--- title: Emmys 2014: Sofia Vergara Blasts Critics Who Called Her Skit 'Sexist' description: She says they have "no sense of humor" canonical: https://time.com/3181716/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara-pedestal-sexist/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-26T14:26:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:52.860Z og:title: Sofia Vergara Blasts Critics Who Called Her Emmys Skit 'Sexist' og:description: She says they have "no sense of humor" og:url: https://time.com/3181716/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara-pedestal-sexist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sofia Vergara Blasts Critics Who Called Her Emmys Skit 'Sexist' twitter:description: She says they have "no sense of humor" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sofia Vergara Blasts Critics Who Called Her Emmys Skit 'Sexist' > Sponsored content. 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Worth Your Time is TIME's culture newsletter, published Tuesdays and Saturdays to 40,000 subscribers as of August 2026. #### Who writes TIME's culture recommendations? Culture editor Eliza Berman writes Worth Your Time, drawing on TIME's critics and culture desk. #### Is Worth Your Time free? Yes. It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 26, 2014 2:26 PM UTC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 26, 2014 2:26 PM UTC At the Emmys on Monday night, Sofia Vergara participated in what many critics called a sexist gag. The _Modern Family_ actress posed on a slowly rotating pedestal — like the ones used to show off cars — that displayed her curves in full for the audience as president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Bruce Rosenblum gave a dull speech. He ended the bit by saying, “What truly matters is that we never forget that our success is based on always giving the viewer something compelling to watch.” [Critics](http://jezebel.com/sofia-vergara-got-to-participate-in-the-sexist-portion-1626763632) [condemned](http://time.com/3179558/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara/) the sketch as sexist. “It does a disservice to Vergara’s skills as an actress and comedian to pretend — even in a self-conscious way — like she’s just a body,” Sarah Begley [wrote in TIME](http://time.com/3179558/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara/). “Sure, it was self-aware – but a self-aware wink doesn’t work like a get-out-of-jail-free card.” But Vergara defended the skit to [Entertainment Weekly](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/26/sofia-vergara-sexist-emmy-pedestal/) after the show. “I think its absolutely the opposite \[of demeaning\]. It means that somebody can be hot and also be funny and make fun of herself. I think it’s ridiculous that somebody started this—I know who she was—who has no sense of humor \[and should\] lighten up a little bit.” Vergara didn’t say who she thought “started” the criticism. But it seems like critiques from fans, celebrities and writers hit Twitter immediately as the skit began: > [](https://twitter.com/katiecouric/status/504087650907996161) > [](https://twitter.com/nprmonkeysee/status/504087460914409472) > [](https://twitter.com/emilynussbaum/status/504088300760465409) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3181716/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara-pedestal-sexist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3181716/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara-pedestal-sexist/"},"headline":"Sofia Vergara Blasts Critics Who Called Her Emmys Skit 'Sexist'","datePublished":"2014-08-26T14:26:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:52.860Z","description":"She says they have \"no sense of humor\"","url":"https://time.com/3181716/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara-pedestal-sexist/","keywords":["Living","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3181716/2014-emmys-sofia-vergara-pedestal-sexist/","name":"Sofia Vergara Blasts Critics Who Called Her Emmys Skit 'Sexist'"}}]}] ```