Jerrod Carmichael was not afraid to call out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for its past controversies in his opening monologue for the 80th Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 10.
, kicked off the return of the award show by addressing the HFPA’s lack of diversity.
He recalled that he was sitting at home when he received a phone call from producer Stephen Hill informing him that he was tapped to host the 2023 Golden Globes. He added that he also spoke to his publicist who said Helen Hoehne, the president of the HFPA, wanted to speak to him. “Congrats to them, whatever,” he said. “Sure. But it’s not why I’m here. I’m here, truly, because all of you I look out into this room and I see a lot of talented people, like people that I admire. People that I would like to be like and people that I’m jealous of. People that are actually really incredible artists.”
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