Meryl Streep Slams Trump In Golden Globes Acceptance Speech

Things got a political at the 2017 Golden Globes when Meryl Streep took time out of her acceptance speech to criticize Donald Trump.

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00:00 NBC aired the 2017 Golden Globes on Sunday, and just like anything and

00:04 everything in Hollywood, it was not without its share of drama.

00:08 La La Land made Golden Globe history walking away with seven awards, and

00:12 Meryl Streep accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign

00:16 Press Association for outstanding contributions to the world of

00:20 entertainment. And then she proceeded to use her acceptance speech to slam

00:23 President-elect Donald Trump for mocking a New York Times reporter back in 2015.

00:28 "This instinct to humiliate when it's modeled by someone in the public

00:33 platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody's life because it

00:38 kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing." The reaction

00:41 was mixed with many Hollywood celebrities either looking saddened,

00:45 ambivalent, or completely stunned. Denzel Washington's reaction is by far my

00:50 favorite. I keep thinking to myself, "Is he going, 'Denzel, go to your happy place.

00:54 Find your Zay.'" But the response to Streep's speech, not all positive, with Sean

00:59 Hannity heading to Twitter to say, "This is exactly why Hollywood is dying and

01:03 what a bunch of hypocrites. Sex, violence, and drivel rule." Turning the channel,

01:08 radio host Meghan McCain headed to Twitter to quickly back him up saying,

01:12 "This Meryl Streep speech is why Trump won. And if people in Hollywood don't

01:16 start recognizing why and how, you'll help him get re-elected." And then in true

01:21 Trump fashion, Donald Trump also jumped in on the Twitter action, "Meryl Streep is

01:25 one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood and doesn't know me but

01:29 attacked last night at the Golden Globes." I'm just wondering if anybody

01:33 else sees this like huge irony and now everybody is now bullying one another. I

01:38 guess it just kind of goes to show that no matter how old you are or what job

01:41 you hold, people just never grow up. "I don't know what I said. I don't remember."

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