Flaawsome Talk with Kjersti Flaa - January 12, 2026


The NASTY truth about The Golden Globes !!


Episode Stats

Length

17 minutes

Words per Minute

169.65216

Word Count

3,037

Sentence Count

78

Misogynist Sentences

3

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

The Golden Globes is happening right now and we have to talk about it. This is the biggest scam of Hollywood and right now, all the celebrities are over there at the Beverly Hilton pretending that they don t know. They all know it's a scam. They're just hoping no one will bring it up.


Transcript

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00:00:13.120 It's time for Tim's.
00:00:15.140 They all know it. They all know it's a scam.
00:00:17.880 They're just hoping no one will bring it up.
00:00:20.200 So let's talk about it.
00:00:21.680 Yeah, we Flossom Talk.
00:00:26.540 Hi and welcome to Flossom Talk.
00:00:27.980 I'm Kersti Floor, journalist, Hollywood truth teller
00:00:30.620 and your voice of reason in a town built on delusion.
00:00:35.240 Talking about delusion and illusion,
00:00:38.320 the Golden Globe is happening right now
00:00:42.240 and we have to talk about it.
00:00:44.360 This is the biggest scam of Hollywood.
00:00:47.300 And right now, all the celebrities are over there
00:00:50.500 at the Beverly Hilton pretending that they don't know.
00:00:54.100 They're showing off their gowns, their new faces,
00:00:57.020 their new tuxedos.
00:00:59.040 They're smiling, they're waving to the camera
00:01:01.580 and they're getting ready to maybe receive an award
00:01:05.100 that means nothing.
00:01:07.700 And the thing is, they all know it.
00:01:09.720 They all know it's a scam.
00:01:11.300 They're just hoping no one will bring it up.
00:01:13.620 So let's talk about it.
00:01:15.020 If you've followed me for a while,
00:01:16.400 you know that I love to speak truth to power
00:01:18.800 and that's also one of the reasons I think that
00:01:20.820 I've been so invested in this Blake Lively
00:01:23.760 versus Justin Baldoni legal drama.
00:01:25.780 I see so many similarities in that legal feud
00:01:29.900 and everything that happened before Blake Lively sued
00:01:33.620 Justin Baldoni as everything that I've seen
00:01:36.660 with the Golden Globes.
00:01:37.680 And if you haven't followed me for a while,
00:01:39.180 maybe you don't know that I actually sued
00:01:41.780 the organization in 2020
00:01:43.620 and it ended up with a total boycott from the industry
00:01:46.800 and the show was taken off the air.
00:01:49.300 I thought things were about to change,
00:01:51.460 but man, was I wrong.
00:01:53.140 So all the same people that stepped back
00:01:56.020 from this toxic organization back then
00:01:58.740 are now back on the red carpet
00:02:01.140 pretending like nothing happened
00:02:03.320 and they're accepting their trophies
00:02:05.360 from a system that is more corrupt than ever.
00:02:09.320 This is proof that corruption never dies in Hollywood.
00:02:12.540 It just gets better PR.
00:02:14.400 So after I sued the organization,
00:02:16.620 everyone was in shock
00:02:17.960 and LA Times did this huge expose
00:02:20.460 like, look how terrible they are.
00:02:23.040 It's self-dealing.
00:02:24.560 It's bribery.
00:02:26.240 It's all rotten to the core.
00:02:28.460 We need to do something about them.
00:02:30.460 And the celebrities was like,
00:02:31.920 oh yes, this is horrible.
00:02:33.480 And we always knew it,
00:02:35.080 but we didn't want to say anything out loud.
00:02:36.860 But now we can because everyone else
00:02:38.460 is talking about it.
00:02:39.520 And the publicists agreed too.
00:02:41.280 And they were like,
00:02:41.840 everything needs to change
00:02:43.360 and we need to be more ethical.
00:02:45.420 We need to be more accountable.
00:02:47.500 And so on.
00:02:49.020 It was all a big joke.
00:02:50.900 If you missed my two previous episodes
00:02:52.880 of the Golden Globes,
00:02:54.040 I will leave links below here
00:02:55.900 so you can watch and learn about
00:02:57.700 my personal experience with them
00:03:00.180 when they sent armed special forces
00:03:03.400 to my apartment
00:03:05.300 and when they sent threatening anonymous letter
00:03:08.460 in the mail.
00:03:09.620 The story is so crazy,
00:03:11.360 you won't even believe it.
00:03:12.660 But anyways,
00:03:13.740 let's get back to how things have changed
00:03:16.520 in the Golden Globes
00:03:17.740 since I called them out
00:03:19.400 and since the LA Times called them out
00:03:21.460 and since all the other outlets called them out
00:03:24.360 and since NBC took them off the air
00:03:26.360 and since Tom Cruise sent back
00:03:28.100 his three Golden Globes in protest
00:03:30.240 and the blackmailing
00:03:31.600 and the bullying
00:03:32.400 and the PR tactics
00:03:34.100 and the pretending we are going to change
00:03:36.860 while they just put more lipstick on the pig.
00:03:39.260 But first we have to go back
00:03:40.580 a little bit in time
00:03:41.520 because how did this group
00:03:42.820 of just 90 journalists
00:03:44.140 get so much power in Hollywood?
00:03:47.040 The organization was called
00:03:48.540 the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,
00:03:51.040 HFPA,
00:03:51.960 and you might have heard about them
00:03:53.360 every time a celebrity came up on stage
00:03:55.780 and said thank you
00:03:56.560 to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
00:03:58.080 for this honor.
00:03:59.260 And of course Ricky Gervais
00:04:01.260 who hosted the show so many times
00:04:02.900 he always took the opportunity
00:04:04.620 to make fun of these people
00:04:06.460 saying that they were nobodies
00:04:07.980 and this award means nothing.
00:04:10.000 They just voted by some random journalist
00:04:12.580 working for a golf magazine in Finland
00:04:15.660 or for some random person from the Philippines
00:04:18.200 who no one really understood
00:04:19.980 why they ended up being a member
00:04:21.640 of this organization.
00:04:22.660 As you know,
00:04:24.320 the meal tonight
00:04:25.140 was all vegetables
00:04:26.260 as are the members
00:04:28.340 of the Hollywood Foreign Press.
00:04:32.180 Anyways,
00:04:32.960 there's one person in Hollywood
00:04:34.680 who made this happen
00:04:36.420 and who gave these people
00:04:38.020 so much power.
00:04:40.080 His name is Harvey Weinstein.
00:04:42.620 Before we begin,
00:04:43.180 I just want to congratulate Harvey
00:04:44.600 and his wife Georgina
00:04:45.640 on the birth of their new baby boy.
00:04:49.800 Harvey gave us just what we needed,
00:04:51.640 another him.
00:04:54.040 So Harvey realized early
00:04:56.140 that when you have
00:04:57.460 such a small group of people,
00:04:59.300 it is really easy to influence them
00:05:02.080 because you have to keep in mind
00:05:03.480 the Oscars had 9,000 voters.
00:05:07.160 The HFPA were 90 people.
00:05:09.500 All you have to do
00:05:10.300 is fly them to some
00:05:11.300 five-star hotels,
00:05:12.860 wine them,
00:05:13.940 dine them,
00:05:14.880 tell them that you love them,
00:05:16.820 get the celebrities
00:05:17.620 to stand next to them
00:05:18.900 and take selfies with them,
00:05:20.840 give them interviews
00:05:21.760 with the celebrities
00:05:22.820 and make them feel important
00:05:25.020 and they will do
00:05:26.200 whatever you ask.
00:05:27.500 And that is what Harvey did.
00:05:29.800 I went to those parties.
00:05:31.600 I saw Harvey in action.
00:05:33.480 I saw all these people
00:05:34.780 smooching up.
00:05:36.160 I've seen Christmas cards
00:05:37.480 from Nicole Kidman
00:05:38.560 and Leonardo DiCaprio
00:05:39.500 wishing a journalist
00:05:41.820 from Litauen
00:05:43.520 a Merry Christmas.
00:05:45.020 I've seen the gifts.
00:05:46.380 I've been around these people
00:05:47.740 so I know exactly
00:05:48.800 what was going on.
00:05:50.260 And everyone hated the system
00:05:51.680 but at the same time
00:05:52.720 they really liked it
00:05:53.760 because they were depending on it
00:05:55.060 because getting a Golden Globe
00:05:56.660 meant that you were closer
00:05:58.340 to achieving
00:05:59.120 and getting an Oscar.
00:06:00.540 So everyone benefited from it.
00:06:02.400 The studios did,
00:06:03.800 the celebrities
00:06:04.480 or the actors did,
00:06:06.140 the publicists did.
00:06:07.320 Of course they received
00:06:08.380 extra bonuses
00:06:09.140 when one of their talents
00:06:10.400 received an award
00:06:11.540 and the agents
00:06:13.400 the same thing.
00:06:14.460 And of course the networks
00:06:15.340 and everyone else involved
00:06:16.660 in this huge gala.
00:06:18.040 Imagine all the hotels
00:06:19.240 in this area
00:06:20.160 filling up with people
00:06:21.640 this time of year,
00:06:22.920 the catering,
00:06:24.100 everyone that's involved
00:06:25.380 in this
00:06:25.900 benefited from this.
00:06:27.540 So no one complained
00:06:28.540 when the trophies
00:06:29.380 were rolling in
00:06:30.300 but
00:06:31.020 they all
00:06:32.140 hated
00:06:32.960 that they were slaves
00:06:34.480 to this system.
00:06:35.900 Especially the publicists
00:06:37.440 because they didn't have
00:06:38.480 control over
00:06:39.520 what was happening
00:06:40.420 in the interviews
00:06:41.840 because they had to
00:06:43.140 allow these journalists
00:06:44.400 to ask their talents
00:06:46.160 whatever they wanted
00:06:47.280 because they didn't want
00:06:48.640 to get on the wrong foot
00:06:49.820 with these people.
00:06:51.040 So there was always
00:06:51.900 an issue there
00:06:52.860 where they were sitting there
00:06:53.960 biting their tongue
00:06:55.280 not interrupting
00:06:56.600 when these inappropriate
00:06:58.260 and sometimes really rude
00:07:00.220 questions were asked
00:07:01.580 of their talents.
00:07:02.680 The publicists never even cared
00:07:04.640 where these articles
00:07:05.780 were published
00:07:06.740 and the journalists
00:07:08.240 only cared about
00:07:09.220 having selfies
00:07:09.980 with the celebrities.
00:07:11.380 They even got a lot
00:07:12.400 of them to pose
00:07:13.300 with their local newspapers
00:07:15.060 and with their local magazines
00:07:17.380 and all of us journalists
00:07:19.000 on the outside
00:07:19.860 that actually worked
00:07:21.120 for real publications
00:07:22.400 and did real journalism
00:07:25.100 were looking at these people
00:07:26.860 running this town
00:07:28.100 being like
00:07:28.840 why is this okay?
00:07:31.000 Interestingly enough
00:07:32.140 as soon as I sued
00:07:33.440 the HFPA
00:07:34.160 the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
00:07:36.100 the headlines were everywhere
00:07:37.840 but no media outlet
00:07:39.100 really picked it up
00:07:40.220 until one of my colleagues
00:07:42.300 put pressure
00:07:43.020 on the LA Times
00:07:44.040 saying
00:07:44.420 hey why aren't you
00:07:45.560 doing a deep dive here?
00:07:47.360 If you're not doing it
00:07:48.380 we're going to the New York Times
00:07:49.540 and we have some information
00:07:50.820 that you should be aware of.
00:07:52.700 Then the LA Times
00:07:53.680 were like
00:07:54.100 okay we're going to work
00:07:55.340 on an expose
00:07:56.300 and they did
00:07:57.420 and they published it
00:07:58.460 based basically
00:07:59.340 only on my lawsuit
00:08:01.360 and everything
00:08:01.940 that I revealed
00:08:02.940 about the organization
00:08:03.920 in my lawsuit.
00:08:05.380 But anyways
00:08:06.000 the show went on
00:08:07.500 as normal
00:08:08.240 two weeks after
00:08:09.400 that article hit
00:08:10.700 and all the celebrities
00:08:12.060 were there
00:08:12.780 and they were so grateful
00:08:14.220 for winning an award.
00:08:16.640 One week later
00:08:18.100 they all took a step back
00:08:20.060 and said that
00:08:20.820 things need to change
00:08:22.700 and they were like
00:08:23.740 this group of people
00:08:24.780 have been horrible
00:08:25.640 for so long
00:08:26.620 and this is so toxic
00:08:27.800 it's so corrupt
00:08:28.840 things need to change
00:08:30.360 and the publicists
00:08:31.420 organized themselves
00:08:32.680 and said
00:08:33.160 hey we want more
00:08:34.080 accountability here
00:08:35.200 we want more transparency
00:08:36.620 everyone agreed
00:08:38.240 and as I said
00:08:38.880 some celebrities
00:08:39.580 came out
00:08:40.180 Tom Cruise
00:08:40.740 returned his three
00:08:41.760 golden globes
00:08:42.560 Mark Ruffalo
00:08:43.780 came out
00:08:44.280 and said something
00:08:44.980 Scarlett Johansson
00:08:45.960 came out
00:08:46.380 and said something
00:08:47.120 no one came to me though
00:08:48.980 even though
00:08:49.600 it was me
00:08:50.240 who ignited this thing
00:08:51.640 then all the studios
00:08:52.840 came out
00:08:53.380 Netflix
00:08:53.820 came out first
00:08:54.800 and said
00:08:55.140 we don't want to work
00:08:55.840 with this group anymore
00:08:56.780 things have to change
00:08:57.940 and then HBO
00:08:58.940 and all the other
00:08:59.820 networks and studios
00:09:01.640 followed
00:09:02.240 and then NBC
00:09:03.480 was like
00:09:04.160 oops
00:09:04.520 this is so toxic
00:09:05.780 we're not going to get
00:09:06.560 advertisers
00:09:07.180 for this show anymore
00:09:09.240 and we have to pay them
00:09:10.800 60 million dollars a year
00:09:12.320 to air this show
00:09:13.400 we better cancel it
00:09:14.940 so they did
00:09:15.980 so in 2022
00:09:17.240 there was no
00:09:18.980 golden globe
00:09:19.820 on any network
00:09:21.000 they still had the show
00:09:22.340 although a lot of
00:09:23.260 celebrity boycotted it
00:09:24.620 and they announced
00:09:26.480 the winners
00:09:27.120 and losers
00:09:27.940 on Twitter
00:09:29.060 so what happened next
00:09:30.420 three days after I sued them
00:09:31.820 the president
00:09:32.440 of the HFPA
00:09:33.440 died
00:09:34.080 he died of cancer
00:09:35.060 and of course
00:09:35.520 they blamed me for it
00:09:36.620 because it was stressful
00:09:37.540 for him to have this lawsuit
00:09:39.060 then they voted
00:09:40.120 in a German member
00:09:41.640 who used to be
00:09:43.280 an assistant
00:09:44.080 to a German journalist
00:09:45.960 and the way she got
00:09:47.160 into the organization
00:09:48.260 is really shady
00:09:49.720 she swapped places
00:09:51.340 with this guy
00:09:52.300 who was known
00:09:53.080 as the interview factory
00:09:54.700 because he plagiarized
00:09:56.220 a lot of interviews
00:09:57.220 anyways
00:09:58.200 so this woman
00:09:59.400 Helen Hoene
00:10:00.160 told everyone
00:10:01.340 that she was going
00:10:02.860 to change the organization
00:10:04.460 reform was coming
00:10:06.440 and they hired
00:10:07.300 this super expensive
00:10:08.620 exclusive consultant agency
00:10:10.920 and a lot of lawyers
00:10:12.140 to help them change
00:10:13.500 and of course
00:10:14.300 they didn't want to change
00:10:15.620 because they wanted
00:10:16.480 to have all this access
00:10:17.800 they wanted this self-dealing
00:10:19.520 obviously
00:10:20.160 from this non-profit organization
00:10:22.200 to benefit them
00:10:23.960 they wanted to get the money
00:10:25.460 they wanted to have the access
00:10:26.960 they wanted to be treated
00:10:28.280 special in Hollywood
00:10:29.480 so they didn't want
00:10:30.660 to give that up
00:10:31.320 so of course
00:10:31.960 all these reforms
00:10:33.080 were just window dressing
00:10:34.520 then a billionaire
00:10:35.820 came along
00:10:36.700 his name is
00:10:37.500 Todd Bowley
00:10:38.680 and he told
00:10:40.000 Helen Hoene
00:10:40.780 if you convince
00:10:41.840 all the members
00:10:42.520 to sell the organization
00:10:43.820 to me
00:10:44.880 I can make it
00:10:46.060 for profit
00:10:46.980 and everyone
00:10:47.940 can become
00:10:48.620 so much richer
00:10:49.920 and I will get it
00:10:50.960 back on television
00:10:51.860 and Helen said
00:10:52.880 yes
00:10:53.540 and then the whispers
00:10:55.280 in town
00:10:56.040 were that
00:10:56.580 it was not only
00:10:57.640 a business deal
00:10:58.680 between Helen
00:10:59.560 and Todd Bowley
00:11:01.020 that something else
00:11:01.960 was going on
00:11:02.820 I don't know
00:11:04.020 he's divorced now
00:11:05.300 but I don't know
00:11:06.360 it's just speculation
00:11:07.520 but anyway
00:11:08.740 she managed
00:11:09.920 to convince
00:11:10.600 all the 90 members
00:11:11.900 that this was
00:11:12.600 the deal
00:11:13.180 of their life
00:11:14.240 and they should
00:11:15.240 sell the organization
00:11:16.420 to Todd Bowley
00:11:17.980 and they will get
00:11:19.080 like $250,000
00:11:20.500 each
00:11:21.280 if they accepted
00:11:22.520 this deal
00:11:23.180 and they will become
00:11:24.040 his employees
00:11:25.200 so they did
00:11:26.580 accept the deal
00:11:27.480 and I think
00:11:28.260 this is the worst deal
00:11:29.820 that was ever signed
00:11:30.960 in Hollywood history
00:11:31.880 they were so dumb
00:11:34.000 they basically
00:11:35.120 gave him
00:11:36.260 this brand
00:11:37.320 who was so valuable
00:11:38.660 at this time
00:11:39.740 and they thought
00:11:40.940 that they couldn't
00:11:41.660 fix it on their own
00:11:42.920 so now
00:11:43.980 Helen Hoene
00:11:44.920 took over everything
00:11:46.040 with Todd Bowley
00:11:47.120 and then Helen
00:11:48.300 fired all the other
00:11:50.000 journalists
00:11:50.660 that she convinced
00:11:52.060 to sell
00:11:53.040 this organization
00:11:54.060 she did it over Zoom
00:11:55.780 and she turned
00:11:56.520 the camera off
00:11:57.480 and she said
00:11:58.100 you're all fired
00:11:59.120 and you won't get
00:12:00.380 the money
00:12:00.800 that you were promised
00:12:01.840 and now you can
00:12:02.640 just be voters
00:12:03.540 and work for free
00:12:05.140 for this new company
00:12:07.360 and we're also
00:12:08.760 going to get voters
00:12:09.560 from all around
00:12:10.380 the world
00:12:10.980 and we're not
00:12:11.600 going to tell people
00:12:12.360 how we get
00:12:13.040 these voters
00:12:13.680 but it's going to
00:12:14.500 really help
00:12:15.200 the Golden Globes
00:12:16.120 to grow back
00:12:16.900 to what it once was
00:12:18.220 so all these people
00:12:19.840 are now obviously
00:12:20.760 really upset
00:12:22.040 with Helen Hoene
00:12:23.080 who is still
00:12:23.880 the only person
00:12:24.800 who is an employee
00:12:26.780 of Todd Bowley
00:12:28.040 and I heard
00:12:28.780 that she makes
00:12:29.480 around $600,000
00:12:30.760 a year
00:12:31.620 being the president
00:12:32.840 of the Golden Globes
00:12:34.140 anyways
00:12:34.820 Todd Bowley
00:12:35.660 of course
00:12:36.040 has many friends
00:12:36.920 he also owns
00:12:37.900 the Chelsea soccer team
00:12:39.500 and he is
00:12:40.280 as I said
00:12:40.860 a billionaire
00:12:41.620 another billionaire
00:12:42.840 Jay Penske
00:12:44.060 who is a friend
00:12:45.020 of Todd Bowley
00:12:46.360 also wanted in on this
00:12:48.300 and he was like
00:12:49.180 hey Todd
00:12:49.760 you know
00:12:50.200 I own all the magazines
00:12:51.580 in this town
00:12:52.560 all the trade magazines
00:12:53.580 that are writing
00:12:54.840 about the Golden Globes
00:12:56.060 all the trade magazines
00:12:57.020 that all the studios
00:12:58.640 and streamers
00:13:00.480 have to buy
00:13:01.200 advertisement in
00:13:02.560 to promote
00:13:03.800 their shows
00:13:05.180 and their movies
00:13:06.220 wouldn't it be great
00:13:07.420 if we collaborated
00:13:08.620 then we could own
00:13:10.000 the entire ecosystem here
00:13:11.880 and Todd Bowley
00:13:12.960 was like
00:13:13.380 yes
00:13:13.800 and you know what
00:13:14.600 I already own
00:13:16.060 A24
00:13:16.860 the production company
00:13:18.300 yeah
00:13:18.760 little side note here
00:13:19.900 Marty Supreme
00:13:20.640 is produced
00:13:22.220 by A24
00:13:23.080 so that means
00:13:24.200 that the people
00:13:24.840 that are voting
00:13:25.540 for the award show
00:13:26.600 is voting
00:13:27.080 for his movie
00:13:28.360 the one who owns
00:13:29.180 the award show
00:13:30.080 just like think about
00:13:31.060 that for a second
00:13:31.880 and of course
00:13:32.780 they can do
00:13:33.360 special interviews
00:13:34.360 with
00:13:35.160 for example
00:13:36.220 Timothee Chalamet
00:13:37.260 who is in
00:13:37.820 Marty Supreme
00:13:38.400 this year
00:13:39.200 and do extra
00:13:40.440 little segments
00:13:41.240 on how amazing
00:13:42.340 that movie is
00:13:43.440 so yes
00:13:44.420 it might win
00:13:45.160 a Golden Globe
00:13:46.140 Todd Bowley
00:13:47.140 also owns
00:13:47.940 the production company
00:13:48.900 that produces
00:13:49.700 the show
00:13:50.280 and he's also
00:13:51.260 part owner
00:13:52.000 in the Beverly Hilton
00:13:53.300 Hotel
00:13:53.740 where the gala
00:13:54.820 takes place
00:13:55.820 so if you wonder
00:13:56.880 why there are no
00:13:57.500 critical stories
00:13:58.880 in any of these
00:13:59.880 magazines
00:14:00.420 about the Golden Globes
00:14:02.000 you can have
00:14:02.760 a wild guess
00:14:03.880 and this is where
00:14:04.820 it gets uglier
00:14:05.640 because all those
00:14:06.620 celebrities
00:14:07.060 that were boycotting
00:14:08.280 the Golden Globes
00:14:09.160 back then
00:14:09.800 they're all back
00:14:11.420 on the red carpet
00:14:12.280 and they all know
00:14:13.600 that it's worse
00:14:14.920 than ever
00:14:15.920 this award show
00:14:18.060 is so corrupt
00:14:19.600 to the core
00:14:20.740 and now
00:14:21.780 there is zero
00:14:22.960 transparency
00:14:23.740 at least before
00:14:25.160 it was a non-profit
00:14:26.260 so we as a public
00:14:27.400 got some kind of
00:14:28.680 insight into
00:14:29.500 what was going on
00:14:30.540 right now
00:14:31.300 we know nothing
00:14:32.560 and funny enough
00:14:33.720 when the Golden Globes
00:14:34.800 got a new TV deal
00:14:36.360 the publicist
00:14:37.600 didn't ask
00:14:38.440 oh who's voting
00:14:39.580 now
00:14:40.120 how is this
00:14:40.920 gonna work
00:14:41.480 who profits
00:14:42.200 from this
00:14:43.000 they're like
00:14:43.700 oh we don't care
00:14:44.560 we just want
00:14:45.220 our bonuses back
00:14:46.180 and what does
00:14:46.800 the package
00:14:47.320 look like
00:14:48.000 and Todd Bowley
00:14:49.100 and Jay Penske
00:14:50.020 they know how
00:14:50.740 to monetize things
00:14:51.860 they don't care
00:14:53.060 about the arts
00:14:54.100 for a second
00:14:55.100 so what they did
00:14:55.980 next
00:14:56.420 was that they
00:14:57.220 started selling
00:14:58.580 dinner parties
00:14:59.900 where the talents
00:15:01.100 who were hoping
00:15:02.120 to get nominated
00:15:02.960 for something
00:15:03.840 could meet
00:15:05.380 with their voters
00:15:07.080 they called it
00:15:08.320 the Variety
00:15:09.180 Dinner Series
00:15:10.140 so they even
00:15:10.840 brought Variety
00:15:11.720 the magazine
00:15:12.380 into that
00:15:13.240 because of course
00:15:13.900 as you know
00:15:14.380 Jay Penske
00:15:14.920 owns that magazine
00:15:15.920 and I think
00:15:16.960 they had to pay
00:15:17.660 about $70,000
00:15:19.040 per ticket
00:15:20.660 so that they
00:15:21.700 can come
00:15:22.260 and influence
00:15:23.120 voters
00:15:23.660 over a dinner
00:15:24.680 they also
00:15:25.340 started selling
00:15:26.220 packages
00:15:27.000 to wealthy
00:15:27.940 people
00:15:28.520 who wanted
00:15:29.060 to have
00:15:29.480 the Golden
00:15:29.900 Globe
00:15:30.220 experience
00:15:30.900 so that
00:15:31.860 they could
00:15:32.340 buy access
00:15:33.480 to the show
00:15:34.520 and to the
00:15:35.200 after parties
00:15:36.080 I think
00:15:36.700 that price
00:15:37.300 was around
00:15:37.760 $70,000
00:15:38.520 as well
00:15:39.560 and also
00:15:40.660 now they
00:15:41.560 added another
00:15:42.440 category here
00:15:43.700 the podcast
00:15:44.820 category
00:15:45.660 as soon as
00:15:46.400 I heard about
00:15:46.880 this new
00:15:47.380 podcast award
00:15:48.820 I was wondering
00:15:49.520 you know
00:15:49.900 what are the
00:15:50.340 categories here
00:15:51.160 is it like
00:15:51.600 best true crime
00:15:52.620 best entertainment
00:15:53.760 best news
00:15:54.960 best pop culture
00:15:56.400 podcast
00:15:57.100 no no no
00:15:58.200 it's nothing
00:15:58.860 like that
00:15:59.480 it's just
00:15:59.820 best podcast
00:16:00.680 and mainly
00:16:01.660 the podcasts
00:16:02.500 that are
00:16:03.680 nominated
00:16:04.360 are actors
00:16:06.160 from Hollywood
00:16:07.080 who started
00:16:07.800 their own
00:16:08.380 podcast
00:16:09.120 Amy Poehler
00:16:10.120 Jason Bateman
00:16:11.120 Will Arnett
00:16:12.100 amongst others
00:16:13.220 no surprises
00:16:14.420 there of course
00:16:15.260 they just want
00:16:15.920 celebrities to
00:16:16.720 show up
00:16:17.260 they also
00:16:17.880 nominated
00:16:18.580 some conservative
00:16:19.540 podcasts like
00:16:20.420 Candace Owens
00:16:21.380 and Ben Shapiro
00:16:22.460 and Megyn Kelly
00:16:23.720 and they offered
00:16:25.060 them if they
00:16:25.680 wanted to get
00:16:26.440 more attention
00:16:27.160 and to get
00:16:27.840 some votes
00:16:28.540 they should buy
00:16:29.580 these marketing
00:16:30.320 packages
00:16:30.900 for thousands
00:16:31.780 of thousands
00:16:32.420 of dollars
00:16:33.100 and of course
00:16:34.040 none of these
00:16:34.600 conservative podcasts
00:16:35.540 from the shortlist
00:16:36.600 made it to get
00:16:38.240 nominated
00:16:39.040 surprise
00:16:39.880 surprise
00:16:40.680 so yes
00:16:41.760 when you see
00:16:42.320 all those
00:16:42.680 smiling faces
00:16:43.640 with the celebrities
00:16:44.520 walking that red carpet
00:16:46.060 please keep this
00:16:47.140 in mind
00:16:47.740 all they're trying
00:16:48.760 to do
00:16:49.320 is take away
00:16:50.460 your attention
00:16:51.160 from what's
00:16:51.820 really going on
00:16:53.000 here
00:16:53.260 they want you
00:16:54.240 to just look
00:16:54.920 at how beautiful
00:16:55.680 and perfect
00:16:56.420 they are
00:16:57.060 and how much
00:16:57.980 it means
00:16:58.480 to them
00:16:58.920 that you
00:16:59.400 are watching
00:17:00.080 them
00:17:00.420 and you're
00:17:00.820 watching
00:17:01.300 their movies
00:17:02.360 and their TV
00:17:03.140 shows
00:17:03.540 and who knows
00:17:04.240 if they win
00:17:04.860 tonight
00:17:05.260 that they're
00:17:05.680 going to go
00:17:06.060 up on that
00:17:06.640 stage
00:17:07.140 and maybe
00:17:07.740 preach to you
00:17:08.480 a little bit
00:17:08.960 about how
00:17:09.360 you should
00:17:09.800 live your
00:17:10.260 life
00:17:10.600 and what's
00:17:11.260 important
00:17:11.740 in life
00:17:12.280 and maybe
00:17:12.800 also a
00:17:13.320 political speech
00:17:14.280 about all
00:17:14.820 the corruption
00:17:15.360 in this world
00:17:16.200 but here's
00:17:16.860 the catch
00:17:17.320 the illusion
00:17:18.060 only survives
00:17:18.980 if the audience
00:17:19.920 believes it
00:17:20.860 and the moment
00:17:21.620 you don't
00:17:22.320 the red carpet
00:17:23.140 becomes just
00:17:24.000 a carpet
00:17:24.520 and the trophies
00:17:25.780 become just
00:17:26.720 objects
00:17:27.500 and the emperor
00:17:28.460 is just a man
00:17:29.540 who hopes
00:17:30.060 no one notices
00:17:31.160 yes so let's
00:17:32.540 see who the
00:17:33.180 lucky winners
00:17:34.060 of golden globes
00:17:35.460 2026 are
00:17:37.200 I wish them
00:17:38.020 all the best
00:17:38.680 of luck
00:17:39.260 anyways thank you
00:17:40.480 so much for
00:17:41.160 watching I really
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