Your friend Nate Bargatze walks the walk.

The 2025 Emmys host brought his amiably baffled, regular-guy persona to TV's biggest night, but he also meant business when he said there would be a price if winners' acceptance speeches went over their allotted 45 seconds.

The concept: For every second a star went long, he would subtract $1,000 from the baseline $100,000 donation he plans to make to the Boys & Girls Club. But for everyone who reigned it in, he'd add $1,000 per second under.

And he got to put his plan into motion right away, with Seth Rogen 's win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (presented by outgoing Late Show host Stephen Colbert , who received a standing ovation) preceding the monologue.

"I feel bad, he didn't even know about this at all," Bargatze

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