The Golden Globes took place last night with some of Hollywood's finest getting all dolled up for a massive party in Beverly Hills. We had the usual tears and thank you's in the acceptance speeches, with musical film La La Land taking seven awards.
But why are we reporting on it? 'Surely there was nothing sporting at the event?!' we hear no one asking. And you're right, there wasn't anything major. But Meryl Streep was awarded a lifetime achievement gong, and she used her acceptance speech to tackle a number of issues, from Donald Trump to MMA.
Yes, you read that right. While talking about how important non-American actors and actresses were to Hollywood, Streep made the following comment
Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners. If you kick 'em all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts
Oof. That's a bit unnecessary. There's plenty of colour and art in MMA and Odell Beckham's boots every other week are their own form of art.
You can see Streep's full acceptance speech below
At tonight's #GoldenGlobes we honor Hollywood legend Meryl Streep with the prestigious Cecil B. Demille Award. pic.twitter.com/dxpeCDNXY6
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 9, 2017
Let's just say that it hasn't gone down very well in some circles.
The President of Bellator Scott Coker wrote an open letter iPhone note to Streep amongst others.
As a martial artist and an MMA promoter, here is my open letter and #Bellator170 invite to the very talented #MerylStreep #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/zostN22RAK
— Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep: MMA IS NOT ART.
MMA fans: pic.twitter.com/COqqSfobxj— maurice (@tallmaurice) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep how ignorant are u. In your speech you stated "Disrespect invites disrespect" yet you ignorantly disrespected an entire sport.
— Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) January 9, 2017
You lost me at mixed martial arts, Meryl. Not cool.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) January 9, 2017
We await the response of Conor McGregor, who was no doubt glued to his television last night watching the Golden Globes.
