Jerrod Carmichael addresses Golden Globes race scandal in monologue – VIBE.com

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The 2023 Golden Globes were memorable for several reasons, primarily the fact that the show did not take place in 2022. Jerrod Carmichael, the host of the evening, addressed the reason for it head-on in a monologue laden with humor centered on racism during the opening. of the long-standing awards ceremony.

the golden globes come back like nothing really happened, then hire Jerrod Carmichael who, for not even a second, gave them or the celebrities an easy ride. stunning pic.twitter.com/7oRcXdRcTs

-lucy ford? (@lucyj_ford) January 11, 2023

“I’ll tell you why I’m here. I’m here because I’m black,” the 35-year-old host and inaugural Black Golden Globes joked on Tuesday night (January 10). “That show, the Golden Globe Awards, didn’t air last year because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — which I won’t say was a racist organization, but they didn’t have a single black member until the death of George Floyd [in 2020]. Do with this information what you want.

The Carmichael Show star continued his jokes, saying: ‘One minute you’re making mint tea at home, the next you’re being asked to be the black face of the beleaguered white organisation. Life comes really fast, you know? Amid the jokes, the Winston-Salem, North Carolina-born actor admitted he was a bit conflicted over whether or not he was going to take the gig. It was a conversation with his “girlfriend” Avery that made it clear.

“I said to Avery, I said, ‘Avery, they asked me to host the Golden Globes.’ I said, ‘You know, what should I do?’ And she said, ‘Oh, Buki, I’m so proud of you. Now remind me what award is this again? And I told her what the show was, and I told her. said last year didn’t air because of no black people. And she was like, ‘Well, how much do they pay you?’

“And I said, ‘Well, Avery, it’s not about the money. Honestly, this is more of the moral question I should elaborate. She said, ‘…How much do they pay you?’ and I said “$500,000”. And she said, ‘Boy, if you don’t put on a good suit and take white people’s money.’ »

The Golden Globes came under intense scrutiny in February 2021 after the Los Angeles Times reported that there were no black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the governing body of the Golden Globes. NBC announced in May 2021 that the show would not air in 2022 due to controversy, and instead held a private ceremony without an audience due to the growing Omicron variant of COVID-19 at the time.

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