Natalie Portman savages the Golden Globes' 'all-male nominees' for best director

Maeve McDermott | USA TODAY

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Following Oprah Winfrey's powerhouse Golden Globes speech was no easy task for Natalie Portman, who took the stage with Ron Howard to present the award for best director to Guillermo Del Toro for The Shape of Water.

But Portman kept the fire coming with a pointed comment about the category's all-male nominees, after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association controversially snubbed Greta Gerwig for her critically acclaimed directing work in Lady Bird, as well as Patty Jenkins for Wonder Woman and Dee Rees’ Mudbound.

"We are honored ... to be here to present the award for best director," Howard said, to which Portman deadpanned, "And here are the all-male nominees."

‘Wonder Woman,’ ‘Get Out’ snubbed by Golden Globes While big, well-deserving names did make the list, a number of high-profile awards contenders were overlooked in the Golden Globes nominations.

Del Toro was nominated alongside Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk, Ridley Scott for All the Money in the World and Steven Spielberg for The Post.

One only woman has ever won the category, Barbra Streisand, for Yentl in 1984.

Social media exploded in approval of Portman's comments, from Mindy Kaling's all-caps "YAS NATALIE GET EM GIRL" to Gina Rodriguez's tweet, "Natalie Portman dropping the truth like #timesUp."

"Natalie Portman on best director: 'And here are the all male nominees.' I’M DEAD," Amber Tamblyn wrote, with Shonda Rhimes thanking Portman for "(calling) it for what it is."

YAS NATALIE GET EM GIRL — Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman on best director: “And Here are the all male nominees.”



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DEAD — Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) January 8, 2018

"And here are the all male nominees." Natalie Portman calls it for what it is. — shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 8, 2018

And then my girl #NataliePortman names the all “male” nominees for best director! Preach! — Zoe Saldana (@zoesaldana) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman dropping the truth like #timesUp pic.twitter.com/IzPADsKDlS — Gina Rodriguez (@HereIsGina) January 8, 2018

.@Oprah ‘s speech was UNBELIEVABLE!!! #TimesUp 😭



And #NataliePortman : “Here are the ALL MALE nominees” for directors. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼



So inspired. — Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) January 8, 2018

Natalie Portman went into savage mode and poor Guillermo del Toro never saw it coming pic.twitter.com/DF0BAcReSt — Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 8, 2018

Me and my friends just bawled our eyes out at Oprah’s speech. Then Natalie Portman was like HOLD MY BEER. #theallmalenominees — JenHatmaker (@JenHatmaker) January 8, 2018

“And here are the all-male nominees.” Natalie Portman is not here to play... #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/CQRWcgmBHW — Johanna Fuentes (@jfuentes) January 8, 2018