“Hacks” star admits she stormed out of Emmys after losing to costar: 'I was the biggest sore loser'
“Hacks” star admits she stormed out of Emmys after losing to costar: 'I was the biggest sore loser'
Joey NolfiTue, June 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM UTC
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Robby Hoffman, Hannah Einbinder, and Paul W. Downs on 'Hacks'Credit: HBOKey Points -
Hacks actress and comedian Robby Hoffman admitted she stormed out of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys after losing to costar Julianne Nicholson.
"I was the biggest sore loser," Hoffman said, and added that she tried to get out of presenting later in the show.
"I cared until you lost, and then I was like, this is a sham," Drag Race icon Trixie Mattel told Hoffman on a new podcast.
Hacks actress and comedian Robby Hoffman has admitted that she stormed out of the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys after losing her category to costar Julianne Nicholson — and was ultimately consoled by RuPaul's Drag Race superstar Trixie Mattel.
Hoffman appeared on the latest episode of Trixie and fellow Drag Race alum Katya's Bald and the Beautiful podcast (below), in which the 36-year-old revealed that she had an intense reaction to losing Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series to fellow Hacks guest star Nicholson.
"I felt like I had to manage your emotions because I wanted you to win, you wanted you to win," Trixie told Hoffman on the show. Hoffman replied, "As you know, it's all rigged. I'm kidding," before confirming, "I was the biggest sore loser. I lose immediately. We're the first award up. I immediately lost, and we woke up with all the gusto in the world."
Hoffman said that she and her sister were "already acting like we got the Emmy" before the ceremony began, even though "the category is literally Olivia Colman, Zoë Kravitz, it's insane" in terms of other nominees.
"We're beyond surprised to lose. I walk in, I'm already like, where am I going to put the Emmy?" Hoffman recalled. "We lose immediately, my sister goes, 'We don't need this s---' and pushes me out. She grabs me by the arm. We're leaving this s---. You can see us [on the broadcast] immediately leaving. We lose, and we leave, and we are stewing. And you embraced the stew."
Hoffman recalled that Trixie comforted her in the green room, where she was joking that she lost due to "homophobia" and "anti-semitism," before calling the whole thing "sick" to experience.
"Meanwhile. Julianne Nicholson, who beyond deserves it, won, and if not for me, her for Hacks. She was amazing," Hoffman said, noting that, for her, Trixie also "became mommy" in the moment.
"I cared until you lost and then I was like, this is a sham," Trixie added, before Hoffman recalled a contractual obligation ultimately kept her from leaving the ceremony altogether.
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"I had to present cinematography. I said, 'Nah, I don't want to do that anymore.' They said, 'No, it's part of the program!'" recalled Hoffman. "I was like, well, my circumstances changed. My circumstances have changed! I'm not in the mood, and they want me to read whatever's on this teleprompter."
Hoffman went through with the gig, though, despite not wanting to say "whatever the f--- they have me on [the prompter] saying," and said that downing champagne eventually calmed her down enough to go out and present the category.
Robby Hoffman at the 2025 EmmysCredit: JC Olivera/Getty
"They want you to hold an Emmy for somebody else that could've been yours? I'm giving somebody else an Emmy now? It's criminal!" she observed. "I get out there and I go, 'I lost, there's nothing to say, and it's criminal that they have me presenting contractual in such a state.' It brought the house down."
Trixie said she "was actually refreshed" by encountering Hoffman's energy at the ceremony: "You entered the room like your whole family was murdered. You sat on the couch, and it felt like you were in shock that you were actually upset about not winning. You'd said to me, 'I don't think I cared and now I lost and I'm upset.'"
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Hoffman was nominated alongside the aforementioned Nicholson, Colman (The Bear), and Kravitz (The Studio), as well as Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis (The Bear) and Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo (Poker Face).
Hoffman joined Hacks during season 4 and remained with the hit comedy through its fifth and final season, which concluded last month.
Listen to Hoffman discuss storming out of the Emmys in the Bald and the Beautiful episode above.
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