- Host Ricky Gervais started the 2020 Golden Globe Awards with a string of jokes, mostly aimed at the Hollywood actors and creators in the room.
- Tom Hanks was shown several times making priceless reactions, from his mouth agape to a close-eyed grimace and more.
- So far, Tom Hanks is the most relatable and memed face of the Golden Globes.
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Comedian Ricky Gervais kicked off the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday evening with a string of pointed jokes in his opening monologue. Among the seated Hollywood A-listers inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel ballroom in Beverly Hills, California, was Tom Hanks — and his reactions to the monologue are already the most memeable part of the night.
The first of several Tom Hanks reactions came after Gervais made a joke about actress Felicity Huffman, saying he rode to the awards ceremony in a car that had a license plate probably made by the actress (who was recently released from prison after serving a two-week sentence).
Just after he was seen with his mouth agape, Hanks appeared to point to the bottle of champagne in front of him, requesting a drink.
Hanks' wife, actress Rita Wilson, also appeared shocked by the joke. (Wilson started off the day by lamenting on social media about her hired hair and makeup artist failing to show up on time.)
As Gervais' monologue continued, his jokes were made more directly at the Hollywood stars, writers, and directors in the room. The camera cut to Hanks again several more times, spawning even more reaction shots circulating online.
Ricky Gervais with the 🔥🔥🔥
— Jason Krump (@JasonKrump) January 6, 2020
And Tom Hanks expression. 😂 #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/XnCJ0lfB5i
We are all Tom Hanks. #GoldenGlobes #RickyGervais pic.twitter.com/pPP1GuYiip
— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) January 6, 2020
Tom Hanks is all of us during that monologue. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/JDwTaQ8sTy
— Ethan Anderton (@Ethan_Anderton) January 6, 2020
Tom Hanks' reaction to Ricky Gervais' opening monologue at the #GoldenGlobes https://t.co/JqAdJXRT1n pic.twitter.com/mt2muEi9Ju
— Variety (@Variety) January 6, 2020
Tom Hanks has become one of the first memes of 2020. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/M7RkHcWtte
— 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚜. (@tdnewyork97) January 6, 2020
This is Gervais' fifth time hosting the Golden Globes, and his presence was a surprising choice for some based on his history of transphobic comments.
Gervais himself started out the night by acknowledging that he had seemingly been given a pass to appear yet again.
"I mean, Kevin Hart was fired from the Oscars because of some offensive tweets," Gervais said. "Luckily, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association can hardly speak English and they have no idea what Twitter is. Remember, they're just jokes. We're all going to die soon, and there's no sequel."
Gervais said multiple times throughout the monologue that he "didn't care" about the Golden Globes, nor people's reactions, and attributed the lack of care to the fact that this will be the final time he'll host the awards.
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