--- title: Emmys: Jackie Hoffman Reacts to Losing to Laura Dern Meme description: The 2017 Emmys were full of hilarious moments, but the sneaky best bit of the night may have been Jackie Hoffman's reaction to losing. canonical: https://time.com/4946101/emmys-2017-jackie-hoffman-losing-reaction/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-18T14:55:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:21.076Z og:title: The Internet Is Loving This Hilariously Over-the-Top Reaction to Losing at the Emmys og:description: "What a national treasure" og:url: https://time.com/4946101/emmys-2017-jackie-hoffman-losing-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016c166ee4247b77/6988de334ee262795530f08b/screen-shot-2017-09-18-at-9-55-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Emmys-2017-Jackie-Hoffman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Loving This Hilariously Over-the-Top Reaction to Losing at the Emmys twitter:description: "What a national treasure" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016c166ee4247b77/6988de334ee262795530f08b/screen-shot-2017-09-18-at-9-55-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Loving This Hilariously Over-the-Top Reaction to Losing at the Emmys  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 18, 2017 2:55 PM UTC  Jackie Hoffman attends the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Jackie Hoffman attends the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Kevin Mazur/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 18, 2017 2:55 PM UTC The [2017 Emmys](http://time.com/4934528/emmys-winners-list-2017/?xid=homepage) were full of hilarious moments — from Dave Chappelle’s shoutout to [D.C. public schools](http://time.com/4945627/emmys-2017-dc-public-schools-dave-chappelle-john-oliver/) to [John Oliver’s](http://time.com/4935874/john-oliver-on-joe-arpaio/) praise for [Oprah](http://time.com/money/4923704/oprah-winfrey-women-raises/) — but the sneaky best bit of the night may have been Jackie Hoffman’s reaction to losing. Hoffman was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV-Movie for her role as Mamacita in _Feud: Bette and Joan_. However, the Emmy in the category was awarded to Laura Dern for her work in [_Big Little Lies_](http://time.com/4938836/big-little-lies-cast-at-emmys/)— an announcement that prompted Hoffman to scream “Damnit!” multiple times while the camera was still on her. As evidenced by Hoffman’s tweets as the night wore on, her disappointed reaction was clearly meant to be a joke. “I hear the media actually taking my reaction seriously? Are you kidding me?” she wrote, later adding, “Stephen Colbert knelt by my chair like a knight and told me how happy he is for me and my work and Loved my reaction. Good night.” > [](https://twitter.com/FeldmanAdam/status/909577160389808128) > [](https://twitter.com/JackieHoffman16/status/909600697988947968) > [](https://twitter.com/JackieHoffman16/status/909605140558004225) The Internet, of course, loved Hoffman’s flair for the dramatic. “Jackie Hoffman’s “DAMN IT! DAMN IT!” is the secret iconic moment of the night,” one Twitter user wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/hunterplummer/status/909575476032675840) See some of the best reactions to the moment below. > [](https://twitter.com/joshgetsit/status/909583928616538112) > [](https://twitter.com/Andy/status/909575549919604737) > [](https://twitter.com/callum%5Fbrown1/status/909575526528012289) > [](https://twitter.com/MrDavidGordon/status/909575385188372481) > [](https://twitter.com/AlexisSaintpaul/status/909681979251183616) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4946101/emmys-2017-jackie-hoffman-losing-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4946101/emmys-2017-jackie-hoffman-losing-reaction/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Loving This Hilariously Over-the-Top Reaction to Losing at the Emmys","datePublished":"2017-09-18T14:55:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:21.076Z","description":"\"What a national treasure\"","url":"https://time.com/4946101/emmys-2017-jackie-hoffman-losing-reaction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016c166ee4247b77/6988de334ee262795530f08b/screen-shot-2017-09-18-at-9-55-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt016c166ee4247b77/6988de334ee262795530f08b/screen-shot-2017-09-18-at-9-55-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emmys-2017-Jackie-Hoffman","caption":"Jackie Hoffman attends the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Kevin Mazur/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"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-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4946101/emmys-2017-jackie-hoffman-losing-reaction/","name":"The Internet Is Loving This Hilariously Over-the-Top Reaction to Losing at the Emmys"}}]}] ```