Ayo Edebiri shares the selfie Carson Daly left on her phone at Emmys: 'We're bonded for life'

Ayo Edebiri isn't just cleaning up this awards season — she's also making friends. 

The Bottoms actress went viral during the 75th Emmys earlier this week when she asked Carson Daly to hold her belongings so she could head to the stage to accept her Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for The Bear.

Daly appeared on Wednesday's episode of Today and shared that he and Edebiri hadn't met before the Emmys, where they were seated next to each other. The former TRL host said he was more than happy to help, holding her purse and phone while she accepted the award and went backstage to speak with the press.

While he was glad to help, he wasn't against having a little fun. "Ayo's phone, though, it was locked, of course, but I was able to get into the camera," Daly told Today. "I may have left her a little Easter egg. If she checks her camera, I don't know."

Daly got into the camera and snapped a selfie with his wife, Siri. However, he said he had "no idea" the moment was spotted by fans.

Of course, Edebiri saw the picture and sent it to Today, which shared it and a message from her on Friday.

"Carson and Siri," Edebiri wrote. "My voice is gone right now, or I'd be making a video, but thank you so much for guarding my stuff with your life — and more importantly, for this amazing selfie. You're the greatest, and I feel like we're bonded for life. Thank you forever."

While speaking with the press immediately after her win, Edebiri laughed about the moment, telling reporters backstage, "Carson Daly still has my stuff!" She added that she asked Daly for help because her parents were in the "cheap seats," something she joked about during her acceptance speech as well. "I'm making them sit kind of far away from me because I'm a bad kid," she said, Emmy in hand.

Daly said he didn't realize the moment was a thing until he was heading home. "I was in LAX flying home… and a woman came up and was like, 'Will you hold my purse?'" he recalled. "I was like, 'What are you talking about?' I was like, 'Oh, the Emmys.'"

That joke hasn't subsided in the days since Monday's ceremony. Others have asked him to hold their stuff as well. "If you see me on the streets, please don't hand me your belongings," he said on Today.

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