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The talented Jean Smart, star of the hit series Hacks, might just have more Emmy Awards than she can keep track of, or so quipped late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live this past Wednesday, April 8th, Smart was there to promote the impending premiere of Hacks Season 5. The HBO series has been a runaway success, raking in a total of 12 Emmy Awards over its four seasons. Kimmel playfully remarked that it seems like Smart accumulates more accolades every time she visits his show.
Smart candidly admitted, “I have seven, but I lost one.”
Surprised, Kimmel pressed further, “When you say you lost one, do you mean it’s actually lost? As in, you can’t find it?”
Smart affirmed with a laugh, “Yes, I don’t know where it is.”
“That means you have too many Emmys!” Kimmel responded with a laugh. “How do you lose an Emmy? They’re pointy and they’re big.”
Smart said she believes the award is “in a box somewhere” and denies leaving it at the Emmy Awards ceremony. But she also revealed that she once lent an Emmy Award to one of kid’s friends when they were in high school.
“A friend of his ‘borrowed’ one for a little movie he was shooting,” she explained, before noting she only got it back “when he was finally asked.” But the actress confirmed she keeps the awards on a shelf in her office.
“You’re throwing them in boxes you might as well grab them,” Kimmel pointed out, before rattling off a list of all of the awards Smart has earned throughout her decades-long acting career. “You got a lot of ’em. You got three Golden Globes, three SAG Awards, seven Emmys, six Critic’s Choice Awards.”
Kimmel then asked if she had received the FIFA Peace Prize yet, referring to the inaugural award and commemorative medal that was recently awarded to President Trump. Critics claimed FIFA made it up to appease the politician – and he reportedly wanted it to be as big as the real World Cup.
“We’re gonna arm wrestle for it,” Smart responded with a laugh. “Donald and I. “
Smart has won four Emmy Awards for playing standup comedian Deborah Vance in the hit HBO show, which will soon be coming to an end. She also won Emmys for her performances in Samantha Who?, Lana Gardner and Frasier.
Now, the actress will be reprising her award-winning role one last time for the fifth and final season. Hacks Season 5 shows Deborah and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) returning to Las Vegas to secure Deborah’s legacy as a comedian.
Hacks Season 5 premieres on HBO and HBO Max at 9 p.m. April 9. New episodes air Thursdays at 9 p.m.