Nikki Glaser’s Pope Song, The Rock’s Chest Hair & The “Inelegant Camera Angles”: The Most Colorful, Crazy & Cringy Moments From The Golden Globes
The 82nd Golden Globes, or as host called Nikki Glaser dubbed “Ozempic’s biggest night,” delivered more than a few humdingers from the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. From The Rock’s crack about his hair being used for Timothée Chalamet’s wig, to Melissa McCarthy’s concern for the “severity of the cocaine addiction in the bear community,” here are the most colorful, crazy and cringy moments from the three-hour, 12-minute ceremony on CBS.
Colorful: “You’re all so famous, so talented, so powerful,” said Glaser. “I mean, you could really do anything, except tell the country who to vote for.”
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Crazy-Cringy: Maybe we’re so used to watching the presenters head on from the POV of the audience, but the camera angle for their intros felt extremely loud and incredibly close this year. And the snafus with the Teleprompter (poor Ariana DeBose) didn’t make the situation any better. Even Seth Rogen made a crack about it by saying “these camera angles are inelegant and strange…you can see my bald spots.”
Cringy-painful: Viola Davis being denied the ability to deliver a killer speech in primetime for receiving the Cecil B. DeMille award. (There was a previous ceremony where it apparently happened, instead). Instead, her honor was acknowledged right before the Globe for best female actress in a motion picture was announced.
Colorful: Jacques Audiard, the director and co-writer of Emilia Pérez that won Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language, wished everyone happy new year and credited us for our “nerves of steel because you’ll need it in 2025.” Hmm, wonder what – or who – he’s talking about?
Crazy: Before introducing the category for best actor in a TV comedy/musical, Jennifer Coolidge started riffing about the special privileges male actors get on sets, like how “Billy Bob Thornton was allowed to bring his pet coyote, and I wasn’t allowed to bring my overweight triplets with me.” In other words, Jennifer being Jennifer.
Colorful: “Eddie Redmayne did TV this year, he is nominated for Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal,” quipped Graser in the opening monologue. “It’s about a top-secret elite sniper that no one can find because he’s on Peacock.”
Crazy: Harrison Ford’s reaction when Glaser made this joke about his cannabis use: “I was talking to Harrison Ford backstage, and after he gave me his drink order, I asked him, I said, ‘Would you rather work with Zendaya or Ariana. And he said, indica. So, we’re going to find him some, so he has a good time tonight.”
Cringy: The Rock joked that he saved all his shaved chest hair to help Chalamet build up his wig for A Complete Unknown.
Colorful-Crazy: The news-you-can’t-always-use info boxes for each presenter/winner who took the stage, like how Vin Diesel likes to play Dungeons & Dragons and how Colman Domingo used to juggle in some circus.
Crazy: Donning a mitre – you know, the tall headdress that the Catholic church drags out for important ceremonies – Glaser spoofed the Wicked song “Popular” except she crooned, “you’re gonna be pope-ular.” Her crack about doing the awkward skit in front of Elton John quickly turned into a meme when the cameras caught the singing legend smiling uncomfortably from the front row.
Colorful: Demi Moore gave a heartfelt speech about how someone told her 30 years ago that she’s a “popcorn actress” and therefore not capable of snagging an awards-worthy role. “That corroded me over time,” she said while accepting her first Golden Globe – her first ever award, really – for The Substance. “I thought maybe this was it. Maybe I’ve done what I was supposed to do.”
Cringy: Sofia Vergara ribbing Jodie Foster on her way to the stage by uttering something like “just give me one,” prompting Foster to acknowledge her shenanigans while on stage.
Colorful: Glaser’s mid-show monologue in which she tallied the shout-outs in acceptance speeches for cast & crew (11), Moms (3) Mario Lopez (1) and God (0). Way to keep it secular, Hollywood!
Cringy: Demi Moore asking Margaret Qualley “why are you here, this is my week” during their intro for the Best Actor in a Limited Series. (They were channeling their characters from The Substance but if you haven’t seen it, you won’t get it.)
Colorful: Who can tell if Harrison Ford really likes presenting awards, but I sure couldn’t take my eyes off of his while they appeared to roll back in his head while handing out a Globe with Anthony Mackie.
Cringy: Narrator Kevin Frazier reminding us that Richard Gadd received 41,000 emails from his real-life stalker before he embarked on Baby Reindeer.
Crazy: The amount of camera time Liza Colón-Zayas got because she was perfectly positioned behind the camera during those awkward presenter speeches. Or maybe it’s the universe telling Hollywood that it needs to cast her in more than just The Bear?
Colorful: The brief but superior stand-up we got from Awkwafina and Melissa McCarthy in the third hour of the show, starting with how important it was for McCarthy to use the platform to address “the severity of the cocaine addiction in the bear community.”
Colorful: Brady Corbet, while accepting the Globe for directing The Brutalist, gave a shout-out to his daughter Aida, “who looks so stunning in that dress of hers tonight that I’m thinking this fiasco that I got us all into may have very well been worth it.” The camera caught her right when she wiped away her tears with her cute little press-on nails.
Cringy: Just once, I’d like to see those accountants show up on stage wearing visors and holding abacuses rather than sporting those silly metal briefcases.
Crazy-good: Elton John’s joke about how stories of his eyesight problems aren’t as bad as we’ve been reading in the press, and he’s so happy to be on the Golden Globe stage with Rihanna. Except…he was standing next to Brandi Carlile.
Cringy: Did Salma Hayek have it in her presenter contract that she must enter the stage alone while Colman Domingo holds up her rear? The smile on his face as he strolled behind her was priceless.
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