Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump was a frequent target at last night's Golden Globes by pretty much everyone on stage.
While Hugh Laurie used his razor-sharp wit to thank everyone at "probably the last ever Golden Globes", Meryl Streep used her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award to take a good, hard swing at Donald Trump's presidency.
In her six-minute speech, Streep said that if Trump has his way and drives out foreign people and outsiders from Hollywood, "you'll have nothing to watch except football and MMA, and that's not the arts." That part of the speech drew the loudest cheers of the night, unsurprisingly.
Streep continued on, calling out Trump's on-stage mocking of journalist Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from arthrogryposis, before reflecting on the nature of their work and its privileges. Donald Trump, when questioned by the New York Times about Streep's comments and the night in general, replied that he wasn't surprised that he was attacked "by liberal movie people," and then claimed that he wasn't watching the show.
Here's the speech in full. Take a look.
However, it seems the US President elect isn't too bothered about it as he shrugged Streep's criticisms off when asked about it by The New York Times.
Trump dismissed Streep as a "Hillary lover" and said that he was "not surprised" to hear that "liberal movie people" were denouncing his past actions.
The main criticism of Trump in Streep's speech focused on the now infamous moment in which he appeared to mock a disabled journalist at a rally. However, Trump has re-interpreted that event and is claiming that he never mocked the reporter.
“I was never mocking anyone," Trump told the NY Times. “I was calling into question a reporter who had gotten nervous because he had changed his story."
“People keep saying I intended to mock the reporter’s disability, as if Meryl Streep and others could read my mind, and I did no such thing.”
Trump also took the opportunity to assure the newspaper that he expects many celebrities to turn out for his inauguration on January 20th.
“We are going to have an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout for the inauguration, and there will be plenty of movie and entertainment stars,” he said.
The rest of the celebrity world resoundingly praised Streep for using her time to shine a spotlight on the reality of a Trump presidency and what it means to their community and the world at large.
There has never been anyone like Meryl Streep. I love her. #GoldenGlobes
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 9, 2017
"When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose" thank you #MerylStreep #GoldenGlobes
— Julianne Moore (@_juliannemoore) January 9, 2017
Um Meryl didn't give a fuck about that speech limit, they DID NOT play the music on her either. Serve that tea girl, put some lemon in it
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep changes the world by waking us up with a kiss on the forehead
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) January 9, 2017
She has never been more graceful than tonight, nearly w/out voice, her voice has never been so strong. TY Meryl Streep. #GoldenGlobes
— Sharon Stone (@sharonstone) January 9, 2017
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thank you meryl
— darren aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) January 9, 2017
MERYL STREEP
— John Legend (@johnlegend) January 9, 2017
Is there anyone better? #Meryl
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep giving an epic and powerful speech at the #GoldenGlobes. ??????
— Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler) January 9, 2017
MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL MERYL .. all we need
— lena headey (@IAMLenaHeadey) January 9, 2017
Merryl Streep is amazing
Bravo! Show Hollywood the way ❤— Debbie Allen (@msdebbieallen) January 9, 2017
Everything she said. Thank you #MerylStreep for you work and everything you said tonight. #empathy #GoldenGlobes
— Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) January 9, 2017
A true inspiration. Meryl, you beautiful soul. Thank you for using your voice to empower. #GoldenGlobes
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) January 9, 2017
I repeat, Meryl Streep is the greatest
— Mark Ronson (@MarkRonson) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep has mastered the placid reaction shot as people honor her
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep. It's this same level of bravery that she has offered us, freely, again and again. #GoldenGlobes #MerylStreep
— Uzo Aduba (@UzoAduba) January 9, 2017
MERYL. FUCKING. STREEP.
That's all.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) January 9, 2017
