Olivia Newton-John’s Longtime Publicist Reacts To Her Emmys Snub
on Sep 15, 2022
The 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Monday (Sep 12) and boy, were they star-studded. SNL legend Kenan Thompson hosted the affair and helped honor the best of the best in television over the past year.
Here are some of the best jokes from Kenan Thompson's first stint as host of the Primetime Emmy Awards pic.twitter.com/78dzLQ3DmY
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Countless awards were given out, history was made, and the program paid tribute to all the stars who we lost this past year.
Musician – and The Voice coach – John Legend came out to perform his new single “Pieces,” a song about grief and loss. Late TV stars were given tributes on the screen behind Legend’s piano.
Greats like Betty White, Vin Scully, Nichelle Nichols, Bob Saget, James Caan, Ray Liotta, and Sidney Poitier were all included, among many others. Of course, some people who passed away this last year were left out and people online were very vocal about it.
One of the people who fans felt were snubbed by the In Memoriam segment was Olivia Newton-John. See some of their reactions below.
Wait did the Emmy’s not acknowledge the passing of Olivia Newton John?!? I still feel like she should still have been mentioned even if she didn’t win an Emmy in her lifetime or maybe that’s just me?!
— Chels 🩵🩶 (@bexana_forever) September 13, 2022
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did olivia newton john not make the cut? #Emmys2022 #emmys
— hailey (@dyke4dacus) September 13, 2022
Did they have Olivia Newton John in that in memoriam? #emmys
— Sam (@sricciardi87) September 13, 2022
According to MSN, Olivia Newton-John’s publicist Michael Caprio says he is “very disappointed” that she was left out of the In Memoriam segment. He says that even though she is known as a musican and star of the movie musical Grease, she has an “‘extensive track record in Hollywood and especially on TV.”
Her TV credits range from Dancing With The Stars, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Glee, American Idol, and Saturday Night Live. She even had a few ABC specials.
See the In Memoriam segment below.
