The 2025 Emmys were a mixed bag of landmark wins, very short speeches (thanks to host Nate Bargatze’s brutal threat to take money away from the Boys Girls Clubs of America), fun presenter cameos, and the inevitable jokes that simply fell flat. But really, does it even matter how well or how poorly a Hollywood awards show goes in this day and age, when we’re all mostly watching for social media fodder?
Obviously, there’s still some allure to the old-school pageantry and pomp of television’s biggest night, but truly, as long as I’m getting my IV drip of X responses to the goings-on at Los Angeles’s Peacock Theater, I’m all set. Give me well-crafted memery, or give me death! Below, find a roundup of the very best memes from the 2025 Emmys:
Britt Lower’s win for Severance was well-deserved, and her hand-scrawled speech was the ultimate Emmys-night Easter egg:
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The Summer I Turned Pretty wasn’t nominated, but it sparked capital-C Content nonetheless:
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Hacks star Hannah Einbinder won even more hearts and minds by, once again, being a politically principled bisexual and erstwhile Eagles fan:
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The Pitt’s Noah Wyle was a wildly handsome and sartorially thoughtful king, surprising exactly nobody:
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Other notable fashion moments were also commented upon:
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The traditional Emmys Glambot cam fought nobly to be cute, but didn’t exactly slay in all circumstances:
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Adolescence star Owen Cooper was adorably humble, if not a little too much so:
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Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham smashed it in their mini-Gilmore Girls reunion:
