Emmy Winner Glenn Weiss offers wedding on stage

After winning Emmy for the director of a special series, the Oscars surprised the audience by asking the question to his girlfriend.

After winning the Emmy for the director of a special show, Academy Director Glenn Weiss surprised the audience by proposing to his girlfriend to go on stage.

In his acceptance speech, Weiss took a moment to thank his girlfriend Jan Svendsen for being the "sunbeam" of his life. Weiss also credited Svendsen with being someone his late mother "loved".

"Are you wondering why I do not like calling my girlfriend? Because I want to call my wife," Weiss said.

In realizing his words, the stunned audience immediately burst into applause. In shock, Svendsen became visibly moved and pronounced the word "yes". "I have not even asked yet," said Weiss, as the audience continued to applaud.

After Svendsen joined Weiss on stage, Emmy's winner offered him a ring that his father had given to his mother over 67 years ago.

"And to my brothers and sisters, I did not do it! Daddy knows I have it, ok?" he joked about the ring before getting on his knees.

"Jan, I want to put that ring that my mother wore on the finger in front of all these people and in front of my mother and your parents who were looking upstairs, do you want to marry me?" He asked. Svendsen said yes.

"Thanks to the Academy," joked Weiss afterwards.

Behind the scenes, Weiss explained that the proposal had never been a confirmed plan until he faced an "interesting week of the last two" with the death of his mother. "It has become a thought … The thought has grown when we arrived here," Weiss explained. "It was coming, the timing was very well aligned, and it was a truly magical moment."

Weiss also mentioned his nerves before the ceremony. "Walking around the carpet as if nothing was happening with this thing in my pocket was very stressful," Weiss said. When asked what would happen if he had not won, Weiss joked that he would have considered proposing somewhere that was not at a standstill. so large scale.

"I guess the [Governors] Ball or In-N-Out Burger, which is our base product after the awards, "said Mr. Weiss.

The moment also turned out to be in the spirit of the Emmy evening winners. After winning the best variety lecture series, late host John Oliver briefly mentioned Weiss's proposal in his acceptance speech. "On behalf of everyone in this room, we would like to thank Glenn Weiss's fiancée, it could have been a very different evening."

Meanwhile, when Matthew Rhys received Emmy's Best Actor in a drama series, he thanked his Americans Keri Russell, co-star and longtime partner, before joking about Weiss's proposal. "She said," If you offer me, I will smite you in your mouth. "

The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, organized by Saturday Night LiveMichael Che and Colin Jost were broadcast live on NBC by the Los Angeles Microsoft Theater.