Golden Globes Host Jerrod Carmichael Says He Got Job Because He’s Black, Cites HFPA Scandal

Jerrod Carmichael says he is internet hosting the Golden Globes as a result of he simply so occurs to be a Black comic … making enjoyable of the range scandal that tarnished the awards present.

The eightieth Golden Globes are underway on NBC reside from the Beverly Hilton and Jerrod simply gave his opening monologue, the place he addressed the large elephant within the room … the range controversy involving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which fingers out the awards.

Jerrod addressed the subject head-on… refusing to name the HFPA racist, however pointing on the market wasn’t a Black member within the group till George Floyd died.

Remember … the Golden Globes did not air last year after NBC known as out the HFPA for an absence of variety throughout the group … and the hosts of the 2021 present, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, took some photographs on the HFPA too.

Jerrod then took a seat on the stage steps and instructed the crowded room of celebs how he was supplied the job … joking that one second he was making tea at residence and the following he was being “invited to be the Black face of an embattled white organization. Life comes at you fast!'”

JC says he known as up one in every of his associates for recommendation about taking the gig, and when he instructed her he was being paid $500,000, he received his reply.