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The man who caused the most commotion at this year’s Emmys wasn’t Ted Lasso—it was Seth Rogen. First Rogen turned heads on the red carpet with his clean cut look and ’70s chic tux, and then he caused all the ears to perk up with his intro to the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy category at the top of the ceremony—and if you were actually in the Emmy venue last night, maybe he caused you to look for the exit.

Rogen took the stage at the in-person Emmys and almost immediately started joking about the stage, which was not indoors like they were promised.

“Good to be here at the Emmy Awards,” said Rogen. “Let me start by saying: there’s way too many of us in this little room! What are we doing? They said this was outdoors. It’s not! They lied to us. We’re in a hermetically-sealed tent right now. I would not have come to this. Why is there a roof?”

Rogen just called out what viewers were thinking at home. The venue wasn’t a big theater like previous years. It was noticeably confined—and yeah, there was a tent. It’s like the celebrity version of outdoor restaurant seating that’s just… another room, but flimsier.

Still, Rogen’s soft warnings were included some solid jokes: “It’s more important that we have three chandeliers than that we make sure we don’t kill Eugene Levy tonight. That is what has been decided. This is insane. I went from wiping my groceries to having Paul Bettany sneeze in my face. So, that’s a big week!”

The show did repeatedly make sure that viewers at home were aware of their COVID protocols, and multiple winners referenced being vaccinated. Host Cedric the Entertainer mentioned being vaccinated in his monologue, saying that he got the Pfizer vaccine, “The Neiman Marcus of vaccines.” Still, audiences have been trained over the last year to clock any indoor ceremony and immediately start to wonder what’s up. It turns out that when it comes to worrying about the still lingering pandemic (get vaccinated, people!), celebrities—or at least Seth Rogen—are just like us.