like his father, he is Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
He recently told People magazine that he was initially contracted to write for the show, but felt connected to the Roy Kent character and auditioned for the role.
A few years ago, a conspiracy theory emerged on Reddit suggesting that he was not a real person, and his character was in fact a computer-generated image by Apple TV+ due to an apparent shiny quality about him on screen.
That rumour was swiftly debunked when he made a "final statement on the matter", declaring: "I am a completely real, normal, human man."
He then added in a very Roy Kentian fashion: “I don’t know what everyone’s f****** problem is.”