Hollywood icon Meryl Streep has been widely praised for her moving acceptance speech at the 2017 Golden Globes ceremony, except of course by its subject, US president-elect Donald Trump.
Thin skin on full display, the Republican lashed out at the 67-year-old actress via his favourite medium of communication last night, Twitter, labelling her “over-rated”.
He then doubled down on his denial that he mocked a journalist’s disability during his election campaign, which Streep made reference to in her speech.
While Streep never actually named Trump — she didn’t have to — she made a clear reference to his November 2015 attack on New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski.
“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,” she said while accepting the prestigious Cecil B. DeMille award.
“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.”
Kovaleski is an award-winning journalist who suffers from a congenital condition, which affects his joints, and thus his movements.
After he disputed Trump's claim that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, the businessman-turned-politician turned on him.
During a campaign speech in South Carolina Trump flailed his arms, appearing to mimic Kovaleski.
You can watch the whole thing here (post continues after video):
"Now, the poor guy — you've got to see this guy, 'Ah, I don't know what I said! I don't remember!'," he said, gesticulating wildly.
He later said he'd never met the reporter, but according Kovaleski, the pair "were on a first-name basis for years".
Now, Trump might have one of the "all-time great memories" (by his own admission) but he also seems to have forgotten that last year he named Streep amongst his favourite actresses, so...
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He won. Please accept it and move on. If you want to go on with it, do you think Meryl Streep should have given Roman Polanski a standing ovation for winning an academy award?
What is the moral compass of the Academy in voting him an award in their name that he can't accept in person because he is wanted for the rape of a 13 year old girl?
What is the legitimacy of Hollywood campaigning for gun control when they have shooting after shooting in their movies? Can't show an actor smoking on screen, but gun violence, the more the better.
People think Hollywood actors are just actors and don't think about changing their votes when these gated community millionaires threaten to move to Canada if you don't follow their political views. Didn't change a single vote, did it?
Attacking Meryl Streep just detracts from the real point of whether you think it's okay that the president elect is behaving like this (i.e. taking everything so personally).
How is he going to run the country?
He wants this fight. When a Hollywood elite wants to declare how bad it is for millionaire actors, Johnny Punchclock, out of work Pittsburg steel worker will look at this fight and think, screw these Hollywood types, I'm going with Trump on this. It's good politics for Trump.
She wasn't declaring how bad things are for millionaire actors - she is concerned about the president elect being a bully!
Ahh, no he didn't.
If you care to google there is a number of times Trump used the same actions to mock alot of people including himself.
It was also debunked on Studio 10 this morning by non other than Ita.
So Trump has a special 'mock' for people he thinks is stupid, so it doesn't matter that he's mocking in the first place !?
This is a very twisted way of defending a bully.
I guess Ita now has internalised misogyny or something.