Actor and comedian Anthony Anderson feels that it's a big honour to host the upcoming 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, January 15 and detailed how he was tapped to take over the hosting duty from Jamie Foxx.
"I said yes to hosting the Emmys, mꦰaybe, 15 years ago; they're just now getting around to aski♊ng me to host," Anthony joked while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, reports aceshowbiz.com.
"You know what's crazy? I think my team may have giv🃏en them a resounding yes before they even brought the offer to me.&q﷽uot;
He continued: "They contacted my team, like, 'Do you think An🤡thony would be interested in hosti𝓀ng --' 'Yes!' '… the Emmys?' 'Yes!' 'Do you guys need to talk to him first?' 'No, he's interested. He's going to do it. We'll call him later.' I think that's how that conversation went."
During the inter🔥view, Anthony also talked about Normal Lear and how he's planned to honour the late screenwriter/producer.
"I have a voicemail on my phone from Norman celebrating my birthday from 🦋two years ago, and I could never find myself erasing that messa𓂃ge, just because it was Norman Lear, one of my idols, who I patterned characters in our television show ('Black-ish') after, who I got the chance to know intimately, who I got the chance to work with," he said.
"So yeah, we will be celebrating Norman heavily throughout tౠhaﷺt night, not just because of what Norman Lear meant to me personally, but because of what he meant to all of us culturally. But it won't only be him, it will be all the change-makers along the way," he added.
When it comes to his jokes, Anthony hinted that he won't play safe for the ๊big day.
"I've been known to be a habitual line-crosser. I didn't get this far in my career and achieve what I've achieved by playing it safe," he explained, before teasing, "We're going to push the envelope and ha♐ve fun, but we're going to do it in a very respectful way. You'll have to tune i𒅌n to see."
In the in𝐆terview, Anthony added that he won't sto൲p at hosting Emmy.
"I would love to host the Oscars as well. These are little milestones in my career that I set long before I🌸 had a career," he shared.
"One day I'm going to be famous enough. One day I'm going to be talented enough. One day I'm going to host these shows along with being nominated. And so✱ that's why I said yes, and that's why I look forward to it."
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards is sch🅺eduled to be broadcast on ไJanuary 15.
