Share Tweet Pin Email By Jessica Wedemeyer 9:52pm PDT, Sep 14, 2025 _ Politics were mostly off the table at the 2025 Emmys, which went without directly mentioning President Donald Trump or any of the major news stories currently dominating headlines. Still, a few Hollywood stars managed to squeeze in bold political statements. We rounded up the ones you need to know about - from Stephen Colbert's impassioned acceptance speech to Javier Bardem's bold red carpet statement, Bryan Cranston's potshot at "woke degenerate" Tom Hanks and more...

MORE: Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more top news _ While accepting the Emmy for best talk series, Stephen Colbert reflected upon how loss and love are related - "because sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it." Said the funnyman to thunderous applause, "I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor." _ Javier Bardem donned a keffiyeh as a scarf while walking the red carpet, where he demanded sanctions on Israel "to stop the genocide" in Gaza. _ "Free Palestine," Hannah Einbinder ended her acceptance speech for best supporting actress in a comedy series for her work on Hacks. _ Hacks and Too Much star Megan Stalter walked the red carpet carrying a black purse to which she'd affixed a small sign reading "CEASE FIRE!" She also took to her Instagram Story to share a post from the artists4ceasefire Instagram account encouraging followers to "speak up now" because "Gaza is being starved." _ While presenting the award for best talk series, Bryan Cranston joked that it's incumbent upon successful talk show hosts to interview a wide range of guests including "the destructive and woke degenerates like Tom Hanks." _ Television Academy Chairman Cris Abrego elicited boos from the audience when he acknowledged that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting - recipient of the 2025 Television Academy Governors Award - "will close its doors" later this year "because Congress has voted to defund it and silenced yet another cultural institution." He went on to recognize how "storytelling still has the power to unite us," especially "in a time when division dominates the headlines." Jim Ruymen/UPI Newscom/Mega Jim Ruymen/UPI Newscom/Mega Chris Chew/UPI Newscom/Mega Jim Ruymen/UPI Newscom/Mega Chris Chew/UPI Newscom/Mega Jim Ruymen/UPI Newscom/Mega Jim Ruymen/UPI Newscom/Mega Up Next The post Politics at the 2025 Emmys appeared first on Wonderwall.com.