Daniel Kaluuya‘s winning speech was almost ruined by ‘technical issues’ as he took home the first gong of the 78th Golden Globe Awards 2021 on Sunday night.
The British actor, 32, was able to make a hilarious comeback as he virtually accepted his Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture gong from Laura Dern for his role in Judas And The Black Messiah.
Laura presented Daniel, who appeared via video, his award but despite the Get Out star talking to the camera there was no sound available as music played over the top.
Oh no! Daniel Kaluuya’s winning speech was almost ruined by ‘technical issues’ as he took home the first gong of the 78th Golden Globe Awards 2021 on Sunday night
The Big Little Lies star, 54, was left awkwardly giggling over the blunder as she explained: ‘As you can see, we unfortunately have a bad connection.
‘We apologise for that technical problem and send all of our congratulations to Daniel on his Golden Globe win.’
Yet just as Laura started to walk off stage, Daniel’s sound started working as he hilariously pointed at the camera and said: ‘You’re doing me dirty, you’re doing me dirty, you’re doing me dirty. Am I on? Is this on? Alright cool, can you hear me now?’
The actor’s comeback was meant with a round of applause in the audience as Daniel quipped: ‘Cool, we got this, we got this!’
Amazing! The British actor, 32, was able to make a hilarious comeback as he virtually accepted his Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture gong from Laura Dern for his role in Judas And The Black Messiah
Technical issues: Laura presented Daniel, who appeared via video, his award but despite the Get Out star talking to the camera there was no sound available as music played over the top
Daniel became teary-eyed during his acceptance speech as he said: ‘Man this took it out of me – I gave it everything.’
He added: ‘Thank you for the accolade, thank you to my mom, my sister, my niece. Yo, I used to listen to a song, I used to listen to a song before every speech. Thank you for The Game Is Mine.
‘I want like to thank, it takes a village to raise a film, I would like to thank our leader, for your vision and collaboration, and Ryan and Charles King, everyone at Macro, like to thank Warner Bros.
‘I’d like to thank the incredible cast, you know, I stand with you, my bro. All the crew, all the cast, the rest of the cast and my comrades, all the crew in Cleveland, we have done it.’
Awkward: The Big Little Lies star, 54, was left awkwardly giggling over the blunder as she explained: ‘As you can see, we unfortunately have a bad connection.’
He’s back! Yet just as Laura started to walk off stage, Daniel’s sound started working as he hilariously pointed at the camera and said: ‘You’re doing me dirty, you’re doing me dirty!’
Daniel was nominated alongside Sacha Baron Cohen, Jared Leto, Bill Murray and Leslie Odom Jr.
It was a triumphant night for British stars as John Boyega took home the Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series going for his role in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe.
John thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press for the honour and joked he was wearing his tracksuit bottoms for the virtual ceremony.
He said: ‘Thank you so much to HFPA this is such a shock…. I got trakkie bottoms on! I am so excited,’ before adding that he thought he was just going to go to bed for the evening.
Amazing! It was a triumphant night for British stars as John Boyega took home the Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series going for his role in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe
Casual: John thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press for the honour and joked he was wearing his tracksuit bottoms for the virtual ceremony
John was nominated alongside Daniel Levy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Parsons and Donald Sutherland.
Fans were quick to take to Twitter after Daniel’s technical issues during his speech as they applauded the star for his comeback.
One person said: ‘I can’t believe they were going to just not have Daniel Kaluuya make a speech after about 10 seconds of technical difficulties #GoldenGlobes.’
A different fan put: ‘I’m glad Daniel Kaluuya got to give his speech. #GoldenGlobes.’
Reaction: Fans were quick to take to Twitter after Daniel’s technical issues during his speech as they applauded the star for his comeback
Another follower commented: ‘Thank God they cut back to Daniel for his speech… my anxiety could not take it #GoldenGlobes.’
While a different account added: ‘Daniel Kaluuya’s audio not working while saying his speech, is me in every Monday meeting. #GoldenGlobes.’
The 78th Golden Globe Awards was originally due to take place in early January but was postponed until Sunday February 28 as Hollywood continues to adjust to the coronavirus pandemic and new safety guidelines.
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have returned as hosts for the fourth time after previously doing the honour in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
The Golden Globes 2021 is the first time the awards show has been broadcasted from two separate coasts with the nominees announced virtually.
Amazing: Jane Fonda, 83, is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an accolade for film. The iconic actress has previously won Golden Globes for her roles in Klute, Julia and Coming Home – to name a few (pictured at the Oscars in February 2020)
Fey, 50, is broadcasting from atop New York City’s Rockefeller Center in the Rainbow Room and Poehler, 49, in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the ceremony is usually held annually.
Nominees will be tuning into the ceremony remotely but presenters have been asked to appear in person.
The impressive list of presenters this year includes Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Wiig, Renee Zellweger, Awkwafina, Cynthia Erivo and Annie Mumolo.
While Kevin Bacon, Sterling K. Brown, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Margot Robbie, Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson, Kate Hudson and Kenan Thompson also make up the star-studded line-up.
Satchel, 26, and Jackson Lee, 24, the children of previously Golden Globe nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and producer/philanthropist Tonya Lewis Lee, are serving as the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors.
Nominated: Netflix smash-hit Emily In Paris found itself as one of the more controversially nominated shows, landing a nomination for best TV series, musical or comedy. The show’s star, Lily Collins, also got a nod for best actress (Lily pictured in Emily In Paris)
Jane Fonda, 83, is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an accolade for film. The iconic actress has previously won Golden Globes for her roles in Klute, Julia and Coming Home – to name a few.
Norman Lear, best known for All In the Family and Sanford And Son, will be honoured with the Carol Burnett Award, a counterpart to the DeMille Award that focuses on life achievement in television.
Nominations were announced on February 3 with streaming giant Netflix receiving 42 nominations across film and television.
David Fincher’s Mank lead with six nominations across film, while The Crown also topped the TV categories with the same number of nominations.
Netflix smash-hit Emily In Paris found itself as one of the more controversially nominated shows, landing a nomination for best TV series, musical or comedy. The show’s star, Lily Collins, also got a nod for best actress.
Outrage: Much of the uproar surrounding the nomination stems from the snubbing of Michaela Coel (pictured in show still) whose HBO drama I May Destroy You failed to land any nominations despite being one of the summer’s most critically-acclaimed shows
Much of the uproar surrounding the nomination stems from the snubbing of Michaela Coel, whose HBO drama I May Destroy You failed to land any nominations despite being one of the summer’s most critically-acclaimed shows.
Deborah Copaken, one of the writers of Emily in Paris, even spoke out to criticise the snub and insisted that Coel’s show deserved a nomination.
Copaken tweeted that it was ‘just wrong’, and later expanded on her thoughts in an op-ed for the Guardian.
‘Am I excited that Emily in Paris was nominated? Yes. Of course. I’ve never been remotely close to seeing a Golden Globe statue up close, let alone being nominated for one,’ she wrote.
Last year: Last year’s 77th Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais, averaged 19.2 million viewers, making it one of the most-watched network telecasts of 2020
‘But that excitement is now unfortunately tempered by my rage over Coel’s snub. That I May Destroy You did not get one Golden Globe nod is not only wrong, it’s what is wrong with everything.
‘We need art that reflects all of our colours, not just some. But we also need to give awards to shows (and music and films and plays and musicals) that deserve them, no matter the colour of the skin of their creators.’
Last year’s 77th Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais, averaged 19.2 million viewers, making it one of the most-watched network telecasts of 2020.
Gervais’ opening monologue included controversial jokes about ISIS, Jeffrey Epstein and ‘woke’ Hollywood.