The Golden Globes Were Apolitical — & That’s A Problem

Later on the same carpet, actress Yvette Nicole Brown was even more explicit with her distaste for the current administration, telling Refinery29’s Unbothered the thing that’s bothering her deeply is, simply: “Our government. That orange ghoul that is terrorizing us everyday,” before warning viewers that “it’s about to be really real, get ready.” And while accepting her third Golden Globe for Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series, Hacks star Jean Smart also took her moment on-stage to encourage viewers to take action, saying: “There’s just a lot that could be said tonight; I said my rant on the red carpet, so I won’t do it here….But let’s all do the right thing. I think everybody in their hearts knows what the right thing is to do. So let’s do the right thing.” Smart was referring to earlier comments she made on the carpet, telling reporters that filming of the upcoming season of the show was overshadowed by the current goings on in the country, stating: “I feel like we’re kind of at a turning point in this country, and I hope people can keep their heads because that’s actually, really, the hardest thing, I think, is to keep our heads. It’s going to take a lot of courage and concerns, but I think that’s important.”