Golden Globes Gets Slammed For Cutting Joaquin Phoenix's Speech
Joaquin Phoenix won the Best Actor Award for Drama Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, however, his awkward but powerful acceptance speech was cut off by cueing music.
On
Sunday
night,
the
Golden
Globes
2020
took
place
at
The
Beverly
Hilton
in
Beverly
Hills,
California.
One
award
that
everyone
was
sure
to
land
into
Joker
star
Joaquin
Phoenix's
hand
was
the
Best
Actor
in
Motion
Picture
Drama
category.
As
the
actor
headed
to
the
stage
and
accepted
his
award,
he
had
a
bit
of
trouble
starting
off
his
acceptance
speech.
But
his
almost
six
minutes
long
speech
had
plenty
of
groundbreaking
material,
that
got
the
A-lister
audience,
at
the
event,
chuckling.
Things
turned
a
bit
sour
for
the
showrunners
when
Phoenix
started
calling
out
actors
for
using
private
jets
to
fly
in
and
out
of
awards
shows
and
at
the
same
time
talk
about
climate
change.
The
music
was
then
cued
asking
Phoenix
to
hurry
up
his
speech.
Fans
quickly
took
to
twitter
and
slammed
the
Golden
Globes
for
hypocrisy.
If
you
haven't
seen
the
speech
yet,
here
is
a
clip
from
the
event
last
night.
The
actor's
rocky
speech
first
started
with,
"I
would
like
to
thank
the
Hollywood
Foreign
Press
for
recognising
and
acknowledging
the
link
between
animal
agriculture
and
climate
change.
It's
a
bold
move
to
making
tonight
plant-based
and
it
really
sends
a
powerful
message" He
then
moved
on
to
his
fellow
nominees
and
admitted
feeling
intimidated
by
some,
"To
my
fellow
nominees,
we
are
no...
there's
no
****ing
competition.
It's
like
this
thing
created
to
serve
advertisements
for
the
TV
show," adding:
"I
know
people
say
this
I'm
really
honoured
to
be
mentioned
with
you.
Some
of
you
I've
reached
out
to
personally.
Some
of
you
I'm
still
a
little
intimidated
by
even
though
we
share
the
same
agent."
Joaquin
also
thanked
the
Joker
director,
Todd
Phillips,
for
putting
up
with
him
and
casting
him.
Had
a
special
shout
out
for
girlfriend,
Rooney
Mara
and
said,
"I
love
you."
He
then
tried
to
end
the
speech
at
the
environmental
note
and
added,
"But
I
think
together
hopefully
we
can
be
unified
and
actually
make
some
changes.
It's
great
to
vote.
Sometimes
we
have
to
take
that
responsibility
on
ourselves
and
make
changes
and
sacrifices
in
our
own
lives.
And
hope
we
can
do
that.
We
don't
have
to
take
private
jets
to
Palm
Springs
for
the
awards
and
back,
please.
I'll
try
to
do
better
and
hope
you
will
too."
The
showrunner's
move
didn't
sit
well
with
the
viewers
at
home,
here
is
what
Twitterverse
had
to
say,
The
#Vegan
King
#JoaquinPhoenix
using
his
power
and
platform
to
speak
up
for
the
Animals
and
the
planet.
This
is
how
it’s
done.
When
you
have
power
is
your
responsibility
to
use
it
in
a
positive
way!
Thank
you
Joaquin
Phoenix.
I
love
this
man
more
than
ever
#GoldenGlobes
pic.twitter.com/wTD51DoIlB
lol
interesting
how
they
started
playing
the
music
on
joaquin
phoenix’s
speech
as
soon
as
he
started
calling
out
people
for
flying
on
private
jets
and
asking
them
to
do
more
than
give
“well
wishes”
to
australia
Joaquin
Phoenix
winning
Best
Actor
for
Joker
and
applauding
the
plant-based
menu
and
speaking
about
climate
change.
How
DARE
the
networks
cut
his
speech!!!
And
HOW
DARE
they
start
playing
music
to
cut
him
off.
The
music
is
playing
for
the
planet.
May
we
wake
up.
#GoldenGlobes
Joaquin
Phoenix
is
the
only
one
played
off
by
music
tonight.
His
speech
was
rambling,
but
it
doesn’t
matter.
He’s
sweeping
everything,
including
the
Oscar.
#GoldenGlobes
Some
of
the
biggest
moments
of
the
event
last
night
(Monday
morning
in
India),
were
1917
bagging
the
best
film
as
well
as
best
director
award.
Awkwafina
becoming
the
first
Asian-American
women
to
win
the
Golden
Globes
for
in
a
comedy
category.
Michelle
Williams's
speech
for
winning
the
best
performance
in
a
limited
series
for
Fosse/Verdon.
Some
of
the
other
movies
and
shows
that
won
major
awards
are,
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Hollywood,
Parasite,
Missing
Link,
Chernobyl,
Succession,
and
Fleabag.