Ricky Gervais returned to host the 77th annual Golden Globes Awards last night, and it was about what you would have probably expected it to be. If NBC wasn’t expecting Gervais to blast Hollywood and everyone else, then we’re not sure WHAT they were expecting. If you haven’t seen the video yet, we have it for you below.
The most talked about part of the video so far, is where he criticized Hollywood for getting political in all of their speeches, which has seemed to be the trend lately at awards shows.
“So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a political platform to make a political speech. You’re 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. OK?”
Tom Hanks reaction to it has also gone viral:
The only thing better than Ricky Gervais’ opening monologue was Tom Hanks’ reactions throughout it pic.twitter.com/XW6Er25Ghx
— kat (@sugarysaturn) January 6, 2020
Shout out to the legendary TOM HANKS for giving a tremendous speech & the best reaction of the night… pic.twitter.com/jpL18ZMbbC
— DR Movie News 📽 (@DRMovieNews1) January 6, 2020
I love Tom Hanks.
We love Tom Hanks. What a speech at the #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/Rlh2TFKSYd
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) January 6, 2020
He also made a joke about Harvey Weinstein:
“Netflix’s Birdbox, a movie where people survive by acting they don’t see a thing, a bit like working for Harvey Weinstein… you did it, I didn’t, you did it”
Ricky Gervais rubbing the faces of Hollywood’s elite into their gross hypocrisy. #GoldenGlobespic.twitter.com/MPBxfpnJKN
— Darren of Plymouth 🇬🇧 (@DarrenPlymouth) January 6, 2020
As you can see, Ricky Gervais definitely didn’t hold back.