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“I’m anticipating that we are going to have a good old fashioned time,” she said. “I have talked with Jimmy since, and I think no matter what, it’s important to just showcase that ‘Abbott Elementary’ is premiering next week. It’s gonna be a good time and you’ll probably just have to tune in and watch.”

“I thought it played funny in the room,” said Lisa Ann Walter, who also stars in the series.

But Ralph, who took home her own Emmy that night for her supporting comedy actress, disagreed.

“I was absolutely confused. I didn’t know what was going on,” she said. “I was like, ‘I wish that man would just get up off of the ground.’ And then I realized it was Jimmy Kimmel, and I was like, ‘Ooh, the disrespect, Jimmy!’ But that’s just me.” She laughed, before sarcastically adding: “Sorry! I’m so sorry, it was lovely that he was lying on the floor during her wonderful acceptance speech!”

“I told him, too! To his face! And he understood,” Ralph continued.

The panel also allowed the “Abbott Elementary” cast to discuss what’s to come in their second season, which premieres Sept. 21. For example, Season 2 will spend sometime off of school grounds and in the characters’ homes.

“It was important to make sure it didn’t overwhelm this workplace comedy,” Brunson said, “but in order to flesh out the backstories of these characters a little bit more and give viewers some thing that they didn’t have the first season, we thought it’d be great to go into their backstories. The home is a great place to learn more about a character.”