Brendan Fraser Disses the Golden Globes Once more

On Dec. 12, 2022, “The Whale” star Brendan Fraser snagged a 2023 Golden Globes finest actor nomination for his efficiency within the movie. Finally, Austin Butler took house the award for his “Elvis” efficiency, which Fraser mentioned was a “massive win for him” and “properly deserved,” however the actor himself maintains that he had zero curiosity in having his personal Golden Globe award.

In November 2022, the 54-year-old actor spoke out towards the award present and the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, the group that votes for and runs the Golden Globes, in a GQ interview, the place he acknowledged that even when he had been nominated for his position, he wouldn’t attend the ceremony.

“I’ve extra historical past with the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation than I’ve respect for the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation,” Fraser advised the outlet. “No, I cannot take part. It is due to the historical past that I’ve with them. And my mom did not increase a hypocrite. You possibly can name me numerous issues, however not that.”

Fraser doubled down on his stance towards the Golden Globe Awards in a Feb. 7 interview on “The Howard Stern Present,” the place he gave his sincere ideas about his shock 2022 nomination. “I discovered myself questioning is that this a cynical nomination. I could not actually inform due to my historical past with them and that I nonetheless have but to see the outcomes from their reformation. All of us are nonetheless awaiting that, to inform you the reality,” the Critics’ Selection Awards winner and Oscar nominee mentioned, per Folks. “Get it or do not get it, would not matter. What does matter is that it will imply nothing to me. I do not need it. I did not ask to be thought-about even, that was presumed. I do know that may displease many individuals for many causes, however . . . They wanted me, I did not want them. As a result of it would not be significant to me. The place am I gonna put that hood decoration? What would I do with that?”

Again in 2018, in one other GQ interview, Fraser publicly shared allegations towards the HFPA’s former President Philip Berk. Fraser claimed Berk groped and assaulted him in 2003 on the Beverly Hills Lodge. Berk has disputed Fraser’s account.

When Fraser’s accusations got here out 4 years in the past, the HFPA mentioned in an announcement, “The HFPA stands firmly towards sexual harassment and the kind of conduct described on this article.” The group added, “This report consists of alleged info that the HFPA was beforehand unaware of and right now we’re investigating additional particulars surrounding the incident.” Fraser spoke to the unbiased investigator however advised GQ in his most up-to-date interview that the HFPA got here again with a joint assertion they might launch collectively. In accordance with Fraser, the assertion would learn, “Though it was concluded that Mr. Berk inappropriately touched Mr. Fraser, the proof helps that it was supposed to be taken as a joke and never as a sexual advance.” Fraser wouldn’t signal it, and Berk remained with the group.

“I knew they’d shut ranks,” Fraser advised GQ in November. “I knew they’d kick the can down the street. I knew they’d get forward of the story. I knew that I actually had no future with that system because it was.” The HFPA didn’t reply to POPSUGAR’s request for touch upon Fraser’s most up-to-date remarks.

Finally, there was a serious shakeup on the HFPA, however not due to Fraser’s allegations. In 2021, the LA Instances revealed that the HFPA had no Black members. The publication additionally revealed many moral and monetary conflicts within the group. The information got here not lengthy after the 2021 nominees had been launched and broadly derided for his or her lack of range, significantly for excluding motion pictures and TV exhibits about Black folks. Berk was expelled from the group in April 2021 after sending members an e-mail with an article that referred to as Black Lives Matter a “racist hate motion.”

NBC introduced in Could 2021 that the community would now not air the Golden Globes, and the 2022 ceremony was not broadcast. However NBC modified course for the 2023 ceremony, which aired on Jan. 10, in settlement with a one-year take care of the group. That call was in response to adjustments made by the HFPA. The HFPA mentioned it added 103 voters, making 51.5 p.c of voters “racially and ethnically various”; Black voters now comprise 10 p.c of the voting physique. The group additionally instituted extra guidelines about present giving and introduced charitable donations.

Fraser advised GQ that “in the mean time” he didn’t imagine within the HFPA’s introduced reforms. “Possibly time will inform,” he mentioned. He mentioned that the group by no means apologized to him, though the HFPA advised GQ they apologized twice. Berk advised GQ in 2018 that he wrote a letter to Fraser concerning the incident however didn’t admit “wrongdoing.” Fraser mentioned if the HFPA wished to make amends, he would need it to be “honest,” however he added that he is not the one one who’s felt wronged by the group and that folks have confided in him. “I might count on that it will be one thing that may be significant for them too,” he mentioned.