Kelsey shows his tattoo with his new wife’s name at about 1:50
Kelsey Grammar was on The Tonight Show Tuesday promoting season two of “Boss” on Starz, in which he plays the lead. As he’s done in most of his recent interviews, Kelsey talked about his new 32 year-old former stewardess wife, Kayte. He even showed off the tattoo he got of her name on his hip (That’s at 1:50 into the video above) and admitted that the tattoo was Kayte’s idea. Of course it was. He’s such a fool.
Although Kelsey won the Golden Globe for best actor for Boss, the show wasn’t nominated for any Emmys. When Leno asked him why he thought that happened, Kelsey got whiny and claimed it’s because he’s a rare Republican in the industry. Really. Here’s EW’s coverage:
Kelsey Grammer won this year’s Golden Globe for Best Actor for his starring role in Boss, the Starz drama about a ruthless Chicago mayor, so you might be wondering why the Emmys failed to even nominate him. Jay Leno wondered, so he asked Grammer what he thought of the slight when the actor visited The Tonight Show last night. “It may have to do with several things, honestly, but I think it’s possible… I mean, I am a… I’m a declared out of the closet Republican in Hollywood,” said Grammer. He went on to say, “Do I believe it’s possible that some young person, young voting actor — or even older voting member for the Emmys — would sit there and go, ‘Yeah, that’s a great performance, but ooooooooooooh, I just hate everything he stands for?’ [Cue sarcasm.] I don’t believe that’s possible.”
After picking at the scab, Leno then reversed course and pointed out to Grammer that his absence may have had more to do with Starz not being as prominent a channel as its competitors, since Grammer had won Emmys before (for Cheers, Frasier, and The Simpsons), most recently in 2006, during which time he presumably was also a Republican. But Grammer reinforced his argument, saying “Just after that last [Emmy win], I became one.”
The easy rebuttal to Grammer’s theory is that not enough people — and presumably voters — saw his show enough to recognize his performance, just as Leno hinted. Though a second season of Boss was picked up even before the series premiere, the show soon was drawing less than 300,000 viewers per episode. Which is a shame, because the show is riveting and Grammer’s performance as the dark and combustible mayor is excellent.
If Kelsey wants to believe that the Emmy committee is biased against him, (and I doubt that’s what happened) it’s more likely that they’re biased because of his personal life, not his politics. This is a guy who admitted cheating on his wife for over six months, and then made her go with him as his date for the Tony Awards, after which he promptly dumped her, talked smack about her, and married his young jump-off a hot second later. Scenes from the end of Kelsey’s marriage aired on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and we saw his now ex-wife, Camille, struggling to come to terms with his infidelity and the cruel way he treated her when he wanted out of the marriage. We saw what a pompous, entitled ass this guy is. That said, I agree with Leno that the issue is that the show has low viewership, not that Kelsey was overlooked for some specific personal reason. Although again if that were the case his politics wouldn’t even be on the list.
Kelsey and his wife, Kayte, on 5-13-12. Kayte has since had the baby
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