It was the speech that stopped the Golden Globes: respected actress Meryl Streep used her acceptance speech for the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille award at the 2017 ceremony to take US President-elect to task.
During her speech, Streep said there was one performance throughout the year that “stunned” her.
“It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good; there was nothing good about it, but it was effective and it did its job. It made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth,” she said.
"It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in the country imitated a disabled reporter; someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back.
"It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie, it was real life," Streep continued.
Just as the world expected, Trump launched a scathing Twitter attack in response to the actress' speech.
"Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes," he began.
"She is a Hillary flunky who lost big."
We'll take this opportunity to point out that the 67-year-old actress is widely considered to be one of the greatest-living actors of all time, having been nominated for 19 Oscars and 30 Golden Globes during her career, which has spanned over five decades.
'Overrated' she most certainly is not.
Trump also tweeted that he had never "mocked" a disabled reporter - "would never do that," he wrote - but was simply "showing him 'groveling'".
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"Just more very dishonest media!" he continued.
Of course, the Internet wasn't about to take Trump's latest 3am Twitter tirade sitting down, and the hashtag "#ThingsTrumpThinksAreOverrated" was born.
Check out all of the red carpet goodness from this 2017 Golden Globes below.
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I wish actors would stop talking politics, it's always cringeworthy.
Trump won for a reason. Folk are sick and tired of ivory tower living types, who are always out of touch.
So they chose the Trump tower instead! Go Trump!
They chose the pied piper that leads them to the cliff.
When I think of someone in touch, Trump is exactly who comes to mind. I'm inspired by his grasp of reality, his compassion, the way he has battled those same struggles of paying the mortgage that I have. He really provides a voice for those who don't have one, the overlooked white educated who are discriminated against in so many ways.
/sarcasm
So they chose THE MOST out of touch person they could find. They basically shot themselves in the foot because they don't like their shoes and now they're complaining that their foot hurts. Is there anyone he hasn't offended yet? Nothing surprises me about America anymore.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't she receive this award in recognition of her lifetime's worth of achievement? Wouldn't the most appropriate use of that speech have been, you know, thanking everyone who has helped her to achieve in her life, instead of straying a million miles off topic and turning HER moment into yet another Trump story? While she spent 6 minutes squandering her opportunity to show gratitude, Trump would've, what, made another million dollars or so? She didn't hurt Trump one bit, but she did do herself and those who should've been mentioned in her speech (as opposed to someone not at all related to her career whom she just happens to dislike) a great disservice.