--- title: Golden Globes 2018: Confused Hugh Jackman Reaction Is Meme description: The Golden Globes were chock-full of meme-able moments, but the award for most relatable reaction of the night belongs to Hugh Jackman. canonical: https://time.com/5093256/golden-globes-2018-hugh-jackman-confused-meme/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-08T19:20:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:37.163Z og:title: Hugh Jackman Is the Most Relatable Meme of the Golden Globes og:description: Jackman appeared quite perplexed by James Franco's acceptance speech og:url: https://time.com/5093256/golden-globes-2018-hugh-jackman-confused-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf88a71b6e1de28e/6988f774656a3f7a5fbd3163/hugh-jackman-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Golden-Globes-2018-Hugh-Jackman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hugh Jackman Is the Most Relatable Meme of the Golden Globes twitter:description: Jackman appeared quite perplexed by James Franco's acceptance speech twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf88a71b6e1de28e/6988f774656a3f7a5fbd3163/hugh-jackman-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Confused Hugh Jackman Is the Most Relatable Meme of the 2018 Golden Globes > Sponsored content. 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Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 8, 2018 7:20 PM UTC The [75th Golden Globes ceremony](http://time.com/5092587/natalie-portman-globes-reactions/) was chock-full of [meme-able moments](http://time.com/5092673/golden-globes-2018-best-memes-oprah-mariah-carey/), but the award for most relatable reaction of the night clearly belongs to [Hugh Jackman](http://motto.time.com/4809176/hugh-jackman-deborra-lee-furness-secret-marriage/). After [James Franco](http://time.com/5092936/james-franco-golden-globes-2018/) took the stage Sunday night to accept the award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his role playing Tommy Wiseau in _The Disaster Artist_, the camera panned to a confused-looking Jackman sitting in the audience. _The Greatest Showman_ star — who was nominated in the same category — appeared to be quite perplexed by Franco’s acceptance speech, which included an awkward moment when [Franco pushed Wiseau away to prevent him from taking the microphone](http://time.com/5092558/james-franco-blocks-tommy-wiseau/). Of course, moments after Jackman’s face appeared on screen, the Internet was off and running with hilarious punchlines for the screencap. Some joked about how much they identified with the reaction. “I’m Hugh Jackman watching James Franco win best actor,” Twitter user @katieenallen [captioned](https://twitter.com/katieenallen/status/950188313402540032) the shot. > [](https://twitter.com/katieenallen/status/950188313402540032) While others were outraged at Jackman being snubbed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. “HUGH JACKMAN WORKED ON THAT MOVIE FOR 7 YEARS,” user @bwaykendall [wrote](https://twitter.com/bwaykendall/status/950219177603813376) in all caps. “IT WAS HIS PASSION PROJECT. HE PUT EVERY OUNCE OF HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT MOVIE AND HE DESERVED A GOLDEN GLOBE.” > [](https://twitter.com/bwaykendall/status/950219177603813376) See a selection of the responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/MrFilmkritik/status/950228866672529408) > [](https://twitter.com/jehawks/status/950190739505295360) > [](https://twitter.com/hollandeggsy/status/950188540842868736) > [](https://twitter.com/DonMiguelBest/status/950192532348133377) > [](https://twitter.com/zaylorswifron/status/950221760749821959) > [](https://twitter.com/nygmalpha/status/950195351520194560) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5093256/golden-globes-2018-hugh-jackman-confused-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5093256/golden-globes-2018-hugh-jackman-confused-meme/"},"headline":"Confused Hugh Jackman Is the Most Relatable Meme of the 2018 Golden Globes","datePublished":"2018-01-08T19:20:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:37.163Z","description":"Jackman appeared quite perplexed by James Franco's acceptance speech","url":"https://time.com/5093256/golden-globes-2018-hugh-jackman-confused-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","golden globes","Hugh Jackman","golden globes 2018","goldenglobes2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf88a71b6e1de28e/6988f774656a3f7a5fbd3163/hugh-jackman-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf88a71b6e1de28e/6988f774656a3f7a5fbd3163/hugh-jackman-golden-globes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Golden-Globes-2018-Hugh-Jackman","caption":"Actor Hugh Jackman arrives to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018.","creditText":"Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5093256/golden-globes-2018-hugh-jackman-confused-meme/","name":"Confused Hugh Jackman Is the Most Relatable Meme of the 2018 Golden Globes"}}]}] ```