‘The Bear’ actor and real-life chef Matty Matheson cooks up wild Emmys acceptance speech

Matty Matheson heated up the Emmys stage on Monday night with a wild acceptance speech that, fittingly, paid tribute to the hospitality industry.

Matheson, a real-life chef who also plays Neil on “The Bear,” – and serves as a co-producer on the show – took the stage to accept the show’s award for best comedy and brought to his Emmy moment the same enthusiasm that makes him light up on screen.

“I just want to thank restaurants as a whole, hospitality as a whole,” he said, before being interrupted with a kiss on the mouth from co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

Moss-Bachrach, himself an Emmy winner on Monday and seemingly caught up in the excitement of the moment, continued the kiss for several seconds. (Was that consensual?)

Matty Matheson, left, is kissed by co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach after "The Bear" won the Emmy Award for outstanding comedy series on Monday, January 15.

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"Succession" creator Jesse Armstrong is joined by members of the cast to accept the Emmy for outstanding drama series.

Lee Sung Jin, the creator of the limited series "Beef," poses with some of the Emmys the show won on Monday.

From left, "Ally McBeal" cast members Greg Germann, Calista Flockhart, Gil Bellows and Peter MacNicol dance on their way to present an award.

Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, the husband-and-wife duo The War And Treaty, perform the In Memoriam segment with Charlie Puth.

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Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers introduce the In Memoriam segment with a tribute to producer Norman Lear.

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Dylan McDermott presents an award while host Anthony Anderson dresses up as a character from "American Horror Story."

Ali Wong embraces her "Beef" co-star Steven Yeun after he won the award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie. Wong would later win an Emmy herself for outstanding lead actress.

Tina Fey, left, and Amy Poehler present an award in the style of the Weekend Update segment they used to host on "Saturday Night Live."

RuPaul accepts the Emmy for outstanding reality competition program ("RuPaul's Drag Race"). The show has won that award five times now.

Arsenio Hall adjusts John Oliver's bowtie on stage after "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" won another Emmy. Oliver collected awards for outstanding scripted variety series and outstanding writing for a variety series.

The cast of "Cheers" — from left, Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger and George Wendt — present a couple of awards during the show.

Niecy Nash-Betts accepts the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie ("Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story"). She said she accepted her award on behalf of Black women who had been "unheard and over-policed," listing several high-profile examples of the latter.

Trevor Noah and the rest of "The Daily Show" team accept the Emmy for outstanding talk series.

Paul Walter Hauser reacts after winning the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie ("Black Bird").

Moss-Bachrach, right, and Jeremy Allen White, two stars of "The Bear," show off the acting Emmys that they won on Monday.

From left, "Martin" cast members Tisha Campbell, Martin Lawrence, Tichina Arnold and Carl Anthony Payne II reunite to present an award.

Quinta Brunson tearfully accepts the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series ("Abbott Elementary"). "I'm so happy to be able to live my dream and act out comedy," she said. Brunson became the first Black women recognized as lead comedy actress in more than four decades.

Anderson speaks on stage at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

"Sopranos" castmates Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli reunite to present an award during the first hour of the show. Late actor James Gandolfini can be seen on the photo in front of them.

Jennifer Coolidge, who won outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, sets down her award before giving her acceptance speech. This was her second Emmy for "The White Lotus."

Christina Applegate, right, presents Ayo Edebiri with the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series ("The Bear").

Anderson opens the show alongside drummer Travis Barker.

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Once he gathered himself, Matheson continued: “I just love restaurants so much – the good, the bad. It’s rough. We’re all broken inside and every single day we’ve got to show up and cook and make people feel good by eating something and sitting at a table, and it’s really beautiful.”

He added: “And all of us here get to make a show together, and we get to make people feel good or filled with anxiety or triggered, it seems.”

“The Bear” ranked as this year’s most-honored program with 10 awards in all, including four wins at last week’s Creative Arts Emmys.

“There’s so many people that make this show happen every single day, and it’s really beautiful.”