Best moment of the Emmys: Director Glenn Weiss proposes during his acceptance speech

YOU would be forgiven for tuning out a bit when Glenn Weiss took to the stage to accept his award. But then he did something that had the room in tears.

IF THIS doesn’t make you cry, you might just be dead inside.

Director Glenn Weiss stole the show at the Emmys by proposing to his girlfriend on stage.

Weiss had just won the award for Directing for a Variety Special for his work on the Oscars when he took to the stage and paid tribute to his recently deceased mum.

Glenn Weiss accepts the Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special award for The Oscars.

“Mum always believed in finding the sunshine in things and she adored my girlfriend, Jan,” he said.

“Jan, you are the sunshine in my life and mum was right, don’t ever let go of your sunshine. You wonder why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you my wife.”

The crowd erupted and it was hard to tell who was more shocked, Weiss’s girlfriend or Leslie Jones.

Leslie Jones is all of us watching that proposal #Emmys pic.twitter.com/3bGWMT32K4

— Page Six (@PageSix) September 18, 2018

Jan couldn’t believe it.

The couple received a standing ovation as Jan made her way onto the stage.

“This is the ring that my dad put on my mum’s finger 67 years ago,” Weiss said to her. “And to my sisters and brothers, I didn’t swipe it, Dad knows I have it, OK!”

The director dropped to one knee and said, “Will you marry me?”

Thankfully Jan said yes and through tears told her new fiancee, “I love you”.

What a moment!

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As the happy couple left the stage, many celebrities in the audience were seen wiping tears from their eyes. And they weren’t alone, with viewers taking to social media to rave about the emotional moment.

Maybe the greatest Emmys moment ever??!!

A proposal! Wow!! Even I’m tearing up...#Emmys pic.twitter.com/fvMMPqGq85

— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) September 18, 2018

Crying from Glenn Weiss’s proposal. That was the purest moment 😍 #Emmys

— Hannah Gruer (@hgruer22) September 18, 2018

I never thought I’d bawl my eyes out at the #Emmys. I was wrong.

— Ms. Figari198 (@MsFigari) September 18, 2018

I’ve said no to two marriage proposals in my life. It’s because they didn’t propose to me on stage at @TheEmmys in front of Benedict Cumberbatch and company. #EMMYS

— Becky Tyler (@BeckyTylerArt) September 18, 2018

That engagement at the #Emmys! I hope my future fiancé is taking notes. 📝

— Ｔａｙｌｏｒ (@blackgirlmed) September 18, 2018

If you're going to propose that's probably the best way to do it #Emmys

— Saman Shad (@muminprogress) September 18, 2018

I mean, I applauded that proposal while watching alone in my apartment. That was cute. Funny, heartfelt, sweet. A win. Love is cute on some of y’all #Emmys

— Sehri Wickliffe (@sehrialese) September 18, 2018

Me watching that proposal go down guys I’m in TEARS #emmys pic.twitter.com/jeCZci3kpi

— Ty (@tymichaeljohns) September 18, 2018

Originally published as Best moment of the Emmys: Director Glenn Weiss proposes during his acceptance speech