Heck I'm just glad to see the guy making a comeback after what appears to have been a pretty dark time in his life. Go Breandan.
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Brendan Fraser skips Golden Globes
Heck I'm just glad to see the guy making a comeback after what appears to have been a pretty dark time in his life. Go Breandan.
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(Old Spike)
After an untelevised ceremony in 2021, The Golden Globes returns to NBC on January 10. This follows a widespread boycott of the event after a Los Angeles Times report accused The Hollywood Foreign Press Association of a lack of diversity and financial conflict within the organization. Although the HFPA billed itself as a diverse group, the report confirmed longstanding rumors that the board had no black members, among other accusations, and the network pulled back from broadcasting the event as a result.
Although the awards show, hosted this year by Jerrod Carmichael, and its organizers have announced it would “eliminate ethical conflicts” after the controversy, The Whale nominee Brendan Fraser confirmed in November that he would not be attending.
The 54-year-old actor, who is nominated for his first-ever Golden Globe Award, revealed in a 2018 GQ interview that former HFPA president Phillip Berk sexually assaulted him in 2003.
“His left-hand reaches around, grabs my a** cheek, and one of his fingers touches me in the taint. And he starts moving it around,” Fraser said. “I felt ill. I felt like a little kid. I felt like there was a ball in my throat. I thought I was going to cry,” Fraser added. Berk contended the story, saying that “Mr. Fraser’s version is a total fabrication.”
The 88-year-old South African was not expelled from the HFPA until April 2021, after emailing members of the organization claiming Black Lives Matter was a “racist hate movement.”
Despite being recognized by the Golden Globe Awards and the efforts of the HFPA to improve, Fraser told GQ he does not believe their reform claims. “I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. No, I will not participate,” he said.
(Old Spike)
Honour is sacred.
(Site Administrator)
Yep. His mama didn't raise no hypocrite.
(Old Spike)
I don't know...... he killed a mummy before why not this one :)
(Site Administrator)
There's a disclaimer at the end credits saying no actual mummies were harmed during the making of this film.
...Benny on the other hand...Poor Benny needed stitches. ;-)
(Old Spike)
giggles!
(Site Administrator)
Thanks for adding this detail Dude as it gives important context. While most of us see ourselves automatically reeling back and taking Mr. Berk's head off with a right cross reflexively at the moment of the assault,..oye, just picture that coming from Fraser in his prime.. it's also important to remember that we're looking in from the outside. Actors are known to be sensitive types. And we don't know if Fraser simply froze in shock. That said, what we see here is a gentle soul that apparently had his life severely impacted by this one incident, now in the role of a lifetime, and getting back on his feet. Glad to see a bunch of us here rooting for the guy... Cheers you lovely bastards.
(Site Administrator)