Golden Globes host Jerrod Carmichael insisted on dissuading Tom Cruise from attending the awards ceremony during Tuesday’s awards ceremony.
Ahead of the introduction of two of Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick co-stars, Carmichael, 35, showed up with three Golden Globe awards. In 2021, Cruise returned his three awards in protest of the lack of black Golden Globe voters.
He said, “Backstage, I found these three Golden Globe Awards that Tom Cruise gave back.”
The comedian, who started the show by poking fun at the Hollywood Foreign Press’s racial issues, added, “I’m just the host… but I have a pitch. I think maybe we can take those three things and trade them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige.’ Cruise did not attend the ceremony.
Shelly, wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige, has not been seen in public since August 2007. It’s not clear if Carmichael implied that Cruise might know anything about Shell’s whereabouts. The actor has been a Scientologist for 30 years.
Jerrod Carmichael offered to trade three Golden Globe Awards for Shelly Miscavige
Shelly Miscavige, wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige, has not been seen in public since August 2007
In 2013, Scientology defector Leah Remini filed a missing person report for Shelly with the Los Angeles Police Department. The department was later convinced that the religion’s mysterious first lady was fine.
At the time, Scientology said in a statement Remini’s actions were “unwise, ridiculous self-promotion.”
Following Carmichael’s joke, Remini retweeted a Twitter thread she wrote in November 2022 in which she claimed that the LAPD was in cahoots with Scientology.
Scientology has long maintained that Shelly is not a missing person. has reached out to the organization for comment on Carmichael’s joke.
The King of Queens star tweeted, “WHERE’S SHELLY????” In a separate message, she said, “Thanks Jerrod Carmichael!”
Carmichael introduced Glen Powell and Jay Ellis when he did the gag.
About to present the award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, the couple went about their business like professionals without admitting the slight to their co-star.
Carmichael cracked the joke before introducing Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick co-stars Glen Powell and Jay Ellis
David Miscavige was Cruise’s best man at his wedding to Katie Holmes in 2006
David Miscavige was Cruise’s best man at his wedding to Katie Holmes in 2006.
Cruise’s three Golden Globes came for Jerry Maguire for Actor in a Comedy or Musical, Magnolia for Supporting Actor, and Born on the Fourth of July for Actor in a Drama.
SlateCulture’s Sam Adams tweeted about the Carmichael joke, saying, “Lol Jerrod makes a Shelly Miscavige joke to keep complete calm before introducing two actors from TOP GUN MAVERICK.”
It wasn’t the only joke that silenced the crowd at the Beverly Hills Hilton
It wasn’t the only joke that silenced the crowd at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
Carmichael opened the show by saying, “I’m your host Jerrod Carmichael and I’m going to tell you why I’m here. I’m here… because I’m black.”
“I’m going to tell you what happened on that show, the awards show that didn’t air last year because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which I don’t want to say was a racist organization.
“But they didn’t have a single black member until George Floyd died, so do what you will with any information.” I’ll tell you how I got here, why I’m here on stage with you guys tonight, well I was at home.
‘And I got a call from my husband, Stephen Hill. Stephen Hill is a great producer and he said, “Jerrod, I’m really honored to make this call, he said I’m producing the 80.
“I was like, ‘Wow, one minute you’re making a tiny tea at home, the next you’re being invited to be the black face of an embattled white organization.’ Life comes at you really fast, you know, so I said, “Stephen, I’m torn, I’ll be honest with you, I’m a little torn, because, you know, first of all, it’s a great opportunity, thanks for the call, but I’m only asked to moderate this, I know because I’m black.
And Stephen said let me stop you, Jerrod. He said you’re being asked to host this show because you’re talented. You are asked to host this show because you are charming. He said you’re being asked to host this show because you’re one of the greatest comedians of a generation but Stephen is black so what does he know?
He’s only producing this show because they won’t tell him why he’s here so I said Stephen that’s a lot to me let me call you so I did what I do when I have a moral racial dilemma.
‘ I call the maid Avery, who represents every black person in America for this monologue. And I said to Avery, I said, Avery, they asked me to host the Golden Globes. And I said: You know what should I do? And she said oh bookie I’m so proud of you. Now, remember which awards show that was?
“And I told her what the show was, and I told her it didn’t air last year because of the no black people thing. And she was like, well, how much are they paying you? And I said, well, Avery, honestly, it’s not about the money, it’s about the moral issue – and she said, Jerrod, enough of that, how much are they paying you? And I said $500,000.
“And she said, boy, if you don’t put on a good suit and take some white money… And I kinda forget that, where I’m from, like, we all live by a strict -the-money mentality.”
“I bet black informants for the FBI in the ’60s, their families were still proud of them like they heard about Clarence’s new job, they pay him $8 an hour just to see Dr. to tell on King.
“It’s a good government job and I called Stephen back and said, ‘I like doing this.’ And I was really proud of that decision.
“I was really proud of that decision until I got an email from a publicist saying Helen [Hoehne]the President of the HFPA, wanted to meet me in person.
“I said, ‘No thanks, I know if I hear a trap.’ Then they came back like, ‘Well, they don’t really ask, they insist that you attend the meeting.’ And I thought, “Or what?! You’re going to fire me?!” Then you haven’t had a black host in 79 years and you’re going to fire the first one? I am incapable of firing.”
And it came back a third time: “Helen really just wants to update you on the changes the organization has made in terms of diversity. And I’m going to be really honest with everyone here tonight: I don’t really need it. I took this job assuming they hadn’t changed at all.
“I heard they got six new black members, congratulations for them whatever, sure. I’m really here because I look into this space and I see a lot of talented people.