Ricky Gervais has again taken aim at celebrities who use acceptance speeches at major award shows to make political statements.
On Monday, following the Grammy Awards, the comedian posted an excerpt from his 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged the audience not to include any political calls to action in their acceptance speeches.
“If you do win an award tonight don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech,” Gervais said in the clip. “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spend less time in school than Greta Thunberg.”
Gervais added to his post, “They’re still not listening,” with a laugh-crying emoji.
Several Grammy nominees and awards winners used Sunday night’s ceremony as a platform for political messaging, particularly to criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Kehlani and several other celebrities wore “ICE Out” pins at the ceremony.
Bad Bunny, who won album of the year and best música urbana album for “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” took a moment to protest immigration efforts during his acceptance speech.
“Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say ICE out,” he told the audiences. “We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens — we are humans, and we are Americans.”
“The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love,” the Puerto Rican musician added. “So please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love.”
In her acceptance speech for song of the year, Billie Eilish condemned ICE, saying, “No one is illegal on stolen land.”
She added, “It’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter.”