Jerrod Carmichael made jaw-dropping jokes about Tom Cruise, Scientology, Will Smith, and Kanye West during the Golden Globes on January 10.
When comedian Jerrod Carmichael made fun of Tom Cruise, Scientology, Will Smith, and Kanye West during the 2023 Golden Globes on January 10, many viewers laughed.
He first took aim at the Top Gun 2 actor's decision to return his three Golden Globe awards in 2021 in protest of the Hollywood ...
...Foreign Press Association midway through the three-hour telecast, after taking aim at the HFPA in his opening monologue.
On stage, Jerrod said, "Hey, guys, backstage, I found these." He was holding three trophies.
I have an idea: maybe we exchange these three things for Shelly Miscavige's safe return. [It's the] three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned with, I'm just a host briefly, or whatever.
When Jerrod was speaking to Steven on stage, he said, "I saw [your movie] The Fabelmans with Kanye and it actually changed everything for him." Steven laughed and put up his hands in prayer.
Then, Jerrod launched a dig at Will Smith by claiming that the actor received an honorary "Rock Hudson Award" for exhibiting masculinity on television, a clear reference to his 2022 Oscars slap.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Rock Hudson, a tall, dark, and dapper actor, embodied the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity.