Dave Chappelle Wins Guest Comedy Actor Emmy for “Saturday Night Live”

And the Emmy goes to…….

Dave Chappelle adds another award to the trophy case as he won for Best Guest Comedy Actor In A Comedy Series at the 2021 Emmy Awards. The comedian won the award for hosting the post-election episode of SNL this year. Chappelle was reportedly nominated for four Emmys this year. Apart from SNL, his other three nominations were for his Netflix stand-up comedy 8:46. The comedian lost in two categories, Variety Special Directing and Variety Special Writing, to Bo Burman for Bo Burman: Inside. 

The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards is going to take place on September 19, 2021. However, the festivities at the Emmys have already begun with the Creative Arts Emmys. Creative Arts Emmys honor artistic and technical achievement in a variety of TV programs, guest appearance and performance in weekly series, and exceptional work, in reality, documentary, or animation. It is showering Emmys for Saturday Night Live as it remains at the top in the Television Academy. The show scored 21 nominations this year and has bagged seven Emmys so far.