While Nikki Glaser seems to be doing a stand-up job as the host for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards for the second year in a row, fans of the ceremony will no doubt still be nostalgic for the chaotic days when Ricky Gervais was host.
This year's ceremony is all about 'honouring excellence in film and American television productions', and we've already seen a load of gongs get dished out.
And one of those awards went to none other than British comedian Gervais, who has hosted the Golden Globes five times, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2020.
Gervais took home the victory for the Best Stand-up Comedy Performance for his Mortality Netflix special.
Other stars in the category included: Bill Maher for Is Anyone Else Seeing This?, Brett Goldstein for The Second Best Night of Your Life, Kevin Hart for Acting My Age, Kumail Nanjiani for Night Thoughts and Sarah Silverman for Postmortem.
The Office star Ricky Gervais won Best Stand-up Comedy Performance at the Golden Globes tonight (Handout / Handout / Getty Images) However, ahead of the evening, Gervais revealed exactly why he wouldn't be attending - despite being nominated.
The actor-comedian, who has won four Golden Globe awards across two decades, recently revealed that the reason he won't be attending the Los Angeles evening is that, simply put, it's 'too far to go'.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s This Cultural Life, he explained: "I didn’t have any joy watching my fat face on screen. I just want peace and quiet...
Wanda Sykes accepted the award on behalf of Gervais (Rich Polk/2026GG / Contributor / Getty Images) "I’m probably not going to the Golden Globes … It’s too far to go. It takes a lot to get me off the couch with my cat and my girlfriend [Jane Fallon] watching Netflix. I love the work, I love writing, I love creating, I love stand-up, but all the other stuff I could really do without."
Given that he wasn't there on the night, presenter Wanda Sykes accepted the award on his behalf, taking the opportunity to deliver a jab towards him as she asked if she could 'borrow' fellow winner Teyana Taylor's speech.
"Because he would like to thank God," Sykes said before adding: "And the trans community."
The comment in question appears to reference Gervais making jokes about 'taboo subjects' after his SuperNature Netflix special drew criticism.
The special saw him make a string of - what he describes as - ironic and satirical jokes about trans people, female comedians and Aids.
Directly to the 'transphobia' accusations, Gervais said: "Of course I support trans rights. I support all human rights and trans rights are human rights.
"Live your best life, use your preferred pronouns, be the gender that you feel that you are."
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Golden Globes 2026 nominations/winners
Best director
- Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another (winner)
- Ryan Coogler - Sinners
- Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein
- Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident
- Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
- Chloe Zhao - Hamnet
Best screenplay
- Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle After Another (winner)
- Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme
- Ryan Coogler - Sinners
- Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident
- Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value
- Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell - Hamnet
Best TV series - drama
- The Diplomat
- The Pitt (winner)
- Pluribus
- Severance
- Slow Horses
- The White Lotus
Best TV series - comedy or musical
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Nobody Wants This
- Only Murders in the Building
- The Studio (winner)
Best limited TV series
- Adolescence (winner)
- All Her Fault
- The Beast In Me
- Black Mirror
- Dying for Sex
- The Girlfriend
Best TV actress - drama
- Kathy Bates - Matlock
- Britt Lower - Severance
- Helen Mirren - Mobland
- Bella Ramsey - The Last of Us
- Keri Russell - The Diplomat
- Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus (winner)
Best TV actor - drama
- Sterling K Brown - Paradise
- Diego Luna - Andor
- Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
- Mark Ruffalo - Task
- Adam Scott - Severance
- Noah Wyle - The Pitt (winner)
Best supporting actor - TV
- Owen Cooper - Adolescence (winner)
- Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
- Walton Goggins - The White Lotus
- Jason Isaacs - The White Lotus
- Tramell Tillman - Severance
- Ashley Walters - Adolescence
Best supporting actress - TV
- Carrie Coon - The White Lotus
- Erin Doherty - Adolescence (winner)
- Hannah Einbinder - Hacks
- Catherine O'Hara - The Studio
- Parker Posey - The White Lotus
- Aimee-Lou Wood - The White Lotus
Best film - drama
- Frankenstein
- Hamnet
- It Was Just an Accident
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
Best film - musical or comedy
- Blue Moon
- Bugonia
- Marty Supreme
- No Other Choice
- Nouvelle Vague
- One Battle After Another
Best animated film
- Arco
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
- Elio
- KPop Demon Hunters (winner)
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
Best actress - musical or comedy
- Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (winner)
- Cynthia Erivo - Wicked: For Good
- Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue
- Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
- Amanda Seyfried - The Testament of Ann Lee
- Emma Stone - Bugonia
Best actor - musical or comedy
- Timothée Chalamet - Marty Supreme (winner)
- George Clooney - Jay Kelly
- Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon
- Lee Byung-Hun - No Other Choice
- Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
Best supporting actress
- Emily Blunt - The Smashing Machine
- Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value
- Ariana Grande - Wicked: For Good
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
- Amy Madigan - Weapons
- Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another (winner)
Best supporting actor
- Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein
- Paul Mescal - Hamnet
- Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
- Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly
- Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value (winner)
Best actress - drama
- Jessie Buckley - Hamnet (winner)
- Jennifer Lawrence - Die, My Love
- Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value
- Julia Roberts - After the Hunt
- Tessa Thompson - Hedda
- Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby
Best actor - drama
- Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
- Oscar Isaac - Frankenstein
- Dwayne Johnson - The Smashing Machine
- Michael B Jordan - Sinners
- Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent
- Jeremy Allen White - Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Rhiannon Ingle
