“My husband James Ransone was not acknowledged in memoriam at tonight’s Emmys,” McPhee wrote on her Instagram story after the Emmys (via Entertainment Weekly). “He was also not at the Oscars earlier this year. PJ was impossible, lovable, intolerable and incredible — depends on who you ask. But without question — he was a great actor. But good news is PJ wouldn’t care. He’d actually think it’s funny.”
Ransone was far from the only actor who did not make the cut during the on-air Emmys In Memoriam. Also excluded were Chuck Norris and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Nicholas Brendon, which fans thought was a particularly egregious snub considering the Emmys featured a “Buffy” reunion between Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz earlier in the show. “Days of Our Lives” and “Starship Troopers” actor Patrick Muldoon, “The Gong Show” panelist Jaye P. Morgan, “The Ring” actress Daveigh Chase and “30 Rock” performer Grizz Chapman were also omitted.
Norris’ “Walker, Texas Ranger” co-star Judson Mills also called out the Emmys for the snubs, saying it was a “tragic” and “terrible mistake” to leave Norris out of the on-air tribute.
