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<p>If you were watching the Emmys last night, you might have noticed a slightly... bizarre-looking guy in the audience at one point.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/mollymulshine/status/1041850284245483520</oembed><p>He kind of looks like Michael Jackson meets Crispin Glover, right?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Omg who was that scary faced person the camera just flashed past in the audience at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/emmys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#emmys</a>?</p>&mdash; Miss.Brightside (@Angel_ahhhh) <a href="https://twitter.com/Angel_ahhhh/status/1041849908880449537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>People were baffled by his appearance.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/bymallinson/status/1041906231181332481</oembed><p>Some speculated that it could be Sacha Baron Cohen in yet another character.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No idea, but probably Sasha Baron Cohen, somehow.</p>&mdash; taylor allen (@TaylorAllenUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorAllenUSA/status/1041858616997756929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>That still didn&#39;t seem right, somehow.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/3o6Zt0PZaYpI3rqkI8" width="480" height="317" frameborder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><p>But fans of &quot;Atlanta&quot; knew right away: this was Donald Glover&#39;s character Teddy Perkins.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Donald Glover in white face. His Teddy Perkins character from Atlanta.</p>&mdash; Imani (@youdoingtoomuch) <a href="https://twitter.com/youdoingtoomuch/status/1041907846902886400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait, Teddy Perkins is in attendance at the Emmys so &#39;Atlanta&#39; wins the whole ceremony <a href="https://t.co/pRV3Rj7xpF">pic.twitter.com/pRV3Rj7xpF</a></p>&mdash; Cameron Williams (@MrCamW) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrCamW/status/1041850959154925569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><a href="https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/emmys-donald-glover-teddy-perkins-atlanta-1202946198/">Variety confirmed</a> as much:</p><blockquote> <p>Glover appeared in the audience as Teddy Perkins, a character he portrayed in the second season of his hit show &ldquo;Atlanta.&rdquo; Perkins, who Glover plays in makeup and a wig, appeared in just a single episode of the show as a strange man with a mask-like face who encounters Lakeith Stanfield&rsquo;s character Darius.</p> </blockquote><p>And fans were bummed out that Bill Hader won over Glover, meaning he didn&#39;t get to make a speech in character.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I would like to take this moment to scream &quot;WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A TEDDY PERKINS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH&quot; at the TV Academy <a href="https://t.co/1zV1NLZADp">pic.twitter.com/1zV1NLZADp</a></p>&mdash; 🌈🦠 rainbow blight | #WearAMask 🌈🦠 (@AshleyEsqueda) <a href="https://twitter.com/AshleyEsqueda/status/1041850482354876416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>But as <a href="https://www.thisisinsider.com/emmys-donald-glover-teddy-perkins-atlanta-2018-9" target="_blank">Kirsten Acuna of Insider points out</a>, both Glover and the Perkins character were spotted together at the after party. WTF.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yeah, idt Donald Glover was the one in the Teddy Perkins mask <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Emmys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Emmys</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hm94vWjPnc">https://t.co/Hm94vWjPnc</a> <a href="https://t.co/uCAfEPnYL1">pic.twitter.com/uCAfEPnYL1</a></p>&mdash; Kirsten (@KirstenAcuna) <a href="https://twitter.com/KirstenAcuna/status/1041924753240543232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So to recap: Teddy Perkins, a character from &quot;Atlanta&quot; who&#39;s normally played by Donald Glover, appeared in the audience at the Emmys. But it&#39;s unclear whether Glover himself dressed up as Perkins or someone else did. At the after party, though, someone else was dressed as Teddy. </p><p>Maybe we should start watching &quot;Atlanta.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The only thing more intense than Teddy Perkins being in the front row of the Emmys is trying to explain to someone who doesn&#39;t watch Atlanta who Teddy Perkins is.</p>&mdash; Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) <a href="https://twitter.com/rejectedjokes/status/1041851061126844416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

The mystery of that creepy-looking audience member at the Emmys has been solved.

If you were watching the Emmys last night, you might have noticed a slightly... bizarre-looking guy in the audience at one point.https://twitter.com/mollymulshine/status/1041850284245483520He kind of looks like Michael Jackson meets Crispin Glover, right?Omg who was that scary faced person the camera just flashed past in the audience at the #emmys?&mdash; Miss.Brightside (@Angel_ahhhh) September 18, 2018 People were baffled by his appearance.https://twitter.com/bymallinson/status/1041906231181332481Some speculated that it could be Sacha Baron Cohen in yet another character.No idea, but probably Sasha Baron Cohen, somehow.&mdash; taylor allen (@TaylorAllenUSA) September 18, 2018 That still didn&#39;t seem right, somehow.But fans of &quot;Atlanta&quot; knew right away: this was Donald Glover&#39;s character Teddy Perkins.Donald Glover in white face. His Teddy Perkins character from Atlanta.&mdash; Imani (@youdoingtoomuch) September 18, 2018 Wait, Teddy Perkins is in attendance at the Emmys so &#39;Atlanta&#39; wins the whole ceremony pic.twitter.com/pRV3Rj7xpF&mdash; Cameron Williams (@MrCamW) September 18, 2018 Variety confirmed as much: Glover appeared in the audience as Teddy Perkins, a character he portrayed in the second season of his hit show &ldquo;Atlanta.&rdquo; Perkins, who Glover plays in makeup and a wig, appeared in just a single episode of the show as a strange man with a mask-like face who encounters Lakeith Stanfield&rsquo;s character Darius. And fans were bummed out that Bill Hader won over Glover, meaning he didn&#39;t get to make a speech in character.I would like to take this moment to scream &quot;WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A TEDDY PERKINS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH&quot; at the TV Academy pic.twitter.com/1zV1NLZADp&mdash; 🌈🦠 rainbow blight | #WearAMask 🌈🦠 (@AshleyEsqueda) September 18, 2018 But as Kirsten Acuna of Insider points out, both Glover and the Perkins character were spotted together at the after party. WTF.Yeah, idt Donald Glover was the one in the Teddy Perkins mask #Emmys https://t.co/Hm94vWjPnc pic.twitter.com/uCAfEPnYL1&mdash; Kirsten (@KirstenAcuna) September 18, 2018 So to recap: Teddy Perkins, a character from &quot;Atlanta&quot; who&#39;s normally played by Donald Glover, appeared in the audience at the Emmys. But it&#39;s unclear whether Glover himself dressed up as Perkins or someone else did. At the after party, though, someone else was dressed as Teddy. Maybe we should start watching &quot;Atlanta.&quot;The only thing more intense than Teddy Perkins being in the front row of the Emmys is trying to explain to someone who doesn&#39;t watch Atlanta who Teddy Perkins is.&mdash; Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) September 18, 2018 

If you were watching the Emmys last night, you might have noticed a slightly... bizarre-looking guy in the audience at one point.    He kind of looks like Michael Jackson meets Crispin Glover, right?    People were baffled by his...