Jason Sudeikis ‘Shocked’ by ‘Ted Lasso’ Win Amid Drama

“Ain’t no person on this room alone.” Jason Sudeikis couldn’t include his shock whereas accepting his trophy on the 2022 Emmy Awards regardless of successful the identical honor final yr.

The 46-year-old actor won the award for Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Sequence for his work on Ted Lasso. Earlier than he took the stage to just accept the honour on Monday, September 12, Sudeikis shook the fingers of fellow nominees Steve Martin and Martin Short.

“Aw nuts, OK,” he started his speech. “Thanks. I imply, I’ve sat at house and watched awards reveals — my mother loves awards reveals — and I all the time bust folks’s balls after they stand up right here and say, ‘I didn’t suppose I had an opportunity [to win].’ And I actually didn’t as a result of, like, [it was] a tremendous, wonderful group that I used to be nominated with. So I’m not overly ready.”

Sudeikis went on to joke that his improv comedy background would come in useful as he completed his speech underneath strain. “Thanks to my unbelievable — our unbelievable — forged, it’s a pleasure to get to work with you guys. … And thanks a lot to the people who watch this present and dig it as a lot as we dig making it. I’m actually, actually shocked and flattered. Thanks.”

Whereas he thanked his dad and mom, Sudeikis didn’t point out his youngsters — Otis, 8, and Daisy, 5 — whom he shares with ex-fiancée Olivia Wilde.

The Virginia native beforehand took house the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series trophy ultimately yr’s Emmys for his position within the Apple TV+ present. “Thanks very a lot. So yeah, heck of a yr,” he started at the September 2021 ceremony. “I’d say that this present is about household. This present is about mentors and academics. This present is about teammates. And I wouldn’t be right here with out these three issues in my life.”

On the time, Sudeikis gave shout-outs to Otis and Daisy. Practically one yr prior, Us Weekly confirmed in November 2020 that the Saturday Night Live alum and the Booksmart director, 38, had called off their seven-year engagement.

“They’ve been separated for months now and there actually isn’t any drama. They’re dealing with this like adults,” a supply solely revealed on the time. “It’s all about coparenting their children, Daisy and Otis. That’s the precedence for them.”

Sudeikis broke his silence on his split within the August 2021 difficulty of GQ, telling the outlet, “I’ll have a greater understanding of why in a yr and a fair higher one in two, and a fair higher one in 5, and it’ll go from being, you understand, a ebook of my life to turning into a chapter to a paragraph to a line to a phrase to a doodle.”

He famous that he seen the breakup as an opportunity to develop. “That’s an expertise that you just both be taught from or make excuses about,” the Detroiters alum mentioned. “You are taking some duty for it, maintain your self accountable for what you do, however then additionally endeavor to be taught one thing past the plain from it.”

By the next yr, the previous couple discovered themselves within the headlines as soon as once more as they engaged in a messy back and forth over custody of their children. In April, Wilde received an envelope marked “private and confidential” whereas on stage discussing her film Don’t Worry Darling at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Us confirmed on the time that there have been custody paperwork inside.

The Home alum went on to address the drama in a Variety interview printed on August 24. “In some other office, it will be seen as an assault. It was actually upsetting,” she claimed. “It shouldn’t have been in a position to occur. There was an enormous breach in safety, which is basically scary. … This was one thing that required forethought.”

Wilde slammed her ex for trying “to sabotage” her presentation, including, “However, you understand, sadly, it was not one thing that was solely stunning to me. I imply, there’s a motive I left that relationship.”

Earlier that month, the actress known as the doc supply “aggressive” and “extraordinarily opposite to our kids’s finest pursuits” in her own set of legal paperwork filed in California. In his response, Sudeikis conceded, “Olivia’s discuss was an vital occasion for Olivia, each professionally and personally, and I’m very, very sorry that the incident marred her particular second.”