Hollywood Loses Thousands of Dollars For Charity at 2025 Emmy Awards

Hollywood’s elite are usually known for their charitable contributions … but, Sunday night they took a whole lot more than they gave — ’cause they bankrupted a $100K pot meant for charity!

Here’s the deal … in the lead-up to the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards host Nate Bargatze told multiple outlets he had a way to keep the show on track in terms of time.

His plan was simple … he was putting up $100K for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America — and, each time an Emmy winner went up to give a speech, they had a chance to add to the total.

John Oliver took the bit as a challenge … speeding through the speech in order to screw over Bargatze — who kept saying he planned to pay every dime out of pocket.

The final total ended up in the negative numbers — they stopped counting once it hit -$60K — but it’s alright ’cause Bartgatze announced at the end of the show CBS is donating $100K, and he’s personally donating $250K to Boys & Girls Club for a total donation of $350,000.

BTW … the counter got A LOT of hate online — with many writing on social media it’s totally unfair to try and cut speeches for people who worked so hard to win their awards.