Seth Meyers didn't hold back on Hollywood sexual misconduct in his hilarious opening to the Golden Globes

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Seth Meyers didn't hold back on Hollywood sexual misconduct in his hilarious opening to the Golden Globes

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Seth Meyers hosting the 2018 Golden Globes.

  • Golden Globes host Seth Meyers didn't hold back when he addressed the sexual misconduct in Hollywood during his opening remarks.
  • Celebrities then took to Twitter to praise how Meyers handled the moment.


Seth Meyers came out guns blazing to open the 2018 Golden Globes.

With sexual misconduct allegations hovering over Hollywood for months, and almost everyone dressed in black to support the Time's Up initiative, the late-night host addressed the elephant in the room right when he came on stage.

"Good evening ladies and remaining gentleman," Meyers said to open the show. And he just went on from there.

"It's 2018, marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn't," he said, adding that 2017 was the "year of big little lies and get out, and the television series 'Big Little Lies' and the movie 'Get Out.'"

Here are a couple more jokes that broke up the audience at the Beverly Hilton:

  • "It's been years since a white man has been this nervous in Hollywood."
  • "For men, tonight is the first time in three months it won't be terrifying to hear your name announced."

Meyers also said that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts on the Golden Globes, did try to get a woman to host this year's Globes, but then "they heard it would be held in a hotel," referring to many accounts of sexual misconduct toward Hollywood women taking place in hotel rooms.

Donald Trump wasn't safe in Meyers' opening, either. When mentioning how Seth Rogen is a more important "Seth" in the room, the host added, "Remember when he was the guy making trouble with North Korea? Simpler times," said Meyers.

Meyers' friend Amy Poehler even got in on the mix, hilariously taking over a bit where he would say the set-up of a joke and then a woman in the audience would do the punchline.

One of the biggest reactions, though, was when Meyers did a joke about Harvey Weinstein, who sparked the current reckoning after The New York Times and The New Yorker revealed three decades of alleged sexual misconduct by the movie executive.

Meyers said that Weinstein would have his comeback to Hollywood "in 20 years when he's the first person ever booed during the In Memoriam."

And then Meyers ended his opening by getting serious, and recognizing women in the business who "had to work even harder" to build a career in the world of entertainment.

"I look forward to you leading us to whatever comes next," Meyers said. 

Celebrities then took to Twitter to praise Meyers' opening: