Golden Globes host Seth Meyers pulled no punches tackling sexual harassment in Hollywood during his opening monologue on Sunday night. 
 
 Meyers’ opening line set the tone, in which he said, “Good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen.” 
 
 He did not let up from there, reminding the male nominees in the room, “This is the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear your name read out loud.” Meyers also addressed the criticism that he was chosen to host the annual awards show instead of a man. 
 
 “If it’s any consolation, I’m a man with absolutely no power in Hollywood. I’m not even the most powerful Seth in the room tonight,” he joked, giving a quick nod to Seth Rogen. “Remember when he was the guy making trouble with North Korea? Simpler times.” 
 
 Meyers continued the Donald Trump jokes after that, saying that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — which chooses the winners for the Golden Globes — begins with three words that seemed designed to infuriate the president. He said the only way it could be worse if the organization was called the “Hillary Mexico Salad Association.” 
 
 He also took several swipes at Harvey Weinstein, referring to the embattled producer as “the elephant not in the room” and saying that Weinstein will “be back in 20 years when he’s the first person booed in the In Memoriam.” 
 
 Kevin Spacey was not spared either. “Well, despite everything that happened this year, the show goes on,” he said. “For example, I was happy to hear they’re going to do another season of ‘House of Cards’ … is Christopher Plummer available for that, too?” 
 
 As he closed out his opening remarks, Meyers congratulated all the female nominees in the room, specifically praising them for leading the charge to combat sexual harassment and misconduct in the industry. “I look forward to you leading us into whatever comes next,” he said. 

 “Well, I think it’s time to address the elephant not in the room,” Seth Meyers said Sunday night as he opened the Golden Globes. “Harvey Weinstein isn’t here tonight because, well, I’ve heard rumors that he’s crazy and difficult to work with. But don’t worry; he’ll be back in 20 years when he’s the first person booed during the In Memoriam.” 
 
 Ever since the Late Night comedian’s hosting gig with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was first announced, awards-season fanatics have wondered how he would handle the elephant in the room: the looming allegations of sexual misconduct that have spread across every facet of the entertainment industry. As he prepared for his big night, Meyers told V.F. that he hoped to respect the gravity of this moment without getting too dour: “Hopefully we can talk about it in a way that is not just drawing attention to what was a huge bummer, but rather what this moment means going forward.” 
 
 On Sunday night, that meant blending a series of swipes at a few disgraced Hollywood men with more playful bits, like an A-list version of “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell,” a segment from his NBC show in which his writers tell jokes that he, as a straight, white man, could not get away with. 
 
 “There’s a new era underway,” Meyers said, “and I can tell because it’s been years since a white man was this nervous in Hollywood. By the way, a special hello to hosts of other upcoming awards shows that are watching me tonight—like the first dog they shot into outer space . . . For the male nominees in the room tonight, this is the first time in three months it won’t be terrifying to hear your name read out loud.” 
 
 For the most part, Meyers steered clear of any jokes that elicited surprise from the audience—with the minor exception of a Kevin Spacey joke in which he suggested Christopher Plummer replace the actor in his Netflix series House of Cards. “I hope he can do a Southern accent,” Meyers quipped, “because Kevin Spacey sure couldn’t.” 
 
 “Is that too mean?” Meyers asked as some of the audience gasped. “To Kevin Spacey?” 
 
 Also on Meyers’s list? Woody Allen. “A naïve young woman falls in love with a disgusting sea monster,” Meyers said as he recalled the plot of The Shape of Water. “I said, ‘Oh man, not another Woody Allen movie.’” 
 
 Perhaps most amusing was Meyers’s callback to his now-famous hosting gig at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where he supposedly goaded Donald Trump so much that he drove Trump to run for president. “If that’s true,” Meyers said, “I just want to say, Oprah, you will never be president. You do not have what it takes! And __[Tom] Hanks—where’s Hanks?—you will never be vice president. You are too mean and unrelatable.” 
 
 And then came a round of “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell,” in which stars including Jessica Chastain, Billy Eichner, and Issa Rae told jokes that Meyers couldn’t pull off himself. The best one, however, came from an old friend of the comedian’s: Amy Poehler, who refused to let Meyers “mansplain” the concept of the segment to her—or even to provide a setup. Instead, she rattled off an inspired one-liner: “Said the peach in Call Me by Your Name, ‘This scene is the pits.’“ 
 
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– While Debra Messing and other celebrities brought up gender inequality in Hollywood on the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday, with a particular focus on the pay gap, host Seth Meyers jumped right into the fray on Sunday night—starting with the first line in his opening monologue, per Variety. "Good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen," he greeted the crowd at the Beverly Hills Hilton, telling all the men who were up for the night's top honors that "this is the first time in three months it won't be terrifying to hear your name read out loud." Meyers also touched on "the elephant not in the room," meaning Harvey Weinstein, who was the impetus behind the entire #MeToo movement, per Vanity Fair. "Don't worry; he'll be back in 20 years when he's the first person booed during the 'In Memoriam' [segment]," Meyers riffed. Also broached by Meyers: President Trump. Meyers first made mention of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that votes on the Golden Globes, noting that the first three words of that organization's name are ones that probably don't go over well with the commander in chief. In fact, he noted, the only thing that could raise the president's ire more is if the HFPA were called the "Hillary Mexico Salad Association." Meyers also accepted partial blame for spurring Trump to run for president in the first place, since Meyers was the one who hosted the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner where Trump is said to have first mulled running. "If that's true, I just want to say: Oprah, you will never be president. You do not have what it takes!" Meyers joked. "And ... where's [Tom] Hanks? You will never be vice president. You are too mean and unrelatable."