Leslie Jordan Wins the Emmy!

How great is this? The wonderful Leslie Jordan, best known for his role in the film and stage versions of "Sordid Lives" won an Emmy over the weekend for his hilarious portrayal of Beverley Leslie on "Will & Grace." His flithy rich, bitchy and once comically closeted character graced 12 episodes of the series and is most noteable for his running fued with boozy, pill-popping Karen Walker (Megan Mullally). Unfortunately, in the series finale, the 4-foot, 11-inch Jordan literally blew out of a window to his demise just as he had found happiness with Jack (Sean Hayes).

After receiving the Emmy Jordan said: "I loved working with on "Will & Grace," they trotted me out like an aging show pony."

As the winner of "Guest Actor in a Comedy Series," the openly-gay Jordan will be a presenter, along with "Guest Actress" winner Cloris Leachman, at Sunday night's Emmy telecast. I'll be on the red carpet and hope to flag him down for a quick hello. This time, I won't make the same mistake as at last year's GLAAD Awards when I said, "Of all your roles, I loved the one you did on "Designing Women" as Suzanne's (Delta Burke) crooked accountant, Reggie Mac Dawson." Insert foot in mouth: Jordan didn't play that role, Danny Thomason did.

But he had a great sense of humor about it, said it happened to him all the time. BTW, he and the great Delta Burke, who appeared together this year in LA productions of "Sordid Lives" and "Southern Baptist Sissies," are now touring with "Sissies" through the fall.