Shelley Duvall's longtime partner Dan Gilroy reacts to 2024 Emmy Awards' In Memoriam segment snub...
after fans were outraged Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 00:20 BST, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 00:27 BST, 17 September 2024 e-mail 24 shares 1 View comments Shelley Duvall 's longtime partner is taking her snub from the In Memoriam segment at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday in stride.
Dan Gilroy, who was in a relationship with Duvall for 35 years, told TMZ on Monday that he wasn't upset by the lack of a tribute for the late actress at the ceremony, which honors the best in television. Duvall, who died on July 11 at 75, became the latest celebrity to be snubbed by an In Memoriam segment , but she wasn't alone at the the TV-centric awards ceremony, as director Eleanor Coppola, Chita Rivera, Johnny Wactor, right-wing political commentator Lou Dobbs and General Hospital star Tyler Christopher were also absent. Gilroy was notably evenhanded and gracious as he considered that it may have simply been an oversight on Emmy producers' part to leave out his love of more than three decades.
He added that segments devoted to fallen stars are often planned months in advance, and its's not uncommon for stars who die closer to the show date to accidentally be left out. Dan Gilroy (L) told TMZ on Monday that he wasn't upset after his late partner of 35 years, Shelley Duvall (R), was left out of the In Memoriam segment at the.