Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a message to the viewers on the Golden Globes 2023 tonight (January 10), sharing hope for the result of the struggle in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president’s look by video was launched by a short however shifting speech from actor Sean Penn.
“From the other-worldly braveness of younger Iranians rising as much as the ever-persevering ladies’s motion of Afghanistan, we’re reminded, in no unsure phrases, that the liberty to dream is just not merely a human luxurious however somewhat a human want that have to be fought and sacrificed for,” the actor mentioned.
“If the liberty to dream have been a spear, I proudly current a human being who tonight represents that spear’s most honed tip.”
Zelenskyy then appeared on the display screen and appeared again to the 12 months when the Golden Globes have been first held, 1944. “The second World Battle wasn’t over but, however the tide was turned, all knew who would win,” he mentioned. “There have been nonetheless battles and tears forward, it was then when the Golden Globes awards appeared to honour the very best performers of 1943.
“It’s now 2023 the struggle in Ukraine is just not over but however the tide is popping. And it’s already clear who will win. There are nonetheless battles and tears forward, however now I can undoubtedly inform you who’re the very best within the earlier 12 months, it was you. The free individuals of the free world. Those that united across the assist of the free Ukrainian individuals in our frequent battle for freedom.”
The president continued to declare: “There can be no third World Battle, it’s not a trilogy. Ukraine will cease the Russian aggression on our land.”
Final 12 months, Zelenskyy shared a video message with the Grammys during which he urged the world to “assist us in any method however silence”. “We defend our freedom,” he mentioned within the video. “To stay. To like. To sound. On our land, we’re preventing Russia, which brings horrible silence with its bombs. The useless silence. Fill the silence along with your music. Fill it at this time, to inform our story. Inform the reality about this struggle in your social networks, in your TV.”
Elsewhere on the Golden Globes 2023, Angela Bassett turned the primary actor to win a significant award for a Marvel film. Michelle Yeoh mirrored on her profession in Hollywood and Austin Butler responded to claims he nonetheless speaks like Elvis. You may sustain with the entire winners as they’re introduced at NME.com right here.
In the meantime, Zelenskyy additionally made a digital look ultimately 12 months’s Glastonbury Competition, calling on festival-goers to “unfold reality” concerning the struggle with Russia. “Glastonbury is the best focus of freedom as of late,” he mentioned. “And I ask you to share this sense with everybody whose freedom is underneath assault.”