Oprah made a big splash at the Golden Globes last night. Her speech upon receiving the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement was highly praised, and many even encouraged her to run for president.
The famed talk show host, actress, producer, and humanitarian especially spoke about the #MeToo movement and said, “I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon!”
With her usual charisma, Oprah had the crowd gathered at the Beverly Hilton on its feet cheering.
“In my career, what I’ve always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere and how we overcome,” she continued.
“So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say ‘Me too’ again,” she concluded.
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