The host insults his hosts
Watch Jerrod Carmichael's full #GoldenGlobes opening monologue, in which he roasts the HFPA pic.twitter.com/GCmQQM1a2z
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 11, 2023
“I‘m here because I’m Black,” said incoming MC Jerrod Carmichael, who addressed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s tarnished reputation head-on in his opening monologue. “They didn’t have a single Black member until George Floyd was killed,” he said, shrugging off much of their apparent rehabilitation efforts and saying he only took the gig for the $500,000 paycheck.
The host insults Tom Cruise
Jerrod Carmichael’s Scientology joke sucked the air out of the room #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/S4bsijk0n8
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 11, 2023
Introducing the Top Gun: Maverick star, Carmichael drew awkward gasps and a few whoops with his mention of the main difficulty with Hollywood’s fulsome embrace of its most powerful star. “Backstage, I found these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned. Maybe we take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige?” he said, referring to the long-invisible wife of the Scientology leader David Miscavige.
Eddie Murphy weighs in on Will Smith
Slap-fatigue was a theme of the evening, but there was special dispensation for Murphy to take a pop at the leading player of last year’s Oscar ceremony. In his acceptance speech for the Globes’ lifetime achievement award, Murphy credited his success to three things: “Pay your taxes. Mind your business. And keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!”
Eddie Murphy shares three pieces of advice for up-and-comers in the industry:
— Variety (@Variety) January 11, 2023
1) Pay your taxes.
2) Mind your business.
3) Keep Will Smith's wife's name out your f---ing mouth.https://t.co/YDe7QBg9R9 pic.twitter.com/1iH3iHGBiz
Jennifer Coolidge rules supreme
The White Lotus was the watercooler hit of the season and Coolidge’s speech the smash of the night, alternately very funny and – in its championing of series creator Mike White – extremely moving.
Jennifer Coolidge delivers an epic #GoldenGlobes acceptance speech that makes #TheWhiteLotus creator Mike White cry. https://t.co/m069JEKekW pic.twitter.com/WBWx9H6BCj
— Variety (@Variety) January 11, 2023
Special mention to her response when offered a hand to the stage by Colin Farrell:
For your consideration: the moment Jennifer Coolidge saw Colin Farrell offer his arm to walk her up the stairs #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/ZHnAHmVs8b
— Ashley Spencer (@AshleyySpencer) January 11, 2023
Mike White has his moment
Later, a possibly tired and emotional White repaid the compliment to Coolidge and enjoyed gazing into the sea of faces of those who had turned down the chance to make the show with him.
Mike White is so drunk and hilarious. he just called out every famous person in the audience for passing on White Lotus. a true icon lol
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) January 11, 2023
"I know you all passed! You all passed on this show! So, yes, it's very gratifying to have this moment." #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/a3qh4Sufis
Colin Farrell gains on his Oscar
The Academy Awards’ best actor race this year has been a hard one to call, but Farrell’s charming speech may have nudged him into frontrunner position, over Brendan Fraser and Austin Butler.
This speech. Colin Farrell telling Brendan Gleeson he loves him. The emotion. The charisma… Toxic masculinity found dead in a ditch!!!! #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/xWGngZ9UId
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) January 11, 2023
Regina Hall doesn’t buy Kevin Costner’s no-show
Picking up Costner’s acting award for Yellowstone, Hall expressed some scepticism over how keen to attend Costner really had been, before reading out that he had to “shelter in place in Santa Barbara”.
Regina Hall finding out why Kevin Costner couldn’t be at the #GoldenGlobes just won next year’s #GoldenGlobes for Best Actress in a TV Comedy pic.twitter.com/5WjI6zosdn
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) January 11, 2023
Other notable absences were Cate Blanchett, apparently shooting in London so unable to pick up her best actress in a drama prize, and Amanda Seyfried, “deep in the process of creating a new musical and could not be here”.
Amanda Seyfried creating a new musical pic.twitter.com/aO14vDQ7GM
— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) January 11, 2023
Michelle Yeoh’s popular touch
Jamie Lee Curtis’s reaction to news her Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star had taken best actress in a comedy or musical was broadly shared across the room –and Twitter.
A picture is worth a thousand words. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/hfkCpvrQsE
— Zoë Rose Bryant (@ZoeRoseBryant) January 11, 2023
Yeoh’s speech cemented the goodwill.
they tried playing Michelle Yeoh off with music, and she said "Shut up, please! I can beat you up, okay? And that's serious." LOL I love her#GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/N2rSK4Oq6C
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) January 11, 2023
Shoot the piano player
If the evening had a single villain, it was likely Chloe Flower, the ivory-tinkler assigned to hasten the end of the speeches with jaunty muzak. Yeoh, Farrell and many others demanded she cool her fingers; the most compelling case was made by Austin Butler, whose moving tribute to his late mother was accompanied by an increase in volume from Flower.
Congratulations to our Golden Globe winner for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama, @austinbutler! 🏆 #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/3J0s10IeXs
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 11, 2023
“You could at least play Suspicious Minds or something,” said Butler.
The Golden Globes, seemingly barely hanging on to its television home, attempting to play off legitimately good speeches -- the kind of speeches that people actually want to hear and share: Bialystock and Bloom shit
— Christopher Rosen (@chrisjrosen) January 11, 2023
I’m just watching the Golden Globes to see the escalating threats against the piano player now.
— Tom Shea (@tomshea) January 11, 2023
Can’t wait for Baz Luhrmann to pull a knife by the end of the night.
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