--- title: 2020 Golden Globes: Tom Hanks Gets Emotional During Speech description: Viewers of the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards found it difficult to watch America's Dad Tom Hanks cry while accepting his award. canonical: https://time.com/5759297/golden-globes-2020-tom-hanks/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-06T03:49:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:34.370Z og:title: Tom Hanks Cried at the Golden Globes and the Internet Could Not Handle It og:description: There's no crying in baseball, but there is crying on an awards stage og:url: https://time.com/5759297/golden-globes-2020-tom-hanks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf0a3565f3ecca6/698a086186f68e35b96ee287/GettyImages-1191979802.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NBC's "77th Annual Golden Globe Awards" - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hanks Cried at the Golden Globes and the Internet Could Not Handle It twitter:description: There's no crying in baseball, but there is crying on an awards stage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf0a3565f3ecca6/698a086186f68e35b96ee287/GettyImages-1191979802.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Hanks Cried at the Golden Globes and the Internet Could Not Handle It ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. There's no crying in baseball, but there is crying on an awards stage_ by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Jan 6, 2020 3:49 AM UTC by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Jan 6, 2020 3:49 AM UTC In [_A League of Their Own_](https://time.com/3760024/women-professional-baseball/), [Tom Hanks](https://time.com/5736808/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood-review/) famously yelled that there is [no crying in baseball](https://time.com/4865986/crying-in-baseball-tennis-golf-soccer/), but that rule apparently doesn’t apply to [Hanks](https://time.com/5736808/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood-review/) on the Golden Globes stage. Viewers of the [77th Annual Golden Globe Awards](https://time.com/5745606/golden-globes-2020-nominees/) found it difficult to watch America’s Dad cry while accepting the award. [Hanks](https://time.com/5736808/a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood-review/)‘ tearful moment came as he thanked his family for their support, after [Charlize Theron](https://time.com/5581927/rihanna-trolls-charlize-theron/) presented him with the 2020 Cecil B. DeMille Award. Hanks choked up, gesturing toward the family’s table, where his children and his wife, [Rita Wilson](https://time.com/5759261/rita-wilson-hair-makeup/), sat proudly. “A man is blessed with a family sitting down front like that, a wife who is fantastic in every way, who has taught me what love is, five kids who are braver and stronger and wiser than their old man is.” Hanks blamed the sudden burst of emotion on his cold medicine. Still, watching the man behind Forrest Gump and Captain Phillips start to cry was too much to handle for many Twitter users. > [](https://twitter.com/evanrosskatz/status/1214018644096749569) > [](https://twitter.com/kathleen%5Fhanley/status/1214017757014036481) > [](https://twitter.com/LightsCameraPod/status/1214017616580423680) > [](https://twitter.com/eyesvvideshut/status/1214018079342125056) > [](https://twitter.com/kvanaren/status/1214017300845748224) > [](https://twitter.com/ReignOfApril/status/1214017437219393536) > [](https://twitter.com/michmarkowitz/status/1214017499278249984) In addition to his honorary award, Hanks was nominated for his supporting role as Mister Rogers in [_A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood_](https://time.com/5732665/tom-hanks-mister-rogers-related/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5759297/golden-globes-2020-tom-hanks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5759297/golden-globes-2020-tom-hanks/"},"headline":"Tom Hanks Cried at the Golden Globes and the Internet Could Not Handle It","datePublished":"2020-01-06T03:49:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:34.370Z","description":"There's no crying in baseball, but there is crying on an awards stage","url":"https://time.com/5759297/golden-globes-2020-tom-hanks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcf0a3565f3ecca6/698a086186f68e35b96ee287/GettyImages-1191979802.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. 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