Natalie Portman Sets Twitter Ablaze After Calling Out the Lack of Female Nominees at the Globes

While we were almost certain there was no way anyone could top Oprah's impassioned Golden Globes speech on Sunday, Natalie Portman came pretty close. After Oprah was honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille award, Natalie Portman took the stage alongside Ron Howard to present the award for best director of a motion picture. Not only did Natalie do just that, but she also took the opportunity to call out Hollywood for not recognising enough female directors, loudly announcing, "And here are the all-male nominees." Naturally, Natalie's move set Twitter ablaze. Here are the best reactions.

Natalie Portman presenting Best Director pic.twitter.com/0MkjhMwG2w

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) January 8, 2018

Me: "Sucks to follow Oprah with such a trash category."
Natalie Portman: Hold my drink.

— Chanel 🌹 (@channelno05) January 8, 2018

Between #Oprah and #NataliePortman - I am so inspired for women right now!! 🙌🏻❤️ #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/4wtpqjhedG

— Laura Lynn 😇 (@PsychicMediumLL) January 8, 2018

"And here are the all-male nominees"
Natalie Portman presentando el premio a Mejor Dirección#GoldenGlobes #GlobosDeOro pic.twitter.com/yRNfidxmRW

— Nando López (@Nando_J) January 8, 2018

"And here are all the male nominees..." Natalie Portman, what an icon. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/aBMbc4kSVd

— Miranda Wilks (@imayouth222) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman at the #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/8FwewSKeB3

— El George (@ElGeorgeRiveraR) January 8, 2018

"And here are the all-male nominees." -- Natalie Portman burning down #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/TUhwVQjd4J

— Hold the Popcorn (@dkbritt85) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman's burn was the only thing that saved the awkward transition from Oprah's incredible speech to the next award. #goldenglobesoprah #TIMESUP #goldenglobes

— Abby Bean (@AbbyBean89) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman .. pic.twitter.com/xdkIgF6XYo

— al | 19 (@laurenxmind) January 8, 2018

And the all-male nominees are ~ Natalie Portman announcing best director, a category where not one female director was nominated#GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobesSoMale #GoldenGlobes2018 pic.twitter.com/xNNE5pUUaM

— Pepamint83 (@Pepamint83) January 8, 2018

When a guy says or does something sexist just imitate Natalie Portman, put in your red eyes and flap your badass feminist wings pic.twitter.com/BetyjRyhU8

— Badass Feminist Skywalker (@BadassSkywalker) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman on the Best Director at the #GoldenGlobes: "AND HERE ARE THE ALL MALE NOMINEES."

Me: pic.twitter.com/uncMRLz6xj

— K. (@kheiplang) January 8, 2018

every single actor in the #goldenglobes audience after natalie portman scalped them pic.twitter.com/PQFRKE1fVF

— joseph aka katy perry's left shark (@maloonds) January 8, 2018

Now can we give #NataliePortman a shout out for dropping the truth about the all-male directors nominations? #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/bv9JjbuACx

— Princess K OUT (@PrincessKOut) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman: SAVAGE. pic.twitter.com/5LIn5Uuvpz

— Wanheda (@ayitashia) January 8, 2018

@Tommorrow2day i was totally here for that #Shade #nataliePortman pic.twitter.com/6gRDk80KHz

— Billy Slick 🌈 (@3illySlick) January 8, 2018

#NataliePortman for best @Oprah empowering speech follow up. #GoldenGlobes75 pic.twitter.com/Ma6aZHMMS9

— PrincessSnarkyPants (@sclark0301) January 8, 2018

Me at Natalie Portman at the #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/uWzV77RfOc

— H E I R of S L Y T H E R I N 🐍 (@roijdeguzman) January 8, 2018

Me replaying that Natalie Portman moment #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/ua5ETvjJkp

— Candis McLean (@CandisRMcLean) January 8, 2018

When natalie portman said "here are the all male nominees" pic.twitter.com/AN5C1omNmu

— nana (@xprunedroses) January 8, 2018