Emmys host Nate Bargatze, whos worth £56M, says hell donate $100,000 to charity at tonights ceremony

Emmys host Nate Bargatze is said to be worth more than £56 million – so the $100,000 (£73,000) donation he’s promised to make to a US volunteering charity for children at tonight’s ceremony is unlikely to be too painful. 

However, his generous gift comes with a twist…he’ll only give the money to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America after the Emmys if the ceremony’s winners have kept their acceptance speeches short. 

Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, the funnyman said the amount would diminish every time a star went over the 45 seconds allocated for thank you speeches.

Bargatze will take the helm at the ceremony held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. 

The show takes three hours and stars famously enjoy their moment to wax lyrical when they get an award in their hands. 

Of his plans to donate money after tonight’s ceremony he said: ‘Everybody gets 45 seconds to do all the thank-yous.

‘So what I came up with is I’m going to donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club… that’s what the show’s starting at. 

‘When everybody uses their 45 seconds, if someone goes over, we take away $1,000 a second every time they go over.’

Keep it short: Emmys host Nate Bargatze, 46, has a novel idea to keep thank yous succinct tonight; he will play on the heartstrings of those who win to ensure their speeches are kept short and sweet.

The funnyman is estimated to be worth £56million – after wowing crowds with his clean brand of comedy (pictured in 2022)

The star, 46, admitted cutting people off won’t be easy, saying: ‘I know people work hard for the Emmys and stuff so I feel bad.’ 

His jokes have amassed him an incredible £56million personal fortune and he’s seen to be a safe pair of hands for the show thanks to his tendency to steer clear of profanity, controversial and dark comedy.   

The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will air tonight, with Severance leading the nominees with 27 nods, followed by The Studio with 23 potential honors.

There’s plenty of UK interest at this year’s ceremony. 

Adolescence actor Owen Cooper will find out if his role as a troubled teen in the year’s standout TV hit will land him a record at the ceremony – as the youngest ever male Emmy winner.

The 15-year-old’s nomination for best supporting actor for Adolescence is just one of 13 that the show, about a teenager accused of murder, has received.

Cooper – the Warrington schoolboy who was 14 when the show was filmed – was the toast of pre-Emmy parties in Hollywood on Friday night, accompanied by his mother Noreen, a carer, and father Andy, who works in IT.

Cooper said: ‘I will never forget this for the rest of my life. If I break the record that would be cool. It’s all next level. This time last year I didn’t know what I’d be doing.

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Owen Cooper attends Netflix’s Emmy’s Toast on September 12. He has been nominated for best supporting actor – and will be the youngest ever male winner if he scoops the prize

Netflix’s Adolesence went global last year; the dark drama focuses on a teenager accused of murder – and how his life online influenced him 

‘Never could I have believed that this show would change my life in the way that it has.’

Stephen Graham – who is up for the best actor award for his performance as Cooper’s father – and Ashley Walters, who plays detective Luke Bascombe, were the ‘toast of the party’ at Netflix‘s pre-Emmy bash while Irish actress Sharon Horgan – nominated as best actress for Bad Sisters – posed with Monica Lewinsky at a party for talent agency WME.

Other Brits up for awards tonight include Gary Oldman (for Slow Horses), Aimee Lou Wood and Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus), Colin Farrell (The Penguin) and Bella Ramsey (The Last Of Us).

It comes after Adolescence swept up two major prizes at the 2025 National TV Awards.