Golden Globes co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler joke about diversity controversy

During the virtual 2021 Golden Globes ceremony, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) made sure to acknowledge the backlash over its lack of diversity after Los Angeles Times investigative report last week said that there are no Black journalists among its 87-person membership. Joining them was the co-host of the event, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

During their opening monologue, Fey and Poehler made fun of the controversy.

“The HFPA is made up of around 90 international—no Black—journalists who attend movie junkets each year in search of a better life,” Fey said as part of an overall explanation of the awards show’s plethora of confusing rules and categories.

“So, let’s see what these European weirdos nominated this year,” she added, reports Hollywoodreporter.com.

Later in the patter, during a run-down of the nominees, the duo mentioned that “a number of Black-led projects were overlooked” (notably, no Best Picture nominations for such awards-season frontrunners as Judas and the Black Messiah, Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom).

“They’re all a scam invented by Big Red Carpet,” Poehler said.

“Inclusivity is important, and there are no black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press… you’ve gotta change that. So here’s to changing it,” said Fey.

“Yes, looking forward to that change,” Poehler concluded.