“I don’t need your trophies or your gold”: It’s Always Sunny Got So Ticked Off With Not Getting Enough Emmys They Dedicated a Whole Episode to Troll Them

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia never played by the rules, and that included award season. Back when Emmy snubs became a running joke, the gang didn’t stew in silence. Nope, they went full savage. The show cooked up an entire episode to troll the Emmys, turning shade into prime-time comedy.
While other shows begged for recognition, Sunny went scorched earth and made Emmy rejection part of its legacy. Emmy love? Overrated. Sunny preferred chaos, control… and well, clowning the whole system.
Rob McElhenney in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Credits: FX When Paddy’s pub went full petty: How Sunny roasted the Emmys in style
“I don’t need your trophies or your gold.” That line wasn’t just a punchline. It was It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia flipping the bird to the Emmys. After years of being snubbed by the award show elite, the gang channeled their rage...
While other shows begged for recognition, Sunny went scorched earth and made Emmy rejection part of its legacy. Emmy love? Overrated. Sunny preferred chaos, control… and well, clowning the whole system.
Rob McElhenney in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Credits: FX When Paddy’s pub went full petty: How Sunny roasted the Emmys in style
“I don’t need your trophies or your gold.” That line wasn’t just a punchline. It was It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia flipping the bird to the Emmys. After years of being snubbed by the award show elite, the gang channeled their rage...
- 4/9/2025
- by Heena Singh
- FandomWire
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