Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner just rolled up to the 2019 Emmys to present the award for Outstanding Reality TV, and the entire audience, um...laughed at them? The moment in question went down when Kim said, "Our family knows firsthand how truly compelling television comes from real people just being themselves."
Kendall then mused, "Telling their stories unfiltered and unscripted," while the audience erupted in laughter and they both looked legit pissed.
Did the audience laugh when Kim Kardashian said “our family knows first hand how truly compelling TV comes from real people just being themselves”? Let’s examine the receipts ... #Emmys pic.twitter.com/tVoFJFqkpa
— Chris Witherspoon (@WitherspoonC) September 23, 2019
And nope, the moment didn't escape people on Twitter.
Wait did the audience just laugh at the Kardashians?! #Emmys pic.twitter.com/AF8GPBbZ9M
— Elizabeth Holme’s Real Voice (@TheTerriDiaries) September 23, 2019
Did the #Emmys audience just laugh at Kim Kardashian? I don't think she was telling a joke. pic.twitter.com/JvUdZLPSAh
— David Onda (@David_Onda) September 23, 2019
The audience laugh when Kim Kardashian said her family knows about real people. #Emmys pic.twitter.com/as55V2akqC
— #wandpocket ??? (@311tessa) September 23, 2019
Did everyone just laugh after The Kardashians after said something how they “are just being themselves?” Haha
— ???????????????? (@MessyMindofMe) September 23, 2019
So awkward. #Emmys2019 pic.twitter.com/2bcWjZVVBl
Did the audience just laugh at the Kardashians?!?! #Emmys
— Becca Delp (@BeccaDelphia) September 23, 2019
Here's the thing: while Keeping Up with the Kardashians is an absolute legend in the reality television genre, it's not exactly "unfiltered and unscripted." The Kardashians have been accused time and time again of faking entire plot lines for ratings—most recently the Jordyn Woods/Tristan Thompson/Khloe Kardashian cheating scandal, which plenty of people think was a giant PR stunt courtesy of Kris Jenner. (Note: both the Kardashians and Jordyn deny this—and considering Jordyn and her former best friend Kylie Jenner no longer hang out, it seems pretty real).
As far as "unscripted" goes, the Kardashians don't script their lines (maybe...hopefully...as far as we know)—but either way, kinda mean of people to laugh at Kim and Kendall on live TV?!