The Golden Globes have the reputation of being the looser, more fun cousin of the Oscars, but given the current climate in Hollywood — from Harvey Weinstein fallout to the #TimesUp Movement, which nearly everyone on the Globes red carpet nodded to by wearing either black or a pin — it was hard to guess where host Seth Meyers would or wouldn’t go during his opening monologue.
As it turns out, he held back no punches.
“Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen,” Meyers said at the outset of his take-no-prisoners Golden Globes monologue. “It’s 2018 and marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn’t… It’s been years since a white man has been this nervous in Hollywood.”
Meyers also brought up a criticism levied at the Globes before they even started: “A lot of people thought it would be more appropriate for a woman to host these awards and they may be right, but if it’s any consolation, I’m a man with absolutely no power in Hollywood.”
As for Weinstein, he hit the disgraced producer with this: “I think it’s time to address the elephant not in the room… Harvey Weinstein is not here tonight. Don’t worry he’ll back back in 20 years when he’s the first person booed in the In Memoriam.” Rough — but not a bad prediction.