Unseen moments from the Emmys 2025: Leighton’s style secrets, Bowen’s Tide Pen and heartwarming reunions
Mini Drama Behind the Red Carpet
More fun moments happened behind the scenes than what the cameras show in the glamour of the 77th Emmys.
Leighton Meester completed her fitter look by getting a bracelet stitched and Adam Brody chatted about his movie Nobody Wants This.
Justin Hartley scanned to see if his This Is Us co-star, Sterling K. Brown, had arrived, despite Sterling’s Achilles heel bump as he entered the show on a scooter.
Small Savages of the Night
Bowen Yang pulled out a Tide Pen in the front row and fixed a stain on his white shirt while Cate Blanchett and Jake Gyllenhaal were deep in conversation.
Keep it up with Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez—Martin escorted Selena and her fiancé, Benny Blanc, out to a side door during a commercial break.
Selena noticed who Marty was texting and laughed, “Marty’s texting Meryl.”
Mini reunions for fans
The Gilmore Girls’ Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel stage a heartwarming reunion for fans.
Kristen Bell and Jason Segel reminisced about their old chemistry in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Tina Fey and Sterling K. Brown rekindled their Whiskey Tango Foxtrot connection.
Justine Lupe sang along at the top of her lungs when The O.C.’s theme song played, bringing a little punk vibe to the scene.
Heartwarming audience moments
Noah Wyle and Bryan Cranston posed together and Liza Colón-Zayas stopped for a selfie with a fan and showed some small love.
Bryan Tyree Henry showed more excitement when Cristin Milioti won an Emmy.
Selena Gomez’s on-screen nod during Cris Abrego’s emotional appeal was a reminder of a career that began on PBS.
Emotional In Memoriam
The theater erupted in applause as Loni Anderson, Michelle Trachtenberg, George Wendt, John Amos and Maggie Smith were named in In Memoriam.
The loudest applause came when Ozzy Osbourne, David Lynch and Quincy Jones were honored.
Big stories from small ramps
From cameos, side-door escorts and Tide Pen—the real fun of the Emmys is the little human moments that don’t appear on screen but linger in the heart.
These moments show that behind the glamour, there’s a lot of humanity and friendship.
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