It’s showtime!
Jimmy Fallon has kicked off the 2017 Golden Globes and he didn’t hold back in poking fun at President-elect Donald Trump , among others, in his opening monologue.
First, the teleprompter went down, to which Fallon joked, « I can do impressions, what do we do here!? … Already you have your Golden Globes moment. «
Then he got right into joking about the 2016 presidential election. He said the Globes were an event « where America still honors the popular vote, » alluding to the fact Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, but lost the election in the Electoral College to Trump.
Next, he spoke about « Game of Thrones » and its notorious villain King Joffrey.
He said fans were wondering « what it would have been like if King Joffrey had lived … well in 12 days we’ll find out, » he said about Trump’s inauguration.
The election jokes also included a nod to Meryl Streep ‘s « Florence Foster Jenkins, » joking even she wouldn’t perform at Trump’s inauguration and that the Globes’ winners were tabulated as always by the accounting firm of « Ernst & Young & Putin. «
Others in the room were not off limits either. Fallon called out Matt Damon , saying his best acting job this year was telling buddy Ben Affleck he was good in « Batman V Superman. «
He also said no matter what tonight, « No one is gonna thank O. J. [Simpson.] »
