Each time this lady comes on stage, she makes sure she owns it, and the Golden Globes night was no different. Meryl Streep, who received the Cecil B DeMille Award at the awards show, had a message for Donald Trump and America. She took her time on stage to slam Trump in a moving acceptance speech, pointing out that Hollywood was made of outsiders.
And Trump soon responded to Streep via Twitter.
But Mr President, you were clearly ridiculing the disabled journalist, refresh your memory here:
But getting back to Meryl Streep’s awesomeness, the actress began her speech by saying that she had "lost her voice" and "mind sometimes earlier this year" so she would like to read from a written speech.
She echoed Hugh Laurie's comment about how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is part of "the most vilified segments in American society right now", Streep said the association was made of -- Hollywood, foreigners and the press.
Streep said, adding she was raised in New Jersey while Sarah Paulson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Adams, Natalie Portman, Ruth Negga, Viola Davis, Dev Patel and Ryan Reynolds were all born in different places.
The multiple award-winning actress, who is one of the most respected names in Hollywood, said the "performance" that stood out this year did not belong to an actor but to Trump when he publicly mocked a disabled reporter.
The actress urged the press to stand up to Trump.
"We need the principled press to hold power to account, to call them on the carpet for every outrage... We're going to need them going forward and they're going to need us to safeguard the truth," she said of journalists.
Streep, 67, ended her speech by quoting late Carrie Fisher...
Viola Davis presented the honour to Streep, who has won eight Golden Globes and 29 nominations.
(With inputs from PTI)
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