Princewill Pius
In what was perhaps one of the most heartfelt moments of the 2020 Golden Globes, Ellen DeGeneres made her way to the stage to accept the second-ever Carol Burnett Award. It’s an award The New York Times describes as, “a lifetime achievement accolade for television.” Presenting the award was Saturday Night Live‘s Kate McKinnon who gave a touching speech on how DeGeneres’ coming-out had inspired her own. “The only thing that made it less scary was seeing Ellen on TV,” McKinnon said (via The Hollywood Reporter). “She really risked her entire life and her entire career in order to tell the truth, and she suffered greatly for it.”
Once on stage, DeGeneres detailed her start on television, filled with its highs and lows. “I had a successful sitcom, and I came out, and then I lost that sitcom, and then I got another sitcom, and I lost that sitcom, too,” she began. “After that, I got a talk show and I was able to be myself. And that was 17 years ago.”
With a speech also filled with hilariously adorable moments, like DeGeneres calling her partner Portia de Rossi her “husband Mark,” the audience couldn’t help but smile and laugh. However, it’s clear that the speech was as heartwarming as it was hilarious seeing as how, later in the evening, a teary-eyed Jennifer Aniston approached DeGeneres off-camera to catch up with the comedian and, presumably, congratulate her on her monumental award.
Written by: Nicki
