--- description: Comedian Jerrod Carmichael hosted the 80th annual Golden Globe awards. title: Read Jerrod Carmichael's Full Golden Globes Monologue image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Jerrod Carmichael's Full Monologue From the Golden Globe Awards  by [Laura Zornosa](/author/laura-zornosa/)  ## Laura Zornosa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. Jan 11, 2023 6:03 AM CUT  by [Laura Zornosa](/author/laura-zornosa/)  ## Laura Zornosa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME. Jan 11, 2023 6:03 AM CUT For all of its controversy—racial, financial, ethical, and more—the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made one smart recent decision: to hire Jerrod Carmichael as the host of the 80th Annual Golden Globes on Tuesday night. Carmichael—a comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker—is perhaps best known for last year’s stand-up special on HBO, _Rothaniel_. In it, he quickly built a tight rapport with his audience, sanding awkwardness into keen observations—a skill he deployed again expertly at the Golden Globes. Read about more highlights of the 2023 Golden Globe Awards [here](https://time.com/6246370/golden-globes-recap-2023/ "undefined"), and read Carmichael’s full remarks below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6246401/jerrod-carmichael-golden-globes-monologue-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6246401/jerrod-carmichael-golden-globes-monologue-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Jerrod Carmichael's Full Monologue From the Golden Globe Awards","datePublished":"2023-01-11T06:03:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:16:19.056Z","description":"The comedian offered some candid opening remarks while hosting the ceremony Tuesday night","url":"https://time.com/6246401/jerrod-carmichael-golden-globes-monologue-transcript/","keywords":["awards","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Zornosa","jobTitle":"Laura Zornosa is a reporter at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/laura-zornosa/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6246401/jerrod-carmichael-golden-globes-monologue-transcript/","name":"Read Jerrod Carmichael's Full Monologue From the Golden Globe Awards"}}]}] ```