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Topics: Golden Globes, Celebrity, Entertainment, Viral
Joe Yates
Zoe Saldaña was on cloud nine at the Golden Globes last night, having finally scooped the illusive award.
But it the midst of all the emotions she appeared to take the stage at a time where maybe the 46-year-old Oscar-winning actress might have been better off just staying sat down at her table.
Saldaña picked up the Golden Globe - Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture - for her performance in Emilia Pérez, and her speech was a lengthy one to say the least.
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She said: "I know I don't have much time and I have dyslexia so I tend to forget when I'm really anxious and I'm filled with adrenaline but, my heart is full of gratitude. Thank you so much to the Golden Globes for celebrating our film and honoring the women of Emilia Pérez."
She went on to thank her co-star Selena Gomez and fellow cast and crew alongside the other women nominated, and as the production team queued the music in a subtle way of telling Saldaña to wrap it up, the crowd began to clap.
"Thank you. No, stop, stop! My family, my mom is here, my sister, my husband and my sons - I love you, I love you! You guys are everything, thank you," the emotional actress then said.
But it was when Camille and Clément Ducol took to the stage after finding out they won the best original song for a motion picture for 'El Mal' - which featured in Emilia Pérez - Saldaña joined them on stage in what fans are calling a 'cringey' moment. Take a look:
As the pair accepted the award, Saldaña lingered behind them while her fellow co-stars all remained seated - as did Jacques Audiard, who won the award alongside Ducol and Camille.
Fans took to Twitter baffled by what was going on and Saldaña's behavior.
"Why is Zoe Saldana on the stage? I know she won (and I do like her) but she really needs to sit down. #GoldenGlobes," one person wrote.
"Her rambling speech was bad enough, but this is just cringe (and disrespectful TBH)."
While another typed: "Zoe Saldana is already giving cringe #GoldenGlobes."
So, what is Emilia Pérez, the show in which Saldaña won her Golden Globe for best actress?
The storyline reads on IMDb: "Mexico, today. Overqualified and exploited, lawyer Rita is wasting her talents working for a large firm far better at whitewashing criminal garbage than serving justice.
"But an unexpected way out appears, the sort of offers you can't refuse: to help feared cartel boss Juan "Little Hands" Del Monte - aka Manitas - retire from his business and disappear forever. Manitas has a plan he's been fine-tuning in secret for years: to become, at last, the woman he's always dreamed of becoming."
The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards celebrates outstanding achievements in film and television. Below is the complete list of nominees, with winners updated as announced:
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez — Winner
Jean Smart, Hacks — Winner
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain — Winner
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun — Winner
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer — Winner
Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun — Winner
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear — Winner
Peter Straughan, Conclave — Winner
Ali Wong, Single Lady — Winner
Emilia Pérez — Winner
Colin Farrell, The Penguin — Winner
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country — Winner
Demi Moore, The Substance — Winner
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man — Winner
Flow — Winner
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist — Winner
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Challengers — Winner
'El Mal', by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard (from Emilia Pérez) — Winner
Wicked — Winner
Baby Reindeer — Winner
Hacks — Winner
Anna Sawai, Shōgun — Winner
Shōgun — Winner
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here — Winner
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist — Winner
The Brutalist — Winner
Emilia Pérez — Winner