Golden Globes 2024: Robert Downey Jr. says he ‘took a beta blocker’
- Actor, 58, honored for enjoying Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan blockbuster
- He stated, ‘I took a beta blocker, so that is going to be a breeze,’ in reference to the drug, which is alleged to cut back anxiousness
- The award marks the third particular person Golden Globe award Downey has received on 5 nominations
- READ LIVE BLOG: Golden Globes 2024
Robert Downey Jr. obtained social media abuzz with a comment he made about taking a beta blocker throughout his acceptance speech Sunday for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards.
Downey, 58, prevailed within the class of Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer.
The Iron Man star took the stage on the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, saying, ‘I took a beta blocker, so that is going to be a breeze,’ in reference to the drug, which is alleged to cut back anxiousness.
The A-list actor garnered a combined response from followers with regard to his admission, with some saying it made him extra relatable, with others involved concerning the actor’s previous historical past with substance abuse.
Beta blockers are a category of medicines which might be predominantly used to handle irregular coronary heart rhythms, however may also be used to deal with situational anxiousness resembling stage fright.
Robert Downey Jr., 58, obtained social media abuzz with a comment he made about taking a beta blocker throughout his acceptance speech at Sunday for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards
The Iron Man star took the stage on the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, saying, ‘I took a beta blocker, so that is going to be a breeze,’ in reference to the drug, which is alleged to cut back anxiousness
One person stated, ‘Just like Robert Downey Jr, I additionally take a beta blocker earlier than any type of public talking.’
Said one other: ‘Robert Downey Jr. is so actual for saying he took a beta blocker trigger I take them too and I’d for a second like this as effectively.’
Another stated, ‘RDJ taking a beta blocker earlier than the #GoldenGlobes is so relatable as a result of I too get extremely anxious earlier than I hear any type of information.’
One fan counseled Downey for conserving issues ‘actual,’ whereas one other stated it made them ‘wish to attempt beta blockers.’
One person famous Downey’s comment in an effort to skewer the present’s host, Jo Koy.
‘Giving internet hosting duties to Robert Downey Jr. on beta blockers looks like it will be an enchancment at this level,’ the person stated.
Some customers expressed their concern for Downey after the comment, with one saying, ‘Robert Downey, Jr joking about drug use. Whatever.’
Said one other, ‘Ha ha “Beta blocker”. Sure Robert Downey Jr.,’ whereas one other stated he was ‘nonetheless on medication.’
Golden Globes 2024 WINNERS: AT A GLANCE
FILM
Best Motion Picture – Drama: Oppenheimer
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Poor Things
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Barbie
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Lily Gladstone – Killers Of The Flower Moon
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Best Director – Motion Picture: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Best Original Song – Motion Picture: What Was I Made For? – Barbie – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Emma Stone triumphed as she earned Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
TELEVISION
Best Television Series – Drama: Succession
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy: The Bear
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television: Beef
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama: Sarah Snook – Succession
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama: Kieran Culkin – Succession
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy: Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy: Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television: Ali Wong – Beef
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television: Steven Yeun – Beef
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television: Matthew Macfadyen – Succession
Downey prevailed within the class of Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer
The New York City native prevailed over fellow nominees Robert De Niro , Ryan Gosling , Charles Melton, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe.
The A-list actor garnered a combined response from followers with regard to his admission, with some saying it made him extra relatable
Some customers expressed their concern for Downey after the comment
The New York City native wons over fellow nominees Robert De Niro , Ryan Gosling , Charles Melton, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe.
In rounding out his speech for his Golden Globe win, Downey praised his collaborators on the critically-acclaimed and commercially-successful biopic about scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped create the atomic bomb.
‘A sweeping story concerning the moral dilemma of nuclear weapons grosses $1 billion: Does that monitor? No,’ Downey stated. ‘Unless, and however, as a result of, Universal went all in on Christopher Nolan to direct Cillian Murphy, with Emma Thomas producing, with Emily [Blunt] and Florence [Pugh] and this forged and crew, and helped them render a … masterpiece … see, that is not such a leap.’
Downey thanked his spouse Susan, saying ‘she has actually made an artwork out of extracting me from my consolation zones, that I have to really feel secure.’
He added, ‘Lastly, Golden Globes journalists, thanks for altering your sport, due to this fact altering your title. Salute.’
The award marks the third particular person Golden Globe award Downey has received on 4 nominations.
He previous prevailed in 2010 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for his work in Sherlock Holmes.
In 2001, he received, for his work on Ally McBeal within the class of Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.
He was additionally a part of a gaggle award for the 1994 Winner Special Award for the 1993 movie Short Cuts, sharing the honors with luminaries resembling Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins and the late Jack Lemmon.
Winners for the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Anatomy of a Fall
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest
Oppenheimer earned prime prize Best Motion Picture – Drama (Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas are pictured)
Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron – WINNER
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Wish
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER
Fallen Leaves
Io Capitano
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer – WINNER
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Joaquin Phoenix – Beau is Afraid
Matt Damon – Air
Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet – Wonka
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer – WINNER
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. each earned Best Performance by a Male Actor and Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Oppenheimer, respectively
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Tony McNamara – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall – WINNER
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Addicted to Romance – She Came to Me – Bruce Springsteen
Dance the Night – Barbie – Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin
I’m Just Ken – Barbie – Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker
Road to Freedom – Rustin – Lenny Kravitz
What Was I Made For? – Barbie – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell – WINNER
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear – WINNER
Jury Duty
Only Murders within the Building
Ted Lasso
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Bella Ramsey – The Last of Us
Emma Stone – The Curse
Helen Mirren – 1923
Imelda Staunton – The Crown
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Sarah Snook – Succession – WINNER
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear -WINNER
Elle Fanning – The Great
Natasha Lyonne – Poker Face
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Selena Gomez – Only Murders within the Building
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Ali Wong – Beef – WINNER
Brie Larson – Lessons in Chemistry
Elizabeth Olsen – Love & Death
Juno Temple – Fargo
Rachel Weisz – Dead Ringers
Riley Keough – Daisy Jones and the Six
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Abby Elliott – The Bear
Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets
Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown – WINNER
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso
J. Smith-Cameron – Succession
Meryl Streep – Only Murders within the Building
Elizabeth Debicki received Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television for The Crown
Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon – WINNER
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
Trevor Noah: Where Was I
Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Air
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Poor Things – WINNER
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie – WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Barbie beat out Taylor Swift in a brand new class Cinematic and Box Office Achievement as Margot Robbie accepted
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Annette Bening – Nyad
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon – WINNER
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Alma Pöysti – Fallen Leaves
Emma Stone – Poor Things – WINNER
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple (2023)
Jennifer Lawrence – No Hard Feelings
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Natalie Portman – May December
Emma Stone triumphed as she earned Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Poor Things and in addition led the movie to prime honor Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple (2023)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers – WINNER
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer – WINNER
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest
Best Television Series – Drama
1923
The Crown
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
The Morning Show
Succession – WINNER
Succession practically swept the tv drama classes together with prime prize Best Television Series – Drama
Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
All the Light We Cannot See
Beef – WINNER
Daisy Jones and the Six
Fargo
Fellow Travelers
Lessons in Chemistry
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Brian Cox – Succession
Dominic West – The Crown
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Jeremy Strong – Succession
Kieran Culkin – Succession – WINNER
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Bill Hader – Barry
Jason Segel – Shrinking
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White – The Bear – WINNER
Martin Short – Only Murders within the Building
Steve Martin – Only Murders within the Building
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
David Oyelowo – Lawman: Bass Reeves
Jon Hamm – Fargo
Matt Bomer – Fellow Travelers
Sam Claflin – Daisy Jones and the Six
Steven Yeun – Beef – WINNER
Woody Harrelson – White House Plumbers
Steven Yeun took dwelling Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television for Beef
Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Alan Ruck – Succession
Alexander Skarsgård – Succession
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear
James Marsden – Jury Duty
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession – WINNER
