The Emmys hadn't even made it to the drama portion of the night, but Oscars director Glenn Weiss had no trouble improvising a real-life happily ever after on stage. While accepting the award for directing a variety special, Weiss announced to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen: "You wonder why I don't like to call you my girlfriend — because I want to call you my wife." Here's what the reaction was like inside the show when Glenn Weiss proposed on stage at the #Emmys: pic.twitter.com/t9jFVKSS2i — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 18, 2018 As the audience reacted with explosive cheers, Weiss slipped his mother's ring on Svendsen's finger.