Kate McKinnon honors Ellen DeGeneres with teary speech at the 2020 Golden Globes

Kate McKinnon honors Ellen DeGeneres with teary speech at the 2020 Golden Globes

Typically, it’s the winners who capture our hearts on awards night. 

But at the 77th Annual Golden Globes on Sunday, presenter Kate McKinnon stole the spotlight with her moving introduction of Carol Burnett Award honoree Ellen DeGeneres. Recalling DeGeneres’s decision to come out on Ellen in 1997, McKinnon emphasized the impact DeGeneres’ bravery has had on LGBTQ visibility and acceptance.

“[DeGeneres] risked her entire life and her entire career to tell the truth, and she suffered greatly for it,” McKinnon noted, referencing the cancelation of DeGeneres’s sitcom a year after going public with her sexuality. Read more…

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