The comedian went right to work skewering the HFPA in his opening monologue.
We’re not talking about the bribery accusations (2010).
Or the payola allegations (2011).
Jerrod Carmichael hosting the Golden Globe Awards.Rich Polk/NBC via Getty Images
Or the sexual assault allegations by Brendan Fraser in 2018 (who understandably optedto be a no-showthis year).
“I’ll tell you why I’m here.
I’m here because I’m Black,” he began.
So do with that information what you will."
“I was like, ‘Whoa,'” the comedian recalled.
“All right, one minute you’re making tea at home.
The next you’re invited to be the Black face of an embattled white organization.”
But, as Carmichael quipped, “Stephen’s Black, so what does he know?
Like, he’s only producing this show cause he’s Black.
You’re not going to tell him why he’s here either.”
We all live by a strict take-the-money mentality.
I bet Black informants for the FBI in the ’60s, their families were still proud of them."
“I’m like, ‘For what?
They’re gonna fire me?”
“‘They haven’t had a Black host in 79 years!
They’re gonna fire the first one?
I’m unfireable.'”
“I took this job assuming they hadn’t changed at all.
And I think this industry deserves evenings like these.
And I’m happy you all are here.”
