The 2020 Emmy Awards Were Given Out By Presenters Wearing Apocalyptic Tuxedo Hazmat Suits

The 2020 Emmys made the COVID-19 pandemic look just a little more classy thanks to… hazmat tuxedos.

Trophy presenters at the awards show on Sunday (September 20) donned fancy hazmat suits for health and safety measures. The outfit was created by costume designer Katja Cahill and executive producer Guy Carrington. The pair worked with a hazmat manufacturer for the highest quality to “ensure the health and safety of all of our winners and the presenter by following all of the health and safety protocols — with a twist.”

See a photo of the tuxedo, below.

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This year's #Emmys presenters will wear tuxedo hazmat suits to safely deliver trophies to some of the winners at their houses. Get your first look at the hazmat tuxedo at the link in bio (: ABC)

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The Emmys press release added that they would be “keeping [the ceremony] safe and classy” while they visited select winners’ homes during the telecast. However, the majority of the show was virtual, with nominees tuned in via Zoom.

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See viewer reactions to the apocalyptic fashion statement, below.

Does anything sum up 2020 more than "Hazmat Tuxedo"

— the big Other (@_wild_world) September 20, 2020

I saw Hazmat Tuxedo live when I was in college.

I prefer their early stuff. https://t.co/8NFGtfrWUZ

— Rich at home (@Joe_Hallenbeck) September 19, 2020

losing it at the concept of this. imagine hearing a knock on your door, and you open it to find a tuxedo-hazmat-suited person brandishing an award at you whilst cameras flash. will the camera team be in hazmat suits too? how fucking terrifying.https://t.co/zTeeTX6uJa pic.twitter.com/zUrF6XRJI1

— Freya C (@Spdrcstl) September 19, 2020

a hazmat tuxedo? how the hell has not a single dystopian novel EVER brought this concept to light before?? what a world we live in, you truly cannot write this shit pic.twitter.com/odnJFh775S

— teeges • (@NEON_JOSHUA) September 19, 2020

Imagine reading this headline a year ago https://t.co/Pi6r6LVR5E

— Josh Helfferich (@JoshHelfferich) September 20, 2020

This year’s show was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel in a near-empty auditorium. During the opening monologue, production used audience footage from years past before revealing celebrity cardboard cutouts in the audience.

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