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Hello and welcome to the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel here in Los Angeles. Iām Ricky Gervais. Thank you.
Youāll be pleased to know this is the last time Iām hosting these awards, so I donāt care anymore. Iām joking: I never did. NBC clearly donāt care either ā fifth time. I mean, Kevin Hart was fired from the Oscars because of some offensive tweets. Hello [pointing at himself].
Lucky for me, the Hollywood foreign press can barely speak English and they have no idea what Twitter is. I got offered this gig by fax. So letās go out with a bang. Letās have a laugh at your expense, shall we? Remember, theyāre just jokes. Weāre all gonna die soon and thereās no sequel, so remember that. But you all look lovely, all dolled up. You came in your limos. I came here in a limo tonight and the license plate was made by Felicity Huffman. Itās her daughter I feel sorry for ā that must be the most embarrassing thing thatās ever happened to her. And her dad was in Wild Hogs.
So lots of big celebrities here tonight. I mean legends, icons. Look at this table alone. Al Pacino. Robert De Niro. Baby Yoda. Oh no, thatās Joe Pesci, sorry. I love you man, donāt have me whacked.
But tonight isnāt just about the people in front of the camera. In this room are some of the most important TV and film executives in the world. People from every background. But they all have one thing in common. Theyāre all terrified of Ronan Farrow. Heās coming for you. Look, talking of all you perverts. It was a big year for paedophile movies: Surviving R Kelly, Leaving Neverland⦠The Two Popes.
Many talented people of colour were snubbed in major categories. Unfortunately, thereās nothing we can do about that. The Hollywood foreign press are all very, very racist. So fifth time. We were going to do an in memoriam this year, but when I saw the list of people that died, it wasnāt diverse enough. It was mostly white people and I thought, nah, not on my watch.
Maybe next year, letās see what happens. No one cares about movies anymore. No one goes to the cinema. No one really watches network TV. Everyoneās watching Netflix. This show should just be me coming out going āwell done Netflix, you win everything. Goodnight.ā But no, no, weāve got to drag it out for three hours. You could binge watch the entire first season of After Life instead of watching this show. Thatās a show about a man who wants to kill himself because his wife dies of cancer. And itās still more fun than this. Okay, spoiler alert, season two is on the way. So in the end, he obviously didnāt kill himself ā just like Jeffrey Epstein. Shut up. I know heās your friend, but I donāt care. You had to make your own way here on your own plane didnāt you?
But seriously, most films are awful, lazy remakes and sequels. Iāve heard a rumour that there might be a sequel to Sophieās Choice. I mean, that would just be Meryl Streep going, āWell itās got to be this one then.ā
All the best actors have jumped to Netflix and HBO, and the actors who just do Hollywood movies now do fantasy adventure nonsense. They wear masks and capes and really tight costumes. Their job isnāt acting anymore, itās going to the gym twice a day and taking steroids. Have we got an award for most ripped junkie? No, no point.
Martin Scorsese, the greatest living director, made the news for his controversial comments about the Marvel franchise. He said theyāre not real cinema and they remind him of theme parks. I agree, although I donāt know what heās doing hanging around theme parks. Heās not big enough to go on the rides. Heās tiny. The Irishman was amazing. It was amazing. Long, but amazing. It wasnāt the only epic movie. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, nearly three hours long. Leonardo DiCaprio attended the premiere and by the end, his date was too old for him. Even Prince Andrewās like, āCome on Leo mate, you know, youāre nearly 50 son.ā
The world got to see James Corden as a fat pussy. He was also in the movie Cats, but no one saw that. And the reviews were shocking. I saw one that said this is the worst thing to happen to cats since dogs. But Dame Judi Dench defended the film, saying it was the role she was born to play because she ā I canāt do this next joke. Because she loves nothing better than plonking herself down on the carpet, lifting her leg and licking her arse hole. Sheās old school. Itās the last time, who cares.
Apple roared into the TV game with The Morning Show, a superb drama. A superb drama about the importance of dignity and doing the right thing, made by a company that runs sweatshops in China. So, well, you say youāre woke, but the companies you work for. I mean, unbelievable: Apple, Amazon, Disney. If Isis started a streaming service, youād call your agent, wouldnāt you? So if you do win an award tonight, please donāt use it as a platform to make a political speech. Youāre in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your God and fuck off.























