Overview
- Taking the stage for the first time in years, Apatow said he had quietly boycotted the ceremony for a decade after Trainwreck lost Best Comedy to The Martian.
- He folded a political aside into the routine, saying, “I believe we’re a dictatorship now,” while recounting the years since that loss.
- He poked Ridley Scott as “America’s favorite comedy director,” invoking Gladiator, Blade Runner and Alien to underline the genre gripe.
- He needled category confusion by joking that Hamnet would win Best Comedy despite being a somber Chloé Zhao drama.
- He presented Best Director to Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another, with Variety noting its parent company co-owns Globes producer Dick Clark Productions with Eldridge.