Golden Globes funny and viral moments from Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez gossip to Jack Nicholson on Valium
The Golden Globes have delivered endless viral chaos, from icy stares and savage roasts to bathroom emergencies and drug confessions that left viewers laughing or gasping.
These standout moments remind us why the ceremony remains a pressure cooker of fame, feuds, and unfiltered A-list antics.
The Rock didn’t like Vin Diesel’s greeting (2025)
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.Years after their explosive Fast & Furious feud spilled into the public, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson calling out an unnamed co-star (widely known to be Vin Diesel), the pair collided awkwardly at the 2025 Globes.
Diesel took the stage to present the Cinematic Achievement Award, spotted Johnson in the crowd, and hit him with a clipped “Hi Dwayne” that hung in the air with Hollywood stars not knowing if they were allowed to laugh.
Johnson laughed it off very awkwardly, but celebrity experts and fans online knew he would’ve absolutely hated that moment.
Nikki Glaser’s Diddy roast (2025)
First-time host Nikki Glaser torched the room in her 2025 opening monologue, going ham on no-go topics.
She mixed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ scandals with lines like Challengers being “more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card” and mourning the after party vibe: “I’m upset too the after party isn’t going to be as good this year, but we have to move on”.
She also took a massive swing at celebrities for not “telling the country who to vote for,” in the Donald Trump v Kamala Harris election.
Selena and Taylor’s table gossip (2024)
The 2024 Globes exploded online over Selena Gomez’s heated table huddle with Taylor Swift and Keleigh Sperry.
Lip-readers dissected the clip frame-by-frame: Gomez dishing that Timothée Chalamet refused her photo request (“He didn’t want a picture with me, he said no”), fearing it’d upset Kylie Jenner.
Sperry’s shocked “Timothée?” confirmation lit up TikTok with memes.
Ricky Gervais roasts Leonardo Decaprio (2020)
Ricky Gervais owned the 2020 opening monologue, shredding Hollywood stars and films, including Quentin Tarantino’s nearly three-hour Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Zeroing in on Leonardo DiCaprio, Gervais quipped: “By the end, his date was too old for him. Even Prince Andrew is like, ‘Come on, mate!’” DiCaprio’s frozen grin amid the roaring room fueled endless GIFs and debates, proving Gervais’ fearlessness turned the Globes into a no-holds-barred roast.
Jack Nicholson’s Valium speech (2003)
In a loose 2003 acceptance speech for About Schmidt, Jack Nicholson paused mid-thanks, eyed the clock, and dropped a casual bombshell: “I know the evening is getting short... I took a Valium tonight.”
The room erupted in shocked laughter, cementing the moment as peak old-Hollywood wildness that still gets clipped and shared decades later.
Robin Williams’ bathroom rescue (1998)
When Christine Lahti missed her 1998 Best Actress win for Chicago Hope because she was stuck in the bathroom, Robin Williams seized the mic for an impromptu comedy blitz, riffing with his signature manic energy to stall the band.
Lahti finally rushed onstage, mortified and laughing: “I was in the bathroom, mum... I thought it was a terrible joke while flushing!”
