At the Emmys on Monday night, Sofia Vergara participated in what many critics called a sexist gag. The Modern Family actress posed on a slowly rotating pedestal — like the ones used to show off cars — that displayed her curves in full for the
There was a bit of a Twitter uproar during Monday night's Emmy broadcast when Sofia Vergara was asked to simply stand onstage quietly, and spin. Meant as a silly bit to make light of how people may tune out during the president of the Academy of
At the Emmy Awards, Modern Family star Sofia Vergara introduced Bruce Rosenblum, chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Flatly, she said it had always been her dream to come to America to do such a thing on stage — but like so many
“I think it's absolutely the opposite (of sexist)," Vergara told EW. "It means that somebody can be hot and also be funny and make fun of herself." She went on to blame an unidentified woman for supposedly starting the backlash, but did not name names.
Irony, like sarcasm, doesn't always translate to a mass audience. So way to go, TV industry! Great work! Can't think of a better way to show how progressive television is than to showcase Sofia Vergara like a new Buick at the auto show! “Our academy is