{"id":2209777,"date":"2025-12-23T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2209777"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:43:43","slug":"james-cameron-slams-amy-poehlers-joke-about-kathryn-bigelow-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-cameron-slams-amy-poehlers-joke-about-kathryn-bigelow-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cameron slams Amy Poehler&#8217;s joke about Kathryn Bigelow marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/07\/28\/USAT\/85406353007-avatar-fire-and-ash-still-15.jpg?crop=2855,1605,x438,y2\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>&#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217; trailer: James Cameron returns to Pandora<\/p>\n<p>Jake (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Salda\u00f1a) and family go on a new adventure and discover a new enemy in James Cameron&#8217;s &#8220;Avatar: Fire and Ash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He&#8217;ll never let go.<\/p>\n<p>More than a decade later, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/20\/avatar-fire-ash-movie-ending-explained\/87819634007\/\">James Cameron<\/a> is calling out <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/10\/12\/snl-cold-open-amy-poehler-tina-fey\/86623258007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amy Poehler<\/a> for a joke at the 2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/16\/whats-inside-golden-globes-2026-gift-bag\/87787789007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Golden Globes<\/a> about his former marriage to Oscar-winning director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/10\/21\/kathryn-bigelow-rebecca-ferguson-house-dynamite\/86729380007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kathryn Bigelow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amy Poehler&#8217;s remark was an ignorant dig, at an event which is supposed to be a celebration of cinema and filmmakers, not a roast,&#8221; the &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/21\/avatar-3-fire-ash-box-office-opening-weekend\/87872363007\/\">Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a>&#8221; director said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/14\/style\/james-cameron-tempers-his-temper-and-channels-his-inner-navi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent interview with The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The joke in question came during Poehler&#8217;s opening monologue with fellow host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/04\/30\/tina-fey-erika-henningsen-netflix-four-seasons\/83324406007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tina Fey<\/a> at the 2013 awards ceremony, where Bigelow&#8217;s movie &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2012\/12\/18\/zero-dark-thirty-review\/1764445\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zero Dark Thirty<\/a>&#8221; was nominated for several awards. The film, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, was the subject of controversy at the time for its depiction of the effectiveness of torture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t really been following the controversy over &#8216;Zero Dark Thirty,&#8217; but when it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron,&#8221; Poehler quipped on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron and Bigelow were married from 1989 to 1991. Poehler&#8217;s joke received one of the biggest reactions of the monologue, earning a mixture of laughs and groans. &#8220;Zero Dark Thirty&#8221; star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/09\/23\/apple-tv-show-savant-jessica-chastain\/86316099007\/\">Jessica Chastain<\/a> was seen looking stunned and putting her hand over her mouth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">James Cameron <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/20\/avatar-fire-ash-movie-ending-explained\/87819634007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">isn&#8217;t sure about more &#8216;Avatar&#8217; movies \u2013 &#8216;I feel done&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty thick-skinned, and happy to be the butt of a good-natured joke, but that went too far,&#8221; Cameron told The New York Times. &#8220;The fact that people found it funny shows exactly what they think of me, even though they have no idea who I am or how I work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Globes earned a reputation in the 2010s for roast-style humor and edgy punchlines about the nominees, especially after a string of hosting stints by comedian <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/01\/08\/ricky-gervais-defends-his-humor-after-hosting-2020-golden-globes\/2842320001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ricky Gervais<\/a>. Poehler and Fey hosted the awards show three consecutive times from 2013 to 2015, and they returned in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Amy Poehler <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/10\/12\/snl-cold-open-amy-poehler-tina-fey\/86623258007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tina Fey reunite in &#8216;SNL&#8217; cold open to mock Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cameron isn&#8217;t the first person to take issue with one of the jokes at the 2013 Golden Globes.<\/p>\n<p>That was the same ceremony where Fey and Poehler also cracked a joke about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/12\/22\/taylor-swift-eras-tour-documentary-final-episodes-watch\/87883124007\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>&#8216;s dating life, with Fey <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/01\/06\/golden-globes-2020-taylor-swift-and-amy-poehler-squash-beef-onstage\/2822763001\/\">telling the singer <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/01\/06\/golden-globes-2020-taylor-swift-and-amy-poehler-squash-beef-onstage\/2822763001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to<\/a> &#8220;stay away from Michael J. Fox&#8217;s son,&#8221; adding that &#8220;she needs some me-time to learn about herself.&#8221; Swift later slammed the joke in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/2013\/03\/taylor-swift-fights-back-tina-fey-amy-poehler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vanity Fair cover story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, Katie Couric is one of my favorite people,&#8221; Swift told the magazine. &#8220;Because she said to me she had heard a quote that she loved, that said, &#8216;There&#8217;s a special place in hell for women who don&#8217;t help other women.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fey responded at the time by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/tina-fey-responds-taylor-swift-426510\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">telling Entertainment Tonight<\/a>, &#8220;If anyone was going to get mad at us, I thought it would be James Cameron. I did not see that one coming. It was a joke, and it was a lighthearted joke. And it&#8217;s a shame that she didn&#8217;t take it in the crazy-aunt spirit in which it was intended.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Avatar: Fire and Ash&#8217; trailer: James Cameron returns to Pandora Jake (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Salda\u00f1a) and family go on a new adventure and discover a new enemy in James Cameron&#8217;s &#8220;Avatar: Fire and Ash.&#8221; He&#8217;ll never let go. 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