There weren’t only cheers in the building for Matthew Rhys on Emmys 2026 night.
Martin Short pretended to be outraged by the Widow’s Bay star’s win in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category, with cameras catching the 76-year-old hilariously ripping up what would’ve been his acceptance speech when Rhys took to the stage at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater on Sept. 14. (Click here for a complete list of winners.)
And Steve Martin later shared a look at what remained of his Only Murders in the Building costar’s destroyed note.
As seen in a photo of a torn piece of paper posted to Instagram during the Mariska Hargitay-hosted award show, the speech included a shoutout to Martin and a person who Short said was “kind enough to hire me.”
Other parts of Short’s list of recognitions also included a nod to a “brilliant” friend and “so many” other people.
Short was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series alongside Rhys, as well as Rooster‘s Steve Carell, Shrinking‘s Jason Segel and Wonder Man‘s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
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