I donāt watch award shows and so I did not watch Sunday nightās Golden Globes Award Show on NBC. I think theyāre insufferable and I really donāt care who wins what award.
Ricky Gervais, a British stand-up comedian best known for the British television series The Office, hosted his fifth and final Golden Globs Award Show. I was made aware of and watched his final monologue late last night. It was glorious.
āYouāll be pleased to know this is the last time Iām hosting these awards, so I donāt care anymore. Iām joking. I never did. Iām joking, I never did.ā Gervais joked at the start of his monologue.
āLetās go out with a bang, letās have a laugh at your expense. Remember, theyāre just jokes. Weāre all gonna die soon and thereās no sequel, so remember that,ā he added.
Gervais took aim at the Me Too scandals that have plagued Hollywood:
āIn this room are some of the most important TV and film executives in the world. People from every background. They all have one thing in common: Theyāre all terrified of Ronan Farrow. Heās coming for ya. Talking of all you perverts, it was a big year for pedophile movies. Surviving R. Kelly, Leaving Neverland, Two Popes. Shut up. Shut up. I donāt care. I donāt care,ā Gervais joked.
He dinged them later for their association with Jeffrey Epstein while taking a shot at how more people are streaming Netflix than watching movies in theaters and watching network TV.
āNo one cares about movies anymore. No one goes to cinema, no one really watches network TV. Everyone is watching Netflix. This show should just be me coming out, going, āWell done Netflix. You win everything. Good night.ā But no, we got to drag it out for three hours. You could binge-watch the entire first season of Afterlife instead of watching this show. Thatās a show about a man who wants to kill himself cause his wife dies of cancer and itās still more fun than this. Spoiler alert, season two is on the way so in the end he obviously didnāt kill himself. Just like Jeffrey Epstein. Shut up. I know heās your friend but I donāt care,ā Gervais said.
He also encouraged winners not to give political speeches.
āSo if you do win an award tonight, 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,ā Gervais concluded. āSo if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God and f**k off, OK? Itās already three hours long.ā
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