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Christina Applegate’s Tearful Standing Ovation Is a Perfect Emmys Opening<!-- wp:html --><p>Kevin Winter/Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-ish-star-anthony-andersons-disturbing-history-of-sexual-assault-allegations">Anthony Anderson</a> may be hosting the Emmy Awards, but all eyes were on <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/christina-applegate-twitter-account-hacked-after-bizarre-crypto-tweets">Christina Applegate</a> and a few other big names—like <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/kourtney-kardashian-and-travis-barker-share-first-photos-of-rocky-thirteen">Travis Barker</a> and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-need-mr-rogers-now-more-than-ever-but-do-we-deserve-him">Mr. Rogers</a>, to name a couple—instead.</p> <p>The <em>black-ish </em>creator took to the Emmys stage on Monday night, which had been transformed into <em>Mister Anderson’s Neighborhood</em>. In honor of it being the 75th Emmys, Anderson walked his audience down memory lane, singing the theme songs from <em>Good Times </em>and <em>The Facts of Life</em>.</p> <p>“We’re going to commemorate the greatest shows of today while also paying tribute to the iconic series that mean so much to us,” Anderson began. “Now, I have learned a great deal about life from my mother. She taught me everything I know. But I also learned a lot afrom the TV shows I watched growing up,” the host continued, gabbing about his crush, Mrs. Garrett, from <em>The Facts of Life</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/christina-applegate-cries-at-emmys-after-standing-ovation">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Anthony Anderson may be hosting the Emmy Awards, but all eyes were on Christina Applegate and a few other big names—like Travis Barker and Mr. Rogers, to name a couple—instead.

The black-ish creator took to the Emmys stage on Monday night, which had been transformed into Mister Anderson’s Neighborhood. In honor of it being the 75th Emmys, Anderson walked his audience down memory lane, singing the theme songs from Good Times and The Facts of Life.

“We’re going to commemorate the greatest shows of today while also paying tribute to the iconic series that mean so much to us,” Anderson began. “Now, I have learned a great deal about life from my mother. She taught me everything I know. But I also learned a lot afrom the TV shows I watched growing up,” the host continued, gabbing about his crush, Mrs. Garrett, from The Facts of Life.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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