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Golden Globes 2023 Awkward Moments

Jan 16, 2023

This year, the Golden Globes were…a lot. Normally, I round up awkward moments from this show, but this year, there were both awkward AND uncomfortable moments to watch.

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He then called out how the Hollywood Foreign Press hadn’t had a Black member until George Floyd’s death — which was an important note. But people awkwardly laughed because they were expecting a comedic opening:

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During his acceptance speech for Best Original Song, M. M. Keeravani tried to say a few more words in his speech, and then gave up because he was queued off the stage by music:

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Quinta Brunson — a WINNER! — was seated super far from the stage, and had to do, like, a longass two-minute walk to get to the stage!

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In fact, people pointed out that a lot of the winners were noticeably far away and took forever to get to the stage!

Man I gotta watch #TheBear

wins Best Actor Comedy Series!

(& he was comically far from the stage ?)

#GoldenGlobes

01:50 AM – 11 Jan 2023

Twitter: @GraceRandolph

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During his acceptance speech, Colin Farrell told Ana de Armas he cried himself to sleep after watching Blonde — and she just smiled and nodded:

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And then he called out the music queuing him off the stage: “You can forget that piano!”

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And Michelle Yeoh told the music player to shut up, too:

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

02:10 AM – 11 Jan 2023

Twitter: @SpencerAlthouse / Via NBC / @SpencerAlthouse

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People noticed that Claire Danes looked, well, not thrilled to be there:

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Jerrod made this suuuuper controversial joke about Sc*entol*gy, and everyone gasped:

#GoldenGlobes host Jerrod Carmichael makes a dig at Scientology: “Backstage, I found these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned…I think maybe we take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige.” https://t.co/m069JEKekW

02:30 AM – 11 Jan 2023

NBC / Via Twitter: @Variety

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And toward the end of the show, Jerrod made a joke about Will Smith that fell kinda flat:

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He also said this irreverent joke about Whitney Houston:

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Mike White, the writer of The White Lotus, thanked Jennifer Coolidge while calling out the other actors (who are present!) that passed on the role of Tanya:

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And lastly, this adorably awkward moment from Jennifer Coolidge when she had to put down her award because it was too heavy:

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