While we were almost certain there was no way anyone could top Oprah's impassioned Golden Globes speech [1] 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 [2] 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 [3]
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) January 8, 2018 [4]
Me: "Sucks to follow Oprah with such a trash category."
Natalie Portman: Hold my drink.— Chanel 🌹 (@channelno05) January 8, 2018 [5]
Between #Oprah [6] and #NataliePortman [7] - I am so inspired for women right now!! 🙌🏻❤️ #GoldenGlobes [8] pic.twitter.com/4wtpqjhedG [9]
— Laura Lynn 😇 (@PsychicMediumLL) January 8, 2018 [10]
"And here are the all-male nominees"
Natalie Portman presentando el premio a Mejor Dirección#GoldenGlobes [11] #GlobosDeOro [12] pic.twitter.com/yRNfidxmRW [13]— Nando López (@Nando_J) January 8, 2018 [14]
"And here are all the male nominees..." Natalie Portman, what an icon. #GoldenGlobes [15] pic.twitter.com/aBMbc4kSVd [16]
— Miranda Wilks (@imayouth222) January 8, 2018 [17]
Natalie Portman at the #GoldenGlobes [18] pic.twitter.com/8FwewSKeB3 [19]
— El George (@ElGeorgeRiveraR) January 8, 2018 [20]
"And here are the all-male nominees." -- Natalie Portman burning down #GoldenGlobes [21] pic.twitter.com/TUhwVQjd4J [22]
— Hold the Popcorn (@dkbritt85) January 8, 2018 [23]
Natalie Portman's burn was the only thing that saved the awkward transition from Oprah's incredible speech to the next award. #goldenglobesoprah [24] #TIMESUP [25] #goldenglobes [26]
— Abby Bean (@AbbyBean89) January 8, 2018 [27]
Natalie Portman .. pic.twitter.com/xdkIgF6XYo [28]
— al | 19 (@laurenxmind) January 8, 2018 [29]
And the all-male nominees are ~ Natalie Portman announcing best director, a category where not one female director was nominated#GoldenGlobes [30] #GoldenGlobesSoMale [31] #GoldenGlobes2018 [32] pic.twitter.com/xNNE5pUUaM [33]
— Pepamint83 (@Pepamint83) January 8, 2018 [34]
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 [35]
— Badass Feminist Skywalker (@BadassSkywalker) January 8, 2018 [36]
Natalie Portman on the Best Director at the #GoldenGlobes [37]: "AND HERE ARE THE ALL MALE NOMINEES."
Me: pic.twitter.com/uncMRLz6xj [38]— K. (@kheiplang) January 8, 2018 [39]
every single actor in the #goldenglobes [40] audience after natalie portman scalped them pic.twitter.com/PQFRKE1fVF [41]
— joseph aka katy perry's left shark (@maloonds) January 8, 2018 [42]
Now can we give #NataliePortman [43] a shout out for dropping the truth about the all-male directors nominations? #GoldenGlobes [44] pic.twitter.com/bv9JjbuACx [45]
— Princess K OUT (@PrincessKOut) January 8, 2018 [46]
Natalie Portman: SAVAGE. pic.twitter.com/5LIn5Uuvpz [47]
— Wanheda (@ayitashia) January 8, 2018 [48]
@Tommorrow2day [49] i was totally here for that #Shade [50] #nataliePortman [51] pic.twitter.com/6gRDk80KHz [52]
— Billy Slick 🌈 (@3illySlick) January 8, 2018 [53]
#NataliePortman [54] for best @Oprah [55] empowering speech follow up. #GoldenGlobes75 [56] pic.twitter.com/Ma6aZHMMS9 [57]
— PrincessSnarkyPants (@sclark0301) January 8, 2018 [58]
Me at Natalie Portman at the #GoldenGlobes [59] pic.twitter.com/uWzV77RfOc [60]
— H E I R of S L Y T H E R I N 🐍 (@roijdeguzman) January 8, 2018 [61]
Me replaying that Natalie Portman moment #GoldenGlobes [62] pic.twitter.com/ua5ETvjJkp [63]
— Candis McLean (@CandisRMcLean) January 8, 2018 [64]
When natalie portman said "here are the all male nominees" pic.twitter.com/AN5C1omNmu [65]
— nana (@xprunedroses) January 8, 2018 [66]