Oprah Winfrey just dropped the mic with the most powerful speech of the night (and of the whole year, so far) while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. The mogul and film star addressed race, politics, and the #MeToo movement in her classic, electrifying Oprah fashion.
“So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon!” she said at the end of her speech. “And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say ‘Me too’ again.”
Chills.
Audience members responded with genuine praise, applauding Winfrey’s words and responding with a standing ovation. (We wouldn’t be surprised if they shed a few tears as well.) But the celebration didn’t end there. Home viewers and fans online responded to Oprah’s speech with the best Twitter reactions.
People felt extremely inspired.
I’m so inspired I don’t know how to function. #OPRAH
— Grace Helbig (@gracehelbig) January 8, 2018
2018 mood: the love and respect oprah inspires in other women pic.twitter.com/rhl5qJAQ0K
— keely flaherty (@keelyflaherty) January 8, 2018
empowered women empower women! #oprah #goldenglobes ?????
— Daniella Perkins (@daniellaperkins) January 8, 2018
The viewers were very emotional.
The 46th President of the United States currently speaking.#GoldenGlobes #TimesUp #Oprah
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) January 8, 2018
Everybody still trying to recover from Oprah’s sermon like pic.twitter.com/yXjkUkRqeP
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) January 8, 2018
YOU get to cry! And YOU get to cry!! EVERYONE GETS TO CRY!!! #oprah pic.twitter.com/0HoeHXEd5A
— Emily Grober Trotter (@grobertrotter) January 8, 2018
Me right now: pic.twitter.com/3IllfzE4sF
— Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) January 8, 2018
They were simply stunned by her presence.
#Oprah at the #GoldenGlobes… pic.twitter.com/2Ogg4DByRR
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) January 8, 2018
Let me tell you this room is still vibrating like electricity from that speech. #OPRAH #micdrop #TimesUp #MeToo #GoldenGlobes
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 8, 2018
#Oprah just made all the men in Hollywood utterly terrified.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) January 8, 2018
I feel like I just went to church, a political rally, a networking event and a bestie sleepover all at once #OPRAH #OPRAH #OPRAH
— babe (@babedotnet) January 8, 2018
Leave it to a black woman to give the only speech that matters. #GoldenGlobes
— KB (@KaraRBrown) January 8, 2018
personally, i feel that oprah is the only person that has ever earned a lifetime achievement award
— sonia saraiya (@soniasaraiya) January 8, 2018
When everyone else said “Time’s up” tn it sounded like vanilla haagen-dazs, when Oprah says “Time’s up” I swore I heard a thunder clap
— Frazier Tharpe (@The_SummerMan) January 8, 2018
Oprah just Oprah-ing.
— quinta b. (@quintabrunson) January 8, 2018
Can we all agree that .@Oprah deserves a planet named after her.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) January 8, 2018
Oprah, finishing speech, smiles knowingly and fades into thin air.
Cut to
Oprah sits cross-legged on a large, flat rock, many light-years away, watching twin suns set from atop a mountain on a distant planet.
End scene.
— Alexander William (@AlexAllTimeLow) January 8, 2018
And, most importantly, some compared her words to a presidential speech. (Oprah 2020?)
The 46th President of the United States currently speaking.#GoldenGlobes #TimesUp #Oprah
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) January 8, 2018
I know it was a joke before, but…we gonna get this Winfrey 2020 thing crackin or nah? #Oprah #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/m2vFA74Khr
— Brien E. Edwards (@brienedwards1) January 8, 2018
Oprah Winfrey is giving her State of the Union address at the Golden Globes. #GoldenGlobes #Oprah
— Serema W. (@SeremaW) January 8, 2018
#Oprah can straight up make this her first speech announcing that she’s running for President in 2020.
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) January 8, 2018
When Oprah is speaking at the Golden Globes and your goals shift to VP… pic.twitter.com/3ghEVMmCwF
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 8, 2018
OPRAH FOR PRESIDENT NOW. I DON’T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL 2020.
— Lauren Alexis Fisher (@LaurenAlexis) January 8, 2018
Witness her full acceptance speech below, and read the full transcript here.
From: Harper’s BAZAAR US
