The Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler discuss difficult topics with a comedic twist to make the most of their third and final time hosting the show. Fey and Poehler talked about North Korea and Bill Cosby's scandal.
Fey and Poehler are at it again, offering not only their hosting skills, but also their comedic prowess as well on Sunday's Golden Globes Awards Night. According to ABC News, the duo turned serious topics into jokes. One of the topics the two talked about is the hacking of Sony Pictures.
Fey says, "Tonight we celebrate all the great television shows that we know and love as well as all the movies that North Korea was OK with." The film being referenced is James Franco and Seth Rogen's "The Interview," which was apparently the reason behind the Sony hack.
Fey and Poehler's jabs at North Korea didn't end there, as ABC News reports the awards night "introducing a stern-looking woman dressed in military regalia who they said was the newest member of the group that awards the Globes." The woman being mentioned was holding a magazine with an image of North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
George Clooney, who accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award, also talked about the hack, ABC News adds. However, Clooney also had a sober message to tell as the actor ended his remarks by mentioning the Paris terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo's satirical newspaper. Clooney used the phrase "Je suis Charlie" to show support about the attack.
Jared Leto also used the term as well, and Amy Adams stated her condolences to Paris backstage, ABC News further reports.
Apart from the Sony hacking, Bill Cosby's involvement in rape cases has also been touched up. ABC News has Poehler saying, "In 'Into the Woods,' Cinderella runs from her prince, Rapunzel is thrown from her tower for her prince and Sleeping Beauty just thought that she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby." Cosby is accused of drugging and raping over 15 women, but the actor has apparently denied most of the claims and even went to joke about them in a Canadian show.
According to Buzzfeed, this will be the last time that Fey and Poehler will be hosting the Globes. KTLA 5 says that Fey and Poehler had planned to take advantage of their final year of hosting to "push the envelope with their humor."
"What are they going to do, fire us?! Who cares!" KTLA 5 has Fey saying in an E! News interview.
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