Emmys host Nate Bargatze promises no political jokes at awards show after Kirk assassination

The first-time Emmy host continued, "I think a lot of people are watching, I know they watch my stand-up for that reason, so I just don't wanna break that trust that I have in them, and just make the night be a fun night."

Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University. 

Bargatze called Kirk's assassination "the saddest thing in the world" and explained that he wanted his show to be a "fun, silly night" away from the news.

He added that he also never planned on roasting celebrities in an offensive way, saying he wasn't aiming "to just go be mean to everybody."

"Basically, I don't want to, when I see them afterwards, it to be weird. I want them to be fun and good-natured and them be good sports about it," Bargatze said.

Over the past two decades, Bargatze, who has hosted "Saturday Night Live" twice and has a handful of Netflix specials in the books, has often leaned on his Christian upbringing to help shape his comedy.