Sofia Vergara defends her Emmy skit after it's called 'blatantly sexist'

Sofia Vergara defends her Emmy skit after it's called 'blatantly sexist'
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The internet was abuzz Monday night after Modern Family star Sofia Vergara participated in a bit some deemed sexist at the Emmy Awards.

Vergara introduced Bruce Rosenblum, chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He asked Vergara to stand on a slowly rotating pedestal, and he began to yack away about the industry. Vergara was clearly playing along as she struck poses and smiled awkwardly, and Rosenblum ended his spiel with, "What truly matters is that we never forget that our success is based on always giving the viewer something compelling to watch." Of course, Vergara is that something compelling, and she got the last line, saying as she stepped down from the pedestal, "OK enough, enough, that's why I stopped doing the car shows."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.