George Lopez and daughter Mayan Lopez dish on attending the 2024 Emmy Awards together and talk about what it's like to work together on their show 'Lopez vs. Lopez.' Plus, they tell THR on the red carpet who they are rooting for tonight.
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00:00We're here tonight, Emmys, it's a big day, here together, how is it attending together
00:05and what are you guys most looking forward to tonight?
00:08I'm so excited, you know, this is my first Emmys, he hasn't been here since 2005 when
00:13he hosted.
00:14I was a child.
00:15Exactly!
00:16You know, I want to see people my age win.
00:19We were in different classes around the same time.
00:21No, but I'm so excited, you know, this is my first Emmys, I've always wanted to be here
00:27and it's just a dream come true and to, you know, we work together and to be, you know,
00:32in this company is really amazing.
00:33All you gotta do is be on television.
00:35Yeah!
00:36It's an amazing job.
00:37It's a little hurdle to overcome but, you know, it's not impossible.
00:40And you're reminded of that tonight, of the magic and why you're, you know, here and with
00:43all the people that, you know, are in your company.
00:46Yes, and you all have created such an amazing show yourselves, the fans have loved it.
00:52What has been some of your favorite reactions and favorite moments of working together so
00:56far?
00:57Oh, man.
00:58Sometimes, I confuse real life for TV and that's when I've crossed a line.
01:02Yeah, sometimes I'll be like, Mayan, you read that line angry and I'm like, oh, that was
01:06me, not Mayan, the other Mayan.
01:09So, you know, that's like we always kind of like discover each other.
01:12We do a lot of physical comedy together and, you know, I feel like we're making up for
01:17lost time and we have...
01:18I never thought that kid I left in her room to draw would be so much fun as an adult.
01:24I was writing jokes, making my reviews.
01:26See?
01:27I mean, it worked out.
01:28Yes.
01:29It's the one part of the window I try to duck.
01:30That!
01:31With my golf clubs.
01:32Now, do you all ever have to do that on set?
01:35You said, you know, the Mayan, you have to remember which Mayan it is.
01:38Do you all have to ever be like, hey, I just need you to be dead right now or we're being
01:42professional?
01:43How does that work?
01:44Yeah.
01:45Well, I call her Shmayan.
01:46I call her sitcom Mayan because it just gets very meta.
01:49No, you know, there's sometimes where also it's like co-star and dad where I think we're
01:56once that door opens, like, you know, we have the moments where, you know, we'll hug and
02:00we'll have those, you know, touchy moments, but then it's also we have a respect for one
02:05another that's like we have a job to do and we're able to do it.
02:08And when I feel like I'm a little dead inside, I'm like, all right, perfect.
02:10I'm in character.
02:11Man!
02:12I don't have to act today.
02:13I love this.
02:14It's so early.
02:15I was locked in.
02:17Now, is there any show in particular tonight that you all are secretly like rooting for
02:22that you have been fans of?
02:24There's so many amazing shows, so many first time nominees, so much history being made
02:27tonight.
02:28What about tonight excites you the most with the shows that are in these categories?
02:32I mean, I'm presenting best actor in a comedy.
02:36And then you have, you know, Mr. White, then you have Steve Martin and Martin Short in
02:40the same category.
02:42So for me, it's a bit of a yin and yang, a beautiful thing.
02:46The new guys.
02:47And then, you know, you like to see such a great show.
02:49One of those guys.
02:50Yeah, I'm rooting for Gene Smart in Hacks.
02:53I absolutely love, love, love that show.
02:58Abbott Elementary.
03:00So I'm like really, really excited.