'Just For Us' comedian Alex Edelman gives emotional speech after winning his first Emmy, months after winning the Tony for the same project | Emmy Awards 2024, Alex Edelman, Emmy Awards

Alex Edelman is now halfway to the EGOT after winning a Tony Award and an Emmy Award in the same year!

The 35-year-old comedian won an award for his show Only for us on Emmy Awards 2024 on Sunday (September 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Alex The one-man play premiered on Broadway in 2023 and the show was adapted into an HBO Max special to stream in 2024.

After being honored with a Special Tony Award for “exemplary debut” Alex received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. Sitting with him in the audience was his best friend Benj Pasekwho just received an EGOT award after his own Emmy win.

Alex gave an emotional thank you speech in which he paid tribute to his employee Adam Bracewho died last year.

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“Thank you for that. This is, oh God, I'm going to Carol Burnettfantastic,” he said on stage. “I did this with my great collaborator Adam Bracewho passed away just before we were due to perform on Broadway, and this huge group of people stepped in to fill that void.”

He added: “This is really, really nice. I really miss Adam but it was the end of a seven-year journey with the show but I got to do something really fun with my friends.”