Award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer made quite a statement on NBC's Tonight Show Tuesday.
When host Jay Leno asked how he won a Golden Globe for his performance in the new hit series Boss but didn't even get nominated for an Emmy, Grammer said, "I am a declared out-of-the-closet Republican in Hollywood" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JAY LENO, HOST: Now, explain something to me. You win a Golden Globe for Boss.
KELSEY GRAMMER: Right.
LENO: But you don't even get an Emmy nomination.
GRAMMER: Yeah, it's hard to, hard to figure.
LENO: Why is that do you think?
GRAMMER: I don't know, Jay. I mean, it's a question that will remain one for me throughout the ages.
LENO: Did you ever try to figure that out?
GRAMMER: Well, I mean, this may have to do with several things, honestly. But I think it's possible.
LENO: What?
GRAMMER: I mean, I am a declared out-of-the-closet Republican in Hollywood.
Leno: [Gasps]
[Applause]
LENO: You can't think that way. You can't think that way.
GRAMMER: I don't.
LENO: No, you can't.
GRAMMER: I do not.
LENO: You have five Emmys, right.
GRAMMER: No, I don't.
LENO: But, you have five Emmys.
GRAMMER: Yes, I do have five Emmys.
LENO: And how long have you been a Republican?
GRAMMER: Well, about, just after that last one I became one.
LENO: Oh, is that right? [Laughter] Oh, I see. Oh, I see. Is that right?
GRAMMER: No, it's nothing personal. It's obviously I've been overlooked because the work is not up to standards.
LENO: Oh, that is not true. Do you know what I think it is? You're on Starz, and that kind of a, not an obscure network, but you have to search to find it.
GRAMMER: That's not good news, is it?
LENO: No, no. But it is. It's a hard one to find.
Leno was missing an obvious point: it wasn't hard for the folks at the Golden Globes to find Starz.
