Face it: one of the best parts of watching a ceremony like the Golden Globes is all the weird and wacky moments that take place over the course of the night. And this year, they certainly didn't disappoint. From the unscripted moments to host Jo Koy trying (and failing) to land a single joke during his time on-stage, here's our round up of the best and worst moments of the 2024 awards.
The speeches
The winners certainly didn’t disappoint. Lily Gladstone conjured misty eyes across the audience for her speech, in which she became the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe in its entire 81-year history. Starting by speaking some words in the Blackfeet language, she went onto dedicate her award to “every little res [reservation] kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream.”
In a nice counterpoint, Kieran Culkin started his speech by burping on-stage. “Sorry, burping. Indigestion. Otherwise, this is a nice moment for me. I've blown it already," he said, before adding, “Suck it, Pedro. Mine!” A gracious Pascal played along, pretending to cry from his spot in the audience. And shout out too to The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, who started her wonderfully chaotic speech by thanking her co-stars, “my real family also – I love you guys, too,” and then “all of my agents and managers’ assistants” for “answering my crazy, crazy emails.”
The host
From the good to the really very bad. There’s no getting around it: Jo Koy might go down in history as one of the worst hosts the show has had in some time. Koy is an established name on the comedy circuit, with multiple Netflix specials under his belt, but with only two weeks to prep his material, the jokes fell flatter than a skydiver without a parachute.
Seriously, though: who thought it was a good idea to refer to Barbie as the film with “big boobies”? Or referring to Barry Keoghan’s penis as “the real star of the show”? No surprise that he was booed – or that Selena Gomez was spotted with her face in her hands.
Jacob Elordi’s bathwater, anyone?
In one of the evening’s better red-carpet jokes, celebs were presented with a candle supposedly scented like Jacob Elordi’s bathwater, Saltburn-edition. Understandably, Rosamund Pike refused to sniff it – but fellow star Barry Keoghan had some kind words to say. “Lovely, smells good,” he joked. “It smells like Jacob, weirdly.” Well, he would know.
Bad blood
In one of the event’s more awkward moments, host Jo Koy took a swipe at Taylor Swift’s relationship with American football star Travis Kelce. "The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL?” Koy joked. “At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift." The camera cut to Swift taking an unimpressed sip of her champagne flute. Then Koy apologised. Eek.
Taylor Swift sips her drink after host Jo Koy calls her out at the #GoldenGlobes.
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‘I am relatable’
Whoever decided who the show’s hosts would be: give them a Golden Globe, too. Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell knocked it out of the park with a funny musical-inspired skit; the Suits cast (minus Meghan Markle, or any mention of her) took to the stage to present an award; Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reunited to present Best Director.
The highlight of the evening, however, might have been when Daniel Kaluuya, Hailee Steinfeld, and Shameik Moore took to the stage to present the award for best screenplay. Aptly, the trio the performed a skit imagining what their speech would be, had it been written by studio executives (i.e. AI) rather than paid writers. “I am relatable. I am enjoy the Golden Globs,” Steinfeld deadpanned. Indeed, Hailee. Indeed.
Pucker up
And for those eagle-eyed Timothée Chalamet fans: rather than bringing his mother (2023 edition), the star made a rare public appearance with girlfriend Kylie Jenner. Though they didn’t walk the red carpet together, they were spotted all over each other in the audience – doubtless to the dismay of teenage girls everywhere.
