Easily one of the highlights of an otherwise boring Emmys night was Bryan Cranston and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ long kiss. The Veep actress complimented the Breaking Bad star’s kissing skills during a chat with the media after her win on Monday night.
The kiss was set up earlier in the night when Cranston and Louis-Dreyfus were called on stage to present an award. Cranston reminded her that he played dentist Tim Whatley, who famously became Jewish just so he could deliver Jewish jokes. Louis-Dreyfus pretended not to remember that at all.
Then, as Louis-Dreyfus went to pick up her much-deserved Emmy for Veep, Cranston pulled her to the side and landed a lengthy kiss that Clark Gable would have been proud of. “You were on Seinfeld!” Louis-Dreyfus said during her acceptance speech.
As ABC News notes, after that moment, Cranston told the media that it’s “not a question of why, but more a question of why not?”
Louis-Dreyfus said that they had asked their spouses before kissing and she complimented his work. “It was pretty good,” she said. “He went for it!”
Louis-Dreyfus’ win also caught the attention of real Vice President Joe Biden, who congratulated her on Twitter.
Congrats @OfficialJLD. A fellow Veep with a great sense of humor, and a good friend. #Emmys pic.twitter.com/wikJKdREBF
— Vice President Biden (@VP) August 26, 2014
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