--- ---  # Billy Eichner and Meghan McCain Feud Over Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 9, 2017 7:09 PM UTC  Meghan McCain Meghan McCainMichael Loccisano—Getty Images for TIME  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 9, 2017 7:09 PM UTC Following [Meryl Streep’s denouncement of Donald Trump](http://time.com/4628378/golden-globes-2017-donald-trump-meryl-streep/) during her [acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award](http://time.com/4628072/golden-globes-2017-meryl-streep-donald-trump-speech/) at Sunday’s [Golden Globes](http://time.com/4626211/golden-globes-2017-speeches-donald-trump/), Billy Eichner and Meghan McCain engaged in a heated Twitter exchange over the actor’s comments. The argument began after Fox news co-host McCain criticized Streep, tweeting, “This Meryl Streep speech is why Trump won. And if people in Hollywood don’t start recognizing why and how – you will help him get re-elected.” _Difficult People_ star Eichner apparently took offense to her stance and quickly replied with his own thoughts on the matter. “Um she asked him not to make fun of disabled people and advocated for the freedom of the press and the arts you f—ing moron,” he wrote, referencing Streep’s comments about [Trump’s mocking of _New York Times_ reporter Serge Kovaleski’s disability](http://time.com/4127857/donald-trump-disability/) at a 2015 rally, which he later [denied](http://time.com/4128128/donald-trump-kovaleski-journalist-disability/). > [](https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/818294731742580736) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/818303724019851268) The debate only escalated [from there](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/818307974590447616?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw), with McCain responding and Eichner proceeding to call out her father, Senator John McCain. > [](https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/818304986681667588) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/818306289306505217) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/818315423863042048) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/818315651550879744) > [](https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/818525901671559170) Billy Eichner, Meghan McCain Twitter Feud Over Meryl Streep ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4628982/billy-eichner-meghan-mccain-twitter-feud-meryl-streep-golden-globes-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4628982/billy-eichner-meghan-mccain-twitter-feud-meryl-streep-golden-globes-2017/"},"headline":"Billy Eichner and Meghan McCain Feud Over Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech","datePublished":"2017-01-09T19:09:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:01.141Z","description":"\"She asked him not to make fun of disabled people\"","url":"https://time.com/4628982/billy-eichner-meghan-mccain-twitter-feud-meryl-streep-golden-globes-2017/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","twitter","meryl streep","Donald Trump","billy eichner","golden globes 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe5b67a4d4ccacbb/69868dab13c79f7836191ed3/487866939.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/bltfe5b67a4d4ccacbb/69868dab13c79f7836191ed3/487866939.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME/People WHCD Cocktail Party","caption":"TIME/People WHCD Cocktail Party","creditText":"Michael Loccisano—Getty Images for TIME","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/4628982/billy-eichner-meghan-mccain-twitter-feud-meryl-streep-golden-globes-2017/","name":"Billy Eichner and Meghan McCain Feud Over Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech"}}]}] ```