New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Hannah Einbinder claimed her first Emmy Award on Sunday night, taking home Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Hacks on HBO Max. But her victory speech made headlines for another reason - it was partly muted during the live broadcast after she delivered a political message.

Einbinder began her speech with humour, joking about her history of Emmy defeats.

"I was just really committed to the personal narrative that I had that it was actually cooler to continue to lose," she said. "But this is cool too! This is also punk rock."

She went on to thank Hacks creators Jen Statsky, Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello "for changing my life in every conceivable way, but not just by giving me a grea...