Carl Clemons-Hopkins did not win an Emmy on Sunday, but they are being celebrated for making history as the first non-binary individual to be nominated for the prestigious award. The Emmy for the ‘Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series’ category was won by Brett Goldstein.

Clemons-Hopkins was nominated for their role in the TV show ‘Hacks’. The Emmys are being hosted in California’s Los Angeles.

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The ‘Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series’ category had eight nominations including Clemons-Hopkins, who is 42 years old.

Other nominations are:

1) Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live)

2) Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live)

3) Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)

4) Brendan Hunt (Ted Lasso)

5) Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso)

6) Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso)

7) Paul Reiser (The Kominsky Method)

In a statement, Clemons said, “I do not know about other people, but I never set out to make anyone’s history and my goal was not a trophy, it was just to let me be as authentic as I can and do the best work that I can”, according to reports from Advocate.

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“It’s really humbling and amazing and also bittersweet because it just marks how far we all, as a society, have to go. But the fact that there’s so much gender diversity and queer representation and Black representation, and so many women in positions of power being nominated, that’s really great”, they added, Advocate reported.

Clemons’ Instagram bio says they prefer the pronouns He, They or “anything with respect”.

Carl Clemons plays the lead role of Marcus on the show ‘Hacks.

However, 42-year-old Clemons could not sweep the award on Sunday as the nomination lineup for the ‘Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series’ was dominated by the star cast of show ‘Ted Lasso.’

Goldstein won best supporting actor in a comedy series for his role in ‘Ted Lasso’.

“This cast made me sick they’re so good,” Goldstein said.

With his win, ‘Ted Lasso’ took the first two Emmys of the night, with Hannah Waddingham taking best-supporting actress in a comedy. It’s the first Emmy for Goldstein, and comes for his first nomination, according to reports from Associated Press.

He beat out castmates Brendan Hunt, Nick Mohammed and Jeremy Swift along with Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Bowen Yang, Kenan Thompson and Paul Reiser.

(With AP inputs)