In a confusing moment at the 2018Emmy Awards, eagle-eyed fans thought they spottedDonald Gloverin the crowd as his bizarreAtlantaside character. (He also plays the show’s lead character Earn.)
Glover, who created and writes the Emmy-nominated show, was absent from the carpet, leading fans to think he might’ve skipped the ceremony even though he was nominated four times. But in a quick flash, hisAtlantasupporting character Teddy Perkins was caught in the crowd, throwing fans into a tizzy trying to decipher if it was really Glover in the seat.
The actor, 34, played the mysterious character in an episode of the show’s second season, which sees Lakeith Stanfield show up to a creepy mansion where Perkins resides. Viewers likened him to Michael Jackson, as Perkins said he used to be a child star and appeared to have bleached his dark skin, though he blames his lighter complexion on a health issue.
Glover at first didn’t admit to playing Perkins on the show, though later talked about the experience of spending all day in the makeup.
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But the whole situation at the Emmys was even murkier when, minutes later, Glover himself was spotted sitting in the audience. (And multiple PEOPLE reporters spotted Glover and the Perkins impersonator in different seats around the same time.)
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“I just think he’s so down to play and I kind of get these stories fixed into my head and he goes along with that,” Urbanati said. He gets that it’s a creative, fun process and it’s not meant to be serious and we just play.”
Glover was nominated for lead actor in a comedy series and writing for a comedy series forAtlanta, guest actor in a comedy series forSaturday Night Liveand directing for a comedy series for FUBU.
source: people.com
