68th Emmy Awards Were Hot on Donald Trump References

Even the primetime awards couldn’t stay far from the buzz of the presidential election.

Several stars took a dig at Trump at the Emmy Awards. (Photo: AP)

The buzz of the United States Presidential Elections was even felt at the 68th Emmy Awards, where the Hollywood big-wigs couldn’t stop taking potshots at Donald Trump.

Making it clear that their sympathies don’t reside with the Republican nominee, several stars like Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Aziz Ansari, and comedian Jimmy Kimmel used their precious air time to take a dig at Trump.

Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Deport the One Who Made Trump Famous

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel joked about deporting The Apprentice producer, Mark Burnett if Trump won the election as he was the reason why “we don’t have to watch reality shows anymore, because we’re living them”. Burnett cast Trump in The Apprentice, the hit television series that gave him a much larger public profile than what he already had.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel joked about deporting Mark Burnett. (Photo: AP)

If it wasn’t for television, would Donald Trump be running for president? No, he would be at home right now quietly rubbing up against his wife Malaria while she pretends to be asleep.

Jimmy Kimmel, Comedian

He then joked that if Trump wins, Burnett will be the first person ‘over the wall’.

Aziz Ansari is Going With Trump

Aziz Ansari, honoured for writing his Netflix show Master of None, said he “wanted everyone to know, after careful consideration, I am going with Trump,” demanding they remove all Muslim and Hispanic nominees from the Emmy ceremony, which he said would make things so much easier – “like the Oscars.”

Soloway Compared Trump to Hitler

Trump is “one of the most dangerous monsters,” said Transparent creator Jill Soloway as he compared Trump to Adolf Hitler after she won the award for best director.

Jill Soloway compared Trump to Hitler. (Photo: AP)

Any moment that I have to call Trump out for being an heir to Hitler, I will.

Jill Soloway

Soloway said that Trump, like Hitler, has “otherised” people to gain political power, including, disabled people, Muslims, Mexican-Americans and women who don’t “look like beauty pageant contestants.”

While Game of Thrones took home most of the trophies, Donald Trump definitely bagged the award for the most references at the politically-jammed primetime awards.

(With inputs from PTI.)