Tom Hanks's Face Is the First Meme from Tonight's Golden Globes
If anyone was waiting for 2020's first major viral moment, it took just six days and one Golden Globes ceremony for the internet to find it. Usher in the new year with Tom Hanks's reaction to Ricky Gervais's opening monologue, which featured digs at Felicity Huffman, the overarching whiteness of Hollywood, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and even Leonardo DiCaprio's dating habits.
If you need a reaction to just about anything, forget about the facepalm emoji, because Hanks's grimace and cringe is all you'll need.
First meme of the year: @tomhanks at the #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/syUvbLJntN
— Elrheen David ➖ (@elrheendavid) January 6, 2020
Of course, people touched on Hanks's Disney pedigree.
Tom Hanks looks like he’s about to break the news that “no, you’re not my favorite deputy” pic.twitter.com/3GEAwE4gG8
— Anthony! (@AnthonyLantern) January 6, 2020
And others used it for just about every situation you could think of, from real-life situations...
When you’re being picked up from school and it’s your dad instead of your mom pic.twitter.com/kYUKQPII7q
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) January 6, 2020
...to other kinds of real-life situations.
When Shiv from SUCCESSION speaks in her actual Australian accent pic.twitter.com/tJZXFo8SfS
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) January 6, 2020
Some were topical.
When Ricky Gervais says this is his last year hosting. #goldenglobes2020 pic.twitter.com/WvFT1ob1MQ
— Kerri McAneney (@Kerri_McAneney_) January 6, 2020
LMAO tom hanks said u right ricky but i still gotta work with these people pic.twitter.com/ewbCNl86XH
— val (@pascuzzi_) January 6, 2020
And other Twitter users just wanted to relate that face to what we all deal with.
When someone asks us who ate all the snacks in the break room. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/GDsikOmQIq
— E! News (@enews) January 6, 2020
Everyone wants more.
I just want a camera to be deadset on Tom Hanks' disapproving expressions while Ricky Gervais says anything during the #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/4fkbW9dYyf
— Jaimee (@0rang3youglad) January 6, 2020
Tom Hanks' face during Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes monologue says everything pic.twitter.com/VVT47ATAWa
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) January 6, 2020
The ceremony is still young, but it's clear that Hanks won the night.
