2025 Golden Globes: Top Viral Moments & Funniest Memes

On Sunday night, award season kicked into high gear with the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in both film and television. This year, the show was hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, who is known for her biting and sometimes raunchy humor -- something this three-hour show sometimes so badly needs to keep things moving.

Going into the night, Emilia Pérez led the field on the film side with a whopping 10 nominations -- including one for star Selena Gomez -- with The Brutalist, Conclave, Anora and Wicked also all scoring multiple noms. In the end, Emilia Pérez came out on top, taking home four awards, while The Brutalist nabbed three.

Big names in the film categories tonight included Angelina Jolie, Pamela Anderson, Timothee Chalamet, Nicole Kidman, Zendaya, Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Denzel Washington.

For TV, it was a huge night for Shogun, which turned four nominations into four wins to lead the night in the category. Other big nominees included The Bear, Hacks, Baby Reindeer, and Only Murders In the Building.

We've tracked the night's biggest moments and funniest instant memes throughout the three-hours-plus broadcast for you right here!

Host Nikki Glaser opened the show for what she called "Ozempic's biggest night."

"If you're watching on CBS, hello. If you're watching on Paramount+, you have six days left to cancel your free trial," she joked. "I'm Nikki Glaser, and I'm absolutely thrilled to be your host tonight."

"Ariana, hold my finger," she then joked, before it cut to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo reenacting their "holding space" moment, which Glaser then poked fun at, saying the ceremony will be "celebrating the best of film and hold space for television."

Glaser also made some NSFW jokes about Ben Affleck and Diddy, telling Zendaya that Challengers "was more sexually charged than Diddy's credit card."

As the audience audibly reacted, she joked, "I know I'm upset too, the party is not going to be as good this year. But we have to move on. A Stanley Tucci freak-off doesn't have the same ring to it. No baby oil this year, just lots of olive oil."

It was the Diddy jokes that got the most reaction online ... though not everyone was a fan:

During host Nikki Glaser’s searing opening monologue, the camera cut over to nominee Timothee Chalamet — but it was his date who had everyone talking online.

While she didn’t walk the red carpet, Kylie Jenner joined him at the show for the second year in a row — and was spotted next to him in a sequined sparkly number that really pulled focus.

It was the second year the speculated couple were spotted together at "Hollywood's biggest night." The Golden Globes shared an intimate moment between the pair during last year's broadcast, including a kiss.

Nothing is official or confirmed, but that's never stopped a good speculation before. Fans and media outlets alike were quickly zooming in on photos of Zendaya as the Challengers star hit the red carpet with a little -- make that a big something on that finger.

Yes, she looked stunning with a bob haircut and that orange fitted gown with the flare in the back, and she had all that dazzle on her neck, but could any of it outshine the big maybe on her ring finger?

Zendaya and Tom Holland have been a hot commodity since they started dating in 2021 after first meeting on the set of the Spider-Man films, quickly becoming one of the biggest "it" couples in Hollywood. Fans were quick to jump on this moment as possible confirmation that the famously private couple has taken the next step.

As for why Holland wasn't there, he's already made it clear he doesn't want to make her moments about them as a couple. But maybe there's a big moment coming up that is all about them?! Fans seem to think this might be confirmation enough!

Jennifer Coolidge, as always, was an absolute laugh riot as she took the stage to present the Globe for Best Male Actor in a Musical/Comedy Television Series, but this time the iconic actress took on her category directly, i.e., men in Hollywood.

"Tonight, I have the incredible honor of recognizing the men who had the daunting task of carrying the weight of an entire series on their shoulders," Coolidge began, adding, "And believe me, it’s not easy."

"I mean, I do know how hard it is for you guys to have to pretend to be nice to everybody," she added before going into some hilariously unexpected examples from her own career where men were treated differently.

You can check out everything she had to say, as well as how social media was eating it up, right here:

"No one to thank on this one, I did it all by myself," Colin Ferrell quipped after hitting the stage with a rare win for the superhero genre.  His win for Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie for The Batman spinoff series was speculated, but there's always that uncertainty for genre projects.

The actor was almost unrecognizable as he turned in a gritty performance under a ton of prosthetics to bring Batman villain The Penguin to life. "I guess it's prosthetics from here on out," Ferrell joked in his passionate acceptance speech.

Online, fans were eating up this victory, even as they were heartbroken Cristin Milioti didn't quickly follow with a big win of her own as his villainous counterpart Sofia Falcone, losing to Jodie Foster's True Detective: Night Country.

After hitting the stage for her Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie win for her performance in True Detective: Night Country, Jodie Foster gave a shout-out to fellow nominee for Griselda, Sofia Vergara.

On Foster's way up to the stage, Vergara was seen standing up and shouting at Foster. "No, no, not again!" she shouted. "Give me one!" Foster, instead, gave the star her flowers with praise during her speech about being a woman of a certain age in Hollywood today.

"The greatest thing about being this age and being in this time is having a community of all these people," she said of her fellow actors, adding, "especially you, Sofia."

Fans were cracking up over the light-hearted exchange between the women.

"I'm just in shock right now. I've been doing this a long time, like over 45 years and this is the first time I've ever won anything as an actor," a clearly shocked and elated Demi Moore said as she picked up her first-ever award for The Substance.

She went on to share that she was told 30 years ago by a producer that she was a "popcorn actress," sharing how it "corroded" her throughout her career.

She went on to say that The Substance showed up at the perfect time to tell her she wasn't done and had more to say as an actress. You can read all about it right here, followed by social media reactions to her first-ever award:

One viral behind-the-scenes encounter at Timothée Chalamet's table came shortly after Demi Moore's big win as The Substance star made her way to the table to mingle with his A Complete Unknown co-stars -- specifically, it seems, Elle Fanning.

In short video clips that quickly went viral, Chalamet's date could be seen looking back toward the actress and offering a very excited, "Congratulations!" Moore acknowledged it only with a short "thank you" before returning to her conversation with Fanning.

As Jenner turned back to face the table, Moore made her way around the reality star and appeared to then engage Chalamet in conversation, but not his date, before moving on. After Jenner famously dressed up as Moore's Striptease character for Halloween, fans felt she got the cold shoulder.

Tallulah Willis, however, quickly shut down the chatter online -- see her response here.

After getting a shout-out from Nikki Glaser during an aborted musical comedy bit earlier in the broadcast, Elton John took a note from her monologue and poked fun at himself when he came out later to present alongside Brandi Carlile.

The iconic musician has made headlines recently with reports that he's lost much of his eyesight, but he was quick to assure fans it's not as bad as everyone things, before saying, "I'm so pleased to be here with my cohost, Rihanna."

But not nearly as pleased as he was a few moments later when Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the soundtrack of Challengers.

Wicked stars Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh had to take a moment to get serious when they hit the stage as they addressed some serious rumors that have been circulating around the internet since the film's premiere.

Goldblum, in particular, had to question people saying he's a "Zaddy," while Yeoh questioned that she was "serving Muva" and -- as she slightly misphrased it -- "slay the house boots down"?

The actual expression is "slay the house down boots," which both Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were very proudly confirming were all true things about their co-stars every time the cameras cut to them, adorably mouthing the phrases and nodding.

The Golden Globes first launched the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement in 2024, an award to honor blockbuster films that would generally never win major awards because that's just not how things works.

As the star of one of the biggest blockbuster franchises of all time, Vin Diesel said of the new category, "It's about damned time." He was on hand to present the award for the 2025 show, and did so with an opening shout-out to his fellow Fast & Furious co-star Dwayne Johnson.

"Hey Dwayne," he said awkwardly as the camera cut to The Rock with a smile on his face. The actors have been embroiled in a feud for almost seven years now after first joining forces in 2011's Fast Five. Five years later, Johnson made a since-deleted post about "candy asses" many thought was referring to Diesel and severed ties with the franchise, save for a spinoff project.

Diesel didn't acknowledge Johnson again as he talked about his own career that's gone from critically-acclaimed projects to what's known as "the blockbuster." But that single moment was enough for social media.