‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Snubbed Once Again By Emmys: This Is What Charlie Hunnam and Kurt Sutter Have To Say

Sons of Anarchy fans will be hard pressed to find reasons as to why Emmy Awards constantly snubs their favorite show.

Despite being lauded by fans throughout its seven-season history, Sons of Anarchy has often found itself on the periphery when it comes to award nominations — and it proved to be no different this year, when Sons of Anarchy was completely left out in the latest Emmy nominations, with not even a single mention to its name.

As soon as the list was announced, there was veritable skepticism among fans on social media who could not believe that Sons of Anarchy had been ditched for the seventh and final time. Entertainment Weekly echoed this sentiment when they wrote as follows.

“Hardcore fans just can’t understand why Sons never got into the big category. The rest of us try to be polite about it.”

No @SonsofAnarchy Emmy nods? Travesty

— Jacob (@COstOFmind) July 16, 2015

Charlie Hunnam nor anyone else from Sons of anarchy was nominated for an emmy , what kind of bullshit is this?

— ?? George ?? (@Valiuz) July 16, 2015

No #Emmy nomination for @SonsofAnarchy @sutterink ? What a bunch of political bullshit

— Marc Getz (@Bowa34) July 16, 2015

While Game of Thrones and Mad Men soared high again, with a total of more than 30 nominations between them, Sons of Anarchy was left rueing its star-crossed luck, with no Emmys to show for being one of the most high-octane dramas in recent TV history.

So what does the Emmy snub tell us about Sons of Anarchy? Or a better way to put it across would be, what does Sons of Anarchy‘s perennial snub tell us about the Emmys?

If Kurt Sutter, the man behind Sons of Anarchy, is to be believed, it is his tarnished reputation within the Hollywood circles, and perhaps his habit of constantly lashing out at critics, which has made his show stand in a bad stead.

According to his column in NikkiFinke.com (via Zap2it), Sutter wrote the following after being snubbed for the sixth time.

“There’s a certain cachet that comes with being snubbed in all major categories. Repeatedly. Honestly — and I actually believe this — I think we’d drop viewers if Sons of Anarchy were ever nominated for an Emmy. My bombastic outlaw-a**hole reputation would be tarnished. Or rather, untarnished. I’d be just another smiling d*****bag in a new suit, pretending to give a s*** on the red carpet. Actually.. taking a s*** on the red carpet, that’s something that might drop as a ‘real and honest moment’.”

But that was not all. Even Sutter admitted that winning an Emmy had its own lure.

“That’s not to say that I don’t want to win an Emmy. I absolutely do. More than anything. Any artist who tells you they don’t want to be acknowledged and awarded by their peers is a fat f***ing liar.”

Charlie Hunnam, speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, had once said that he does not care about the Emmy snub because Sons of Anarchy has already merited the recognition it deserves by commanding the love of legions of its fans.

“Lest we forget, it doesn’t matter at all. I feel there’s this perception that we’re upset about this and… I really don’t give a shit. I make this for the people that watch the show and I really care for me about the work that I do and for my friends that watch it. People don’t appreciate it. You can’t win them all.”

Even Theo Rossi (who played Juan Carlos “Juice” Ortiz), in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, had said that as long as fans shower their love on Sons of Anarchy, he does not mind being snubbed every single time. He even insinuated that Sons of Anarchy‘s snub was a political choice more than anything else, and admitted to Sutter’s tarnished reputation being a major cause.

Whatever the reason may be, the truth remains that Sons of Anarchy goes down in history with zero Emmy nominations to its name, and no matter how much the fans love it, even Sutter and Hunnam will feel more than a little grieved by Emmy’s final snub.

You can find the entire 2015 Emmy Nominations list here.

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