Meyers tears into sex scandal in monologue
Los Angeles: The host Seth Meyers, classily took on some of the most powerful and now disgraced men in Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey as he took the bull of sexual harassment by the horns in his opening monologue.
Dressed in black, sartorially supporting the fight against sexual abuse scandal that rocked the showbiz last year, the presenter welcomed the new year, saying, “It’s 2018 and marijuana is finally allowed, and sexual harassment finally isn’t.”
Meyers addressed the audience with the quirky one- liner: “Good evening ladies and remaining g e n t l e m e n . . . There’s a new era underway and I can tell because it’s been years since a white man was this nervous in Hollywood.”
He added, “This was the year of Big Little Lies and
Out and Get also the television series Big Little Lies and the movie Get Out.”
The host took potshots at Weinstein’s infamous modus operandi of sexually harassing women. He said the reason why he was chosen to present the awards is because he is “a man with completely no power in Hollywood”. Pointing at Seth Rogen, Meyers added, “I’m not even the most powerful Seth in the room tonight. Hey remember he was the guy making trouble with North Korea. Simpler times ( referring to Rogen’s movie ‘ The Interview’).” “They tried to get a woman to host the show which will be judged by some of the most powerful men in Hollywood and they were like ‘ hmm, well where is it?’ They said it’s in a hotel and long story short, I’m your host tonight,” he said.