Emmy-nominated roast comedian Nikki Glaser will once again host the Golden Globes awards show in January 2026 after she hosted this year’s show, receiving very positive reviews.
“Hosting the Golden Globes this year was without a doubt the most fun I have ever had in my career,” Glaser said in a statement on Thursday to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/golden-globes-nikki-glaser-to-return-as-host-in-2026-1236162520/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> following the announcement from CBS and the Golden Globes.
“I can’t wait to do it again, and this time in front of the team from ‘The White Lotus,’ who will finally recognize my talent and cast me in season four as a Scandinavian Pilates instructor with a shadowy past,” she added.
President of the Golden Globes, Helen Hoehne, added that, “Nikki Glaser brought a refreshing spark and fearless wit to the Golden Globes stage this year. Her sharp humor and bold presence set the tone for an unforgettable night, making the ceremony feel vibrant and most of all fun.”
Despite Glaser’s praise as host, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/golden-globes-host-roasts-stars-for-trump-re-election">Golden Globes</a> actually saw a slight drop in ratings from the previous year, <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/golden-globes-2025-ratings-1236267097/">Variety</a> reported.
Nielsen showed a dip of two percent in the ratings for the awards show, with 9.3 million viewers, compared to the average of 9.4 million viewers the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/golden-globes-see-spike-in-ratings-for-first-time-since-2020">Golden Globes</a> brought in 2024.
Last year’s show was up 51 percent from when the show aired on NBC in 2023, when it drew an average of 6.25 million viewers — marking the second-smallest audience in the network’s 28 years of broadcasting the awards show, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-sunday-jan-7-2024-1235782200/">per Nielsen</a>. 
To put this year’s numbers in context, before the pandemic, the Globes averaged nearly 20 million viewers between 2008-2019, the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-01-08/golden-globe-awards-9-4-million-viewers-cbs-robert-downey-jo-koy">LA Times</a> noted.
At this year’s show, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-host-promises-celebs-wont-be-offended-by-her-monologue">Glaser</a> took a page out of long-time Golden Globe’s host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/audience-response-makes-it-clear-golden-globe-viewers-want-ricky-gervais-back">Ricky Gervais</a> manual when she kicked off the night by roasting celebrities over President Donald Trump’s re-election.
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In a clip posted on <a href="https://x.com/goldenglobes/status/1876077747359088733">X</a>, the comedian/host called out the biggest members of Hollywood for not being persuasive enough to convince people who to vote for in the 2024 election, as the majority of stars had been very vocal supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I am not here to roast you tonight,” Glaser told the crowd after pointing out that she’s known for being a comedian on roasts. “I want you to know that. How could I really. You are all so famous. So talented.”
“So powerful,” she added. “I mean you could really do anything. I mean except tell the country who to vote for. But it’s okay, you&#8217;ll get them next time. If there is one. I’m scared.”
Ahead of the award night, the comedian hinted at what her monologue would be about — and took the opportunity to warn viewers that she wasn’t going to be just like Gervais, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-host-promises-celebs-wont-be-offended-by-her-monologue">reported</a>.
In January 2020, Gervais hosted the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNdTLHZAeo">Golden Globes</a> and famously torched the stars, telling them, “So, if you do win an award tonight, don&#8217;t use it as a platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world.&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ricky-gervais">Ricky Gervais</a> torched the winners of the 67th Grammy Awards who used their time on the show to give political speeches about things like DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), transgender issues, and illegal immigrants. 
In the post on <a href="https://x.com/rickygervais/status/1886361303268094204">X</a> on Monday, the 63-year-old comedian and actor shared a screenshot of the message he gave celebrities in January of 2020 — when he last hosted the Golden Globes — and told stars,  “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything.”
He captioned his post, “They’re still not listening.”
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The producer and director later shared a <a href="https://x.com/gervaisclips/status/1885438197577941012">clip</a> from that unforgettable and brutal NSFW monologue he gave at his final turn hosting the Golden Globes. The monologue ended up going viral after he took a verbal sledgehammer to celebrities and big tech companies for their hypocrisy. In total, the “After Life” star has hosted the Globes five times.
To open the show, Gervais said it would be the last time he planned to host the Golden Globes or any other awards shows, sharing that he doesn’t “care anymore. I’m joking. I never did. NBC clearly don’t care either — fifth time. I mean, Kevin Hart was fired from the Oscars because of some offensive tweets — hello?”
He closed out the segment by telling stars not to use the platform to “make a political speech” noting that they weren’t in any position to “lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.”
“So if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God, and f*** off, OK?” Gervais added.
At the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lady-gaga-trans-people-not-invisible-2025-grammys-trump-1236125567/">Grammy Awards</a> on Sunday, host Trevor Noah took a jab at President Donald Trump and said, “There’s been a few changes in Washington. I’m going to enjoy tonight because this may be the last time I get to host anything in this country.”
When Lady Gaga went up to accept the award for Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her “Die With a Smile” duet with Bruno Mars, she spoke about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-protecting-kids-from-irreversible-gender-transition-procedures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender issues</a> following Trump’s signing of an Executive Order that makes it crystal clear, the United States only recognizes two genders, a male and female.
“Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love,” the singer said. “The queer community deserves to be lifted up. <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/music/">Music</a> is love.”
Shakira was honored for Best Latin pop album and said, “I want to dedicate this award to all of my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country. You are loved, you’re worth it and I will always fight for you.&#8221; Her comment was in reaction to Trump&#8217;s crackdown on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigration</a>.
Near the end of the show, singer Alicia Keys was honored with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, and claimed that &#8220;DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) &#8220;is not a threat, it’s a gift. And the more voices, the more powerful the sound.” Trump and numerous corporations across the country have opted to get rid of their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-rolls-back-dei-joining-other-major-companies-like-walmart-meta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEI programs</a>.
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I try to keep abreast of the various movies that are nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, even though there hasn&#8217;t been a solid winner in the Oscars for years at this point. 
This year, the frontrunner is a movie titled “Emilia Pérez,” which was nominated for 10 Golden Globes. It won four.
It is one of the worst movies ever made. It is horrible in every way possible for it to be horrible.
I’m going to break down this review into a few categories. First, we&#8217;re going to go through the actual movie plot, the performances, and the music. Then, we&#8217;ll get to the blowback.
The premise of this unbelievably stupid, insulting, and morally vacuous film involves a gangland drug leader, played by Karla Sofía Gascón, who is a trans woman, which is to say, a man. In real life, Gascón identified as a male until his mid-forties. In 2018, at the age of 46, Gascón decided that he was, in fact, a she and decided to go through all of the various surgeries to make him look more like a her. 
I would say rather unsuccessfully.
In this particular story, Gascón plays a Mexican drug lord, the head of a deadly drug cartel who decides he does not just want to disappear, but also wants to become a woman. He&#8217;s apparently always wanted to be a woman. The lawyer he ropes into this game is Rita Mora Castro, played by Zoe Saldana, who will help the newly-named Emilia Pérez become a woman.
The basic premise of the film is reliant on one essential idea about life. If you don&#8217;t buy into this idea, the entire movie is actually quite evil. That idea is: If you cut off your genitals, this makes you a better person. The basic premise of the film is: If a genocidal, murderous drug lord wants to feel like a woman, undergoes many surgeries and hormone treatments, that person is to be treated as a feminist saint after emerging on the other side.
Without that crazy perspective, none of the movie works and the whole tale becomes rather sinister.
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Now, you may be saying to yourself, this sounds like a comedy. If you watch the film as a comedy, it is uproariously funny, since none of it follows. It makes no sense. All the things that are supposed to be serious are hilarious. It is one of the most ridiculous movies ever filmed.
This drug lord is married to a character played by Selena Gomez, legitimately one of the worst actresses alive. Inanimate objects have more affect than Gomez.
The transgender woman&#8217;s lover, played by Adriana Paz, is a person named Epifania.
The drug lord’s wife and two children move to Switzerland with the drug lord’s money. Four years later, the drug lord, now a transgender woman, approaches the lawyer and says, basically, “I would like to get in touch with my kids again, so I&#8217;m going to pretend to be my cousin living in Mexico. I&#8217;m going to pay my ex-wife and the kids” — the wife thinks he&#8217;s dead at this point —  “to come live with me in Mexico.” Complications ensue because it turns out the wife has a lover. And not only that, but so does Emilia Pérez. At this point, he falls in love with a woman. 
All of this comes as the lawyer and Pérez decide that not only is it time for Pérez to return to Mexico as a woman, but it is also time for Pérez to become an extraordinarily high-scale public figure who uncovers all of the bodies of people murdered by drug cartels. At no point, by the way, does this drug cartel leader actually apologize to anyone for having murdered humans.
Instead, this person just traipses around explaining that it&#8217;s very bad to kill people and bury their bodies in unnamed places and so on. By the end of the film, the drug cartel leader and his ex-wife have died in a car crash and the children now belong to the lawyer.
If you followed all of that, congratulations; either you have a screw loose, or you are great at following nonsensical plots.
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All of this is accompanied by some of the worst music and performances in a film. In a musical, the music should be good, but in this musical, the music is just absolute sheer, unmitigated horror. It was written by Camille, a French singer, and Clément Ducol, a French film composer. It&#8217;s absolutely, horrifyingly bad. The lighting is terrible. The choreography is terrible.
At one point, Pérez goes into the bedroom of one of his children and lies down next to his child. They can&#8217;t fall asleep. And the kid tells him he smells like his father.
Well, yes; you&#8217;ve f***ed up that kid&#8217;s life beyond all recognition. First of all, you&#8217;re a drug lord. Second of all, you deprived that kid of a father so that you could play dress up.
And we&#8217;re supposed to be sympathetic to this person for some reason?
The lyrics are terrible in this scene. The dude smells like “mountains, leather coffee, spicy food, sugar, lamb on the fire, the engine, Diet Coke with lemon, ice, and sweat.” He also smells of “little stones warmed by the sun, mint, Mezcal, guacamole, dogs on car rides, cigarettes.”
Who wrote this? This whole musical was written by a person being hit in the head with a brick.
The end of the film is a parade with a statue looking like the Virgin Mary of this trans-woman, drug-cartel leader who engaged in mass murder, was never prosecuted for it, and betrayed his wife and children. But this person is a saint now, because that&#8217;s how the politics work here.
The whole musical turns on one fundamental moral supposition: If you are a person with gender dysphoria and cut off your genitals or have hormone surgery, this means all sins — past, present, and future — are wiped away. All of them. You can do anything to anyone at any time, and you are fully justified in doing so because you have found your identity.
This will be the worst Best Picture winner since “The Shape of Water,” although that’s a brutal decision, the &#8220;Sophie&#8217;s Choice&#8221; of bad movies decisions. Which do you pick? You&#8217;re on a desert island, and you only can watch one of these two movies for the rest of time. Which one?
The third option is to drown yourself.
Which may be preferable.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/golden-globes-host-roasts-stars-for-trump-re-election">Golden Globes</a> actually saw a drop in ratings this year after picking roast comedian Nikki Glaser as the host of the annual awards show on Sunday night.
It was initally reported by CBS that the 82nd annual awards show ratings jumped seven percent from last year’s show, bringing in an average of 10.1 million viewers, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2025-golden-globes-ratings-rise-1236098645/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported. The network also reported that live streams on its app and Paramount plus were up nine percent from the show in 2024, per VideoAmp, the company CBS uses for ratings amid its contract dispute with Nielsen.
However, <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/golden-globes-2025-ratings-1236267097/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> later released numbers from Nielsen that showed a dip of two percent in the ratings, with 9.3 million viewers, compared to the average of 9.4 million viewers the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/golden-globes-see-spike-in-ratings-for-first-time-since-2020">Golden Globes</a> brought in 2024.
Last year&#8217;s show was up 51 percent from when the show aired on NBC in 2023, when it drew an average of 6.25 million viewers — marking the second-smallest audience in the network’s 28 years of broadcasting the awards show, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-sunday-jan-7-2024-1235782200/">per Nielsen</a>. To put Sunday’s numbers in context, before the pandemic, the Globes averaged nearly 20 million viewers between 2008-2019, the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-01-08/golden-globe-awards-9-4-million-viewers-cbs-robert-downey-jo-koy">LA Times</a> noted.
At this year&#8217;s show, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-host-promises-celebs-wont-be-offended-by-her-monologue">Glaser</a> took a page out of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/audience-response-makes-it-clear-golden-globe-viewers-want-ricky-gervais-back">Ricky Gervais</a> hosting manual when she kicked off the night by roasting celebrities over Donald Trump’s re-election and more.
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In a clip posted on <a href="https://x.com/goldenglobes/status/1876077747359088733">X</a>, the comedian/host called out the biggest members of Hollywood for failing to convince people who to vote for in the 2024 election, with the majority of stars being very vocal supporters of the former Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
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“I am not here to roast you tonight,” Glaser told the crowd after pointing out that she’s known for being a comedian on roasts. “I want you to know that. How could I really. You are all so famous. So talented.”
“So powerful,” she added. “I mean you could really do anything. I mean except tell the country who to vote for. But it’s okay, you will get them next time. If there is one. I’m scared.”
She then turned to actress and singer Ariana Grande and asked her to “hold my finger,” a reference to the bizarre interactions between Grande and her costar Cynthia Erivo on the press tour for their movie “Wicked.”
At one point in her opening monologue, Glaser also cracked jokes about the weight loss injection “Ozempic” — calling it the drug’s biggest night — and the sexual harassment in Hollywood that was mentioned numerous times during the #MeToo movement.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golden-globes">Golden Globes</a> host Nikki Glaser is being praised for her performance on Sunday night, including her willingness to poke fun at the celebrities in attendance. Now, the 40-year-old stand-up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comedian</a> is sharing ten jokes that were cut from her monologue for various reasons.
Glaser revealed the provocative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">jokes</a>, including quips about Adolf Hitler, Diddy, and Alec Baldwin, during an appearance on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show on Monday, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nikki-glaser-golden-globes-hosting-joke-regrets-1236102260/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. She <a href="https://youtu.be/i33-r26oFuY">told</a> the talk show host she added these particular jokes to the &#8220;Stern files&#8221; because, &#8220;We can&#8217;t say that on TV. We cannot say that to people&#8217;s faces.&#8221;
First up was a general remark about Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sexual assault accusations and who else might be implicated. So far, the only other named celebrity in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jay-z-issues-denial-to-rape-claim-we-dont-play-these-games">one of the lawsuits</a> is Jay-Z.
One of the cut jokes said, “This is the last time all of you will be in the same room together until the Diddy trial.” 
Glaser told Stern, “We had another Diddy mention that worked better … and you only get one Diddy mention. You’re also accusing the people in the room of being involved in that, and they might turn on you.”
Instead of that, during the show, Glaser said, “[‘Challengers’] was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card. I know… I’m upset, too. The after-party isn’t going to be as good this year, but we have to move on.” 
Glaser then joked, “Stanley Tucci freak-off doesn’t have the same ring to it,” adding, “No baby oil this year, just lots of olive oil.”
Another joke that got cut was about the Catholic church. The joke went, “I loved ‘Conclave.’ It’s about choosing a new pope. It was heartwarming. It will touch you so much that the church will have to move it to another theater. Hot tip: You don’t need ID to get into the Conclave afterparty.”
“We didn’t do those because they were Catholic Church pedophile jokes — we’ve all heard them, we don’t need more of that,” Glaser told Stern.
Another joke that never got told was an extended version of the comedian calling Adrien Brody a “two-time Holocaust survivor,” referencing the fact that he appeared in two Holocaust movies (“The Pianist” and “The Brutalist”). The part that was cut said, “If Adrien Brody could go back in time, he would thank baby Hitler for his career.”
“I loved that one such much,” Glaser told Stern. “But my assistant is Gen Z and she was like, ‘I don’t get it&#8217;” due to the time travel/kill Hitler reference being, apparently, a bit dated. “Oh, we’re going to lose a whole generation on that joke, and then I’ve said ‘Hitler’ for nothing.’”
Another cut joke referenced the Hawk Tuah girl, Hailey Welch. 
It said, “‘Only Murders in the Building’ is amazing. I think it’s so cool that legends like Steve Martin, Martin Short and Meryl Streep are still at it. It just goes to show you that you’re never too old to still need money. Why are you still working so hard? What’s going on, did you get caught up in the Hawk Tuah crypto scheme?”
Another of Glaser’s jokes referenced Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. 
“Glen Powell is nominated tonight for &#8216;Hit Man.&#8217; Who would have thought you’d only be the second-hottest hit man in America?” the joke said, but Glaser cut it because the story faded out of the news cycle.
Another cut joke said, “The only show where you can see the biggest stars in movies and television join together with a common goal: Getting out here tonight before Dax Shepard asks them to do his podcast.” 
The comedian said she cut a joke about Nicole Kidman so the actress wouldn&#8217;t make a face at it: “The Wild Robot is nominated tonight — and by that I mean Nicole Kidman after two white wines,” the joke said.
Glaser also mentioned one that said, “Timothée Chalamet took lessons in guitar, dialect, movement and vocals to become Bob Dylan [in ‘A Complete Unknown’]. While Bob Dylan became Bob Dylan the old-fashioned way: heroin and autism.”
A joke about Alec Baldwin was ultimately deemed “too mean” by the stand-up comedian.
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It said, “Michael Keaton was so great in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.’ And Alec Baldwin sadly did not come back to play a ghost because he was too busy making them.”
Another cut joke said, “Here’s Ben Affleck. I can’t wait to see which Jennifer you try to ruin next.”
The Golden Globes host said she’s upset about messing up the Affleck joke she did include in her monologue. 
During the broadcast, Glaser said, “Wicked, Queer, Nightbitch — these are not just words Ben Affleck yells after he orgasms. These are some of the incredible movies nominated tonight.”
“It was supposed to be ‘when he orgasms’ and I said ‘after’ and it really bugged me,” she told Stern. “It still works. It’s just less clear. It’s 2 percent more funny [the other way].” 
Ultimately, Glaser told the podcast host she was pleased with her monologue. “I went to bed happy,” she said.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golden-globes">Golden Globes</a> host Nikki Glaser made a joke halfway through the show on Sunday, pointing out that none of the night’s winners had thanked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/god">God</a> for their award.
“So much has already happened in the first half, and the acceptance speeches have been on fire. Who got shouted out the most? Let&#8217;s look at the numbers,&#8221; she said as the screen in the venue changed into a scoreboard.
The comedian gestured to a visual representation of who had been thanked and who hadn’t.
“All right, cast and crew are leading the way with 11 mentions,” Glaser told the assembled celebrities. “Moms are holding strong with three shoutouts. God, creator of the universe, with zero mentions.”
The audience started laughing, and the show’s host went on, saying, “Mario Lopez, host of ‘Access Hollywood,’ one.”
“No surprise in this godless town,” Glaser deadpanned.
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The 40-year-old stand-up comedian is being praised for her performance, particularly for the way she poked fun at some of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a> A-listers in the audience. 
“I am not here to roast you tonight,” Glaser told the crowd during her opening monologue. “I want you to know that. How could I, really? You are all so famous. So talented.”
“So powerful,” she went on. “I mean you could really do anything. I mean except tell the country who to vote for. But it’s okay, you will get them next time. If there is one. I’m scared.”
Glaser also made jokes about Ozempic and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was recently charged with sexual assault and is currently in a federal jail awaiting his trial. 
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“[‘Challengers’] was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card,” the comedian said during her monologue. “I know… I’m upset, too. The after-party isn’t going to be as good this year, but we have to move on.” Glaser then joked, “Stanley Tucci freak-off doesn’t have the same ring to it,” adding, “No baby oil this year, just lots of olive oil.”
While the elites ignored God during their speeches, actor Colin Farrell is being praised for thanking a member of craft services by name.
The actor began his acceptance speech for Best Actor in a Mini Series or Motion Picture for TV by joking, “No one to thank on this one; I did it all by myself.”
He went on to name many people he worked with on “The Penguin.” Farrell seemed to wrap up his speech after thanking the Golden Globes and anyone else he forgot, before he piped up, “Oh! Craft service, our great dame!”
The crowd started laughing at him for thanking the team that provides food and drink to the crew, but Farrell made it clear he was being serious. 
“No, no, Carolina, on those cold winter nights in New York when I was the only one overheating,” he said. “She’d be there with a coconut water every half hour. Carolina, God bless you — she kept the whole crew going; she’s craft service.”
The actor got a lot of positive reactions on social media for the speech.
&#8220;Colin Farrell thanking Carolina in crafts services and her thoughtfulness in his #GoldenGlobes acceptance speech is your wholesome moment of the evening,” one popular tweet <a href="https://x.com/Lulamaybelle/status/1876091673840898217">says</a>.
“I don’t think I’ve heard an actor thank craft services in a speech EVER what a man,” another person <a href="https://x.com/emblergh/status/1876241091579576708">wrote</a>. 
A third viewer <a href="https://x.com/latchkeyforever/status/1876116878361596151">agreed</a>, “Carolina is somewhere absolutely floating tonight.”

Golden Globes Host Jokes That None Of The Winners Thank God

Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/demi-moore">Demi Moore</a> became emotional during her acceptance speech at the 2024 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golden-globes">Golden Globes</a>, mentioning how she was “in shock” after winning her first major award for her craft.
&#8220;I really wasn’t expecting that. I’m just in shock right now. I&#8217;ve been doing this a long time, like over 45 years, and this is the first time I&#8217;ve ever won anything as an actor,&#8221; the 62-year-old star <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/01/05/demi-moore-wins-best-actress-golden-globes/77479396007/">told</a> the audience after she was announced as clinching <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Best Actress</a> in a Comedy or Musical for the horror film &#8220;The Substance.&#8221; 
This was Moore’s fourth Golden Globe nomination and first win after previously being nominated for “Ghost” (1990) and “If These Walls Could Talk” (1996). The actress had also previously been nominated for an Emmy and SAG Award.
While she has taken home People&#8217;s Choice Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, and other minor accolades, she had not yet won any major industry awards until Sunday night.
&#8220;Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me that I was a popcorn actress,&#8221; she said during her speech. &#8220;And at that time, I made that mean that this wasn&#8217;t something that I was allowed to have.&#8221; 
Moore continued, &#8220;I bought in, and I believed that, and that corroded me over time, to the point where I thought a few years ago that maybe this was it,&#8221; she said while becoming visibly emotional. 
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&#8220;Maybe I was complete, maybe I&#8217;ve done what I was supposed to do. And as I was at kind of a low point, I had this magical, bold, courageous, out-of-the-box, absolutely bonkers script come across my desk called &#8216;The Substance.'&#8221;
&#8220;The universe told me that &#8216;You&#8217;re not done,’” she added, thanking her co-stars. The actress concluded her speech by reiterating the message of the film she won for. 
&#8220;In those moments when we don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re smart enough or pretty enough or skinny enough or successful enough, or basically just not enough, I had a woman say to me, just know you will never be enough, but you can know the value of your worth if you just put down a measuring stick,” Moore said. &#8220;And so today, I celebrate this as a marker of my wholeness and of the love that is driving me, and for the gift of doing something I love and being reminded that I do belong. Thank you so much.&#8221;
“The Substance” was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $78 million on a $17.5 million production budget. It received five nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

Demi Moore

Demi Moore ‘In Shock’ Over Winning First Major Award At Golden Globes

Demi Moore 'In Shock' Over Winning First Major Award At Golden Globes

Golden Globe watchers slammed Hollywood on Sunday night for being out of touch after a transgender-themed film won Best Picture for a Musical or Comedy of 2024, beating out blockbusters like Wicked.
At the 82nd annual awards ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Emilia Pérez, which blends genres as a musical crime comedy-drama about a Mexican drug lord who decides to undergo transgender surgery, took home several Golden Globes, and social media blew up about it.
“Emilia Pérez, a film about a drug cartel boss ‘transitioning’ into a woman, just won Best Picture at the Golden Globes. Hollywood continues to be absolutely out of touch with America,” one person wrote on <a href="https://x.com/GaysForTrump24/status/1876120849595744618" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>.
Another <a href="https://x.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1876123771914043531" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, “When it comes to ‘Emilia Perez,’ the disconnect between industry insiders and the people this movie claims to represent—Hispanics—is impossible to overstate. It’s like the &#8216;Latinx&#8217; debacle all over again: non-Latino elites imposing something on Hispanics that they neither asked for nor want.”
A third person <a href="https://x.com/AndyHerren/status/1876118933314682961" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, “Much love but ‘Emilia Pérez’ is a terrible movie and it winning over ‘The Substance,’ ‘Challengers,’ ‘Anora,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ and ‘Wicked’ is a f**kin joke!!!”
And a fourth person <a href="https://x.com/PUSHED2START/status/1876091758322622942" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed</a> out “that ‘Emilia Perez’ is a Spanish musical directed by a French director who doesn’t speak Spanish and hates musicals. <a href="https://x.com/goldenglobes">@goldenglobes</a> you should be ASHAMED of yourselves for awarding such trash.”
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EMILIA PÉREZ takes home four <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldenGlobes</a> tonight 🌹
Best Picture — Musical or Comedy 
Best Non-English Language Motion Picture 
Best Song in a Motion Picture 
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role — Zoe Saldaña <a href="https://t.co/CKaQYep9oh">pic.twitter.com/CKaQYep9oh</a>
— Netflix (@netflix) <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1876128720689524779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
While a fifth person did not hold back their thoughts, writing on <a href="https://x.com/georgecarmi/status/1876077425651798256" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, “(W)e’re actually witnessing history this awards season tbh. We may never see a film as dogs**t as ‘Emilia Perez’ win awards. This is generational delusion from voting committees that we may never see again.”
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The transgender-themed musical not only won the top honor for a musical or comedy in 2024 but also swept the night, taking home additional awards. Zoe Saldaña won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. It also won Best Non-English Language Motion Picture and Best Song in a Motion Picture.
During the acceptance speech for Best Picture, the French director Jacques Audiard turned the mic over to one of the stars of the movie, a trans-identifying male actor who goes by the name of <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/11/14/emilia-perez-karla-sofia-gascon-interview/75732898007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karla Sofia Gascon</a>. 
“I have a lot of things to say,” Gascon said. “Maybe you can put us in jail. You can beat us up. But you never can take away our soul, our resistance, our identity. And I want to say, I won. I am who I am, not who you want me to be.”

Emilia Perez

‘F**king Joke’: Hollywood Gets Slammed After Transgender-Themed Film Wins Best Musical

‘F**king Joke’: Hollywood Gets Slammed After Rewarding Transgender-Themed Film Best Musical

Golden Globes host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-host-promises-celebs-wont-be-offended-by-her-monologue">Nikki Glaser</a> clearly took a page out of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/audience-response-makes-it-clear-golden-globe-viewers-want-ricky-gervais-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ricky Gervais</a> hosting manual when she kicked off the show Sunday by roasting celebrities for Donald Trump’s re-election.
In a clip posted on <a href="https://x.com/goldenglobes/status/1876077747359088733">X</a>, the comedian/host kicked off the 82nd annual award show by calling out the biggest members of Hollywood for failing to convince people who to vote for in the 2024 election, with the majority of stars being very vocal supporters of the former Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris .
“I am not here to roast you tonight,” Glaser told the crowd after pointing out that she’s known for being a comedian on roasts. “I want you to know that. How could I really. You are all so famous. So talented.”
“So powerful,” she added. “I mean you could really do anything. I mean except tell the country who to vote for. But it’s okay, you will get them next time. If there is one. I’m scared.”
She then turned to actress and singer Ariana Grande and asked her to “hold her finger,&#8221; a reference to the bizarre interactions between Grande and her costar Cynthia Erivo on the press tour for their movie “Wicked.”
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Say hello to your roast for the night—Oops, we mean HOST for the night&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiGlaser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiGlaser</a>! 🎙️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldenGlobes</a> <a href="https://t.co/MVa5FQ1NoS">pic.twitter.com/MVa5FQ1NoS</a>
— Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldenglobes/status/1876077747359088733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
At one point in her opening monologue, Glaser also cracked a joke about the weight loss injection “Ozempic,” calling it the drug&#8217;s biggest night, and the sexual harassment in Hollywood that was mentioned numerous times during the #MeToo movement.
“I gotta say this feels like I finally made it,” Glaser told the audience. “I’m in a room full of producers at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and this time all of my clothes are on. So, yeah, it was worth it.”
Ahead of the award night, the comedian hinted at what her monologue would be about — and took the opportunity to warn viewers that she wasn’t going to be just like the famed Globes host Gervais, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-host-promises-celebs-wont-be-offended-by-her-monologue">reported</a>.
“I am doing what I was hired to do, which is, I got this because of the Tom Brady roast. That is not lost on me,” Glaser said. “So I’m going to bring that to this for sure. It’s not gonna be watered down, [but] the tone will be different for this. I’m not gonna go so hard that anyone’s gonna be offended.”
“I’ve made a point not to, and that’s not to disappoint anyone who’s hoping I’m going to pull a Ricky Gervais. I’m not Ricky Gervais,” she added. “This isn’t my last Golden Globes, this is my first one. He really went hard on his last one. He was ready to burn some bridges [because] it didn’t matter anymore. Celebrities shouldn’t be nervous because it’s a great opportunity for them to look cool.&#8221;
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Golden Globes Host Roasts Stars For Trump Re-Election

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">Comedian</a> Nikki Glaser gave a preview of what she has planned for her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golden-globes">Golden Globes</a> monologue Sunday, explaining how she aims to entertain without truly offending the celebrities in attendance.
The 40-year-old stand-up performer gained attention for participating in a roast of Tom Brady that aired on Netflix last May.
&#8220;I am doing what I was hired to do, which is, I got this because of the Tom Brady roast. That is not lost on me,&#8221; Glaser <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nikki-glaser-tells-stars-attending-the-golden-globes-come-ready-to-laugh-but-dont-expect-any-it-ends-with-us-jokes-231423570.html">told</a> Yahoo Entertainment on Thursday. &#8220;So I&#8217;m going to bring that to this for sure. It&#8217;s not gonna be watered down, [but] the tone will be different for this.&#8221;
The comedian went on to compare her set to that of another Golden Globes host, who went viral in 2020 for mocking the audience beyond the typical <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a> roast.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna go so hard that anyone&#8217;s gonna be offended,&#8221; Glaser continued. &#8220;I&#8217;ve made a point not to, and that&#8217;s not to disappoint anyone who&#8217;s hoping I&#8217;m going to pull a Ricky Gervais. I&#8217;m not Ricky Gervais. This isn&#8217;t my last Golden Globes, this is my first one. He really went hard on his last one. He was ready to burn some bridges [because] it didn&#8217;t matter anymore.&#8221;
She went on to say that good-natured jokes allow stars to connect with their audience and “look cool.”
&#8220;Celebrities shouldn&#8217;t be nervous because it&#8217;s a great opportunity for them to look cool,&#8221; the stand-up comedian said. &#8220;People at home feel disconnected from celebrities. Although that&#8217;s a thing we like about them that we put them on these pedestals, we&#8217;re really looking for some humanity from them.” 
Glaser added, “And I would really encourage celebrities to just laugh at jokes about you. I know it sucks sometimes. … So if I make a joke about a bad movie you did once that you had nothing to do with, other than that you were great in a bad movie, just laugh. It&#8217;s a really easy way to look likable to the public and actually it&#8217;s a great PR move.”
She added, “Everyone in your camp should encourage you to laugh at jokes. It doesn&#8217;t make you cooler to not laugh. &#8230; I&#8217;m trying to make you look good. I really am not out to hurt anyone&#8217;s career.&#8221;
Glaser said she might dabble in the topic of politics but “will not be too heavy-handed” because “people are tired of hearing about it.”
The one topic she won’t discuss is the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justin-baldoni-files-250m-libel-lawsuit-against-nyt-over-blake-lively-report">current drama</a> between “It Ends With Us” co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. “&#8230;even a mere mention of it will seem like I could be on the wrong side of things, even though I would never be,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I also don&#8217;t want to give his name any — I&#8217;m mad I even know his name, to be honest with you, so I don&#8217;t need to say it anymore.&#8221;
“I just want to walk out there and make everyone feel like we&#8217;re in good hands because the host really does set the tone for the whole evening,&#8221; Glaser concluded. &#8220;The tone is celebratory, but also, let&#8217;s laugh about how ridiculous this is with the state of the world that we&#8217;re all dressed up and giving out awards for playing pretend. We have to acknowledge that that&#8217;s silly, even though it is amazing.&#8221;

‘I’m Not Ricky Gervais’: Golden Globes Host Promises Celebs Won’t Be ‘Offended’ By Her Monologue

'I'm Not Ricky Gervais': Golden Globes Host Promises Celebs Won't Be 'Offended' By Her Monologue: 

The 2025 <a href="https://goldenglobes.com/articles/nominations-announced-for-82nd-annual-golden-globes/">Golden Globe nominations</a> have been announced, and in a surprise twist, names like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ariana-grande" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ariana Grande</a> and Pamela Anderson filled out the list of nominees.
On Monday, the 82nd annual Globes, which honors the best in movies and televisions, announced that it will kick off the year’s awards shows on January 5, with nominations in 27 categories, <a href="https://people.com/golden-globes-2025-nominations-full-list-8757444">People magazine</a> reported.
Leading off this year’s nominations is the <a href="https://x.com/THR/status/1793733007901114432">transgender crime musical</a> “Emilia Perez,” from French director Jacques Audiard, with ten nominations including nods for stars Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana, and Karla Sofia Gascon. The number of nominations set a new record for a comedy or musical film, after “Barbie” and 1972’s &#8220;Cabaret&#8221; each had nine nominations, <a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo.com</a> noted.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldenGlobes</a> nominees for best actress in a drama film:
Pamela Anderson <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLastShowgirl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheLastShowgirl</a> 
Angelina Jolie <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Maria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Maria</a> 
Nicole Kidman <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Babygirl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Babygirl</a> 
Tilda Swinton <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRoomNextDoor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheRoomNextDoor</a> 
Fernanda Torres <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImStillHere?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ImStillHere</a> 
Kate Winslet <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lee</a>
Full list of nominees here: <a href="https://t.co/KyQCXFm2IW">https://t.co/KyQCXFm2IW</a> <a href="https://t.co/qIFeGiVXV8">pic.twitter.com/qIFeGiVXV8</a>
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1866143187523293520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
Over on the TV side, “The Bear” continues to own the nominations with five nods, followed by “Only Murders in the Building” and “Shōgun” with four each.
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Here is a <a href="https://goldenglobes.com/articles/nominations-announced-for-82nd-annual-golden-globes/">complete list</a> of the nominees:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
THE BRUTALIST (A24)
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Searchlight Pictures)
CONCLAVE (Focus Features)
DUNE: PART TWO (Warner Bros. Pictures)
NICKEL BOYS (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
SEPTEMBER 5 (Paramount Pictures)
 
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ANORA (NEON)
CHALLENGERS (Amazon MGM Studios)
EMILIA PÉREZ (Netflix)
A REAL PAIN (Searchlight Pictures)
THE SUBSTANCE (MUBI)
WICKED (Universal Pictures)
 
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
FLOW (Sideshow / Janus Films)
INSIDE OUT 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (IFC Films)
MOANA 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
WALLACE &amp; GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL (Netflix)
THE WILD ROBOT (Universal Pictures)
 
BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Sideshow / Janus Films) – USA / FRANCE / INDIA
EMILIA PÉREZ (Netflix) – FRANCE
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (MUBI) – POLAND / SWEDEN / DENMARK
I’M STILL HERE (Sony Pictures Classics) – BRAZIL
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (NEON) – USA / GERMANY
VERMIGLIO (Sideshow / Janus Films) – ITALY
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
PAMELA ANDERSON (THE LAST SHOWGIRL)
ANGELINA JOLIE (MARIA)
NICOLE KIDMAN (BABYGIRL)
TILDA SWINTON (THE ROOM NEXT DOOR)
FERNANDA TORRES (I’M STILL HERE)
KATE WINSLET (LEE)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
ADRIEN BRODY (THE BRUTALIST)
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
DANIEL CRAIG (QUEER)
COLMAN DOMINGO (SING SING)
RALPH FIENNES (CONCLAVE)
SEBASTIAN STAN (THE APPRENTICE)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
AMY ADAMS (NIGHTBITCH)
CYNTHIA ERIVO (WICKED)
KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN (EMILIA PÉREZ)
MIKEY MADISON (ANORA)
DEMI MOORE (THE SUBSTANCE)
ZENDAYA (CHALLENGERS)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
JESSE EISENBERG (A REAL PAIN)
HUGH GRANT (HERETIC)
GABRIEL LABELLE (SATURDAY NIGHT)
JESSE PLEMONS (KINDS OF KINDNESS)
GLEN POWELL (HIT MAN)
SEBASTIAN STAN (A DIFFERENT MAN)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
SELENA GOMEZ (EMILIA PÉREZ)
ARIANA GRANDE (WICKED)
FELICITY JONES (THE BRUTALIST)
MARGARET QUALLEY (THE SUBSTANCE)
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI (CONCLAVE)
ZOE SALDAÑA (EMILIA PÉREZ)
 
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (PEACOCK)
THE DIPLOMAT (NETFLIX)
MR. &amp; MRS. SMITH (PRIME VIDEO)
SHŌGUN (FX/HULU)
SLOW HORSES (APPLE TV+)
SQUID GAME (NETFLIX)
 
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC)
THE BEAR (FX/HULU)
THE GENTLEMEN (NETFLIX)
HACKS (HBO | MAX)
NOBODY WANTS THIS (NETFLIX)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (HULU)
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ADAM BRODY (NOBODY WANTS THIS)
TED DANSON (A MAN ON THE INSIDE)
STEVE MARTIN (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
JASON SEGEL (SHRINKING)
MARTIN SHORT (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE (THE BEAR)
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Golden Globes 2025 Nominations Announced

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Explicit sexual content on television shows is so common it’s not even shocking anymore. Instead, the more surprising move is to make a popular series with attractive young actors and then choose not to show them all hooking up with each other.
This isn’t necessarily what the creator of the Emmy-winning series “The Bear” set out to do. But in crafting a narrative that’s free from blatant sexual promiscuity, the showrunner proved that even if sex sells, a series doesn’t need sex to sell. It just needs to tell a good story.
“The Bear” is a comedy-drama television series created by Christopher Storer. The Hulu series debuted on June 23, 2022, with actor Jeremy Allen White starring as an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage his family restaurant after his older brother committed suicide. The restaurant is filled with colorful characters and family members, each with their own idiosyncrasies and unique personalities. 
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A lot of drama went down in two seasons, but except for a very brief, extremely tame (comparatively speaking) moment in the second season, “The Bear” has no sexual content whatsoever.
Every episode is rated TV-MA for explicit language, of which there is plenty. This fits in well with the storyline, though, as it accurately represents what goes on in real restaurant kitchens across the nation. Many members of the restaurant industry complained that the show is so true to life that it’s impossible to watch.
But there’s no sex. That absence was enough to make mainstream media writers notice, with many outlets noting of the first season that “The Bear” was even sexier because it didn’t have any sex in it.
“The Hottest Show of the Summer Has No Sex,” one <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2022/07/the-bear-television-no-sex-yes-chef.html">headline</a> from 2022 declared.
“‘The Bear’ is largely devoid of romance in any sense of the word, and the only moments of real pleasure come from food: making it, eating it, selling it, having enough money to make more of it,” the writer from The Cut” explains. “The show’s most poignant and vulnerable scenes happen between family or friends, not romantic partners.”
The article goes on to mention how there’s obvious sexual tension between the show’s two main characters, Carmy (White) and Syd (Ayo Edebiri), but the two chefs never act on it or even seem to acknowledge it. The writer observes how this complete lack of follow-through is precisely what makes the show alluring.
Though no mainstream writer would admit it, what they’ve stumbled upon is the idea that subtlety is more attractive than explicit sexual imagery. A woman wearing a turtleneck sweater can – and does – look sexier than that same woman in a skimpy bikini top.
This isn’t to say that the restaurant employees aren’t having sex on the show. Maybe they are doing it, somewhere off-camera. But the point of “The Bear” is to tell the story of a close-knit group of friends and family who, despite their dysfunction, are coming together to build something exceptional. This storyline doesn’t need nudity and gratuitous sex to be told well. And because it doesn’t have those things, “The Bear” stands out from other shows in the same sphere.
Because it is 2024, there is one single intimate scene in the show’s second season. But once again, considering the show is rated TV-MA, the brief interlude is incredibly tame when compared to so many others. Carmy and his girlfriend are seen in bed but there’s no nudity or other indicators of sexual activity.
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This method of storytelling once again proves that explicit sex is far less sexy than subtlety and innuendo.
One reviewer called the absence of pornographic content “ingenious.” The Mamamia writer compared “The Bear” to HBO’s drama series “The Idol” starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, the latter of which made headlines for having such graphic sex scenes.
“In an age where watching sex — or rather, porn — is available at the tap of a finger, it almost feels like a daring choice to exclude intimacy scenes from ‘The Bear,’” Shannen Findlay <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/the-bear-sex-scenes/">wrote</a>.
“‘The Idol’ was intent on telling us something through lewd and violent intimacy. Unlike ‘The Bear,’ it uses raunchy, debaucherous sex instead of a good plot to tell the story,” she added. “But in a world where sex is so visible and easy to access, why do we have to keep enduring simulated intercourse between actors? Why is the inclusion of sex beginning to feel like a drawback when choosing or watching a show?”
It’s worth mentioning that “The Bear” was renewed for a third season after receiving widespread critical acclaim for its writing, directing, acting, and production values.
The first season received ten Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series and individual wins for White, Edebiri, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. It also won four Golden Globe Awards including the top prize for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2024.
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“The Idol” was panned by critics, mocked by viewers, and canceled after just one season.
It’s because “The Bear” is telling a more vital story than one about empty sex. Season 2 episodes “Fishes” and “Forks” were two of the most moving, emotionally fraught episodes of television to come out in recent years. Neither one contains sex. But both have incredible depth.
There’s a very good chance that Hollywood show creators will learn nothing from this phenomenon. Despite “The Bear” proving definitively that entertainment doesn’t need sex, nudity, promiscuity, and other sexual content to win awards and attract fans, there’s a good chance that showrunners will continue jamming sex scenes into content even when it’s not needed.
There’s also a chance that “The Bear” will add more sex into their third season, following the trend of so many shows that came before.
Hopefully this refreshingly different drama series will hold out and continue being the sexiest sex-free show on television.

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