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And just when you thought we were done talking about Nate Bargatze’s performance hosting the Emmys two weeks ago, the conversation continues. By Nate. In the familiar, comfortable setting of his own podcast, Nate shared some backstory on the gimmick he came up with for trying to curb acceptance speeches. He promised at the top of the show to donate $100,000 of his personal funds to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, with the caveat that he would add to or subtract from that figure based on the length of every acceptance speech, at a rate of $1,000 per second. How’d that work out? Nate ended up donating $250k, padding to cover the extensive overage in time (and deficit in money earned). The idea could have worked, possibly, but it was undermined by the fact that… it

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