Nate Bargatze is defending the charity bit he implemented at the 2025 Emmys to keep speeches at a minimum despite receiving flak from critics.

The comedian got backlash over a bit at the award ceremony where he promised to donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of America. However, the money pot would diminish for every speech that went over the 45-second allotted time for the Emmy recipients. An on-screen ticker appeared during the speeches, showing how the total sum decreased as the award winners exceeded their time.

“A lot of reviews did not like that, but it came from a real place of heart,” Bargatze said on the latest episode of the Nateland podcast. “Everybody at home loved it. It was fun and entertaining to see money go down and all that. I wasn’t trying to put anyone on

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