Twitter Reacts With Joy for Oprah Winfrey at Golden Globes
CONGRATULATIONS to @Oprah! The first black woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award! 👸🏿 [...]
CONGRATULATIONS to @Oprah! The first black woman to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award! 👸🏿 An inspiration to women and little girls EVERYWHERE. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/pkRoQ0jCTL
— Em. (@EmilyBashforth) January 8, 2018
Oprah Winfrey was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes Sunday, thanks to her unparalleled contribution to the entertainment industry and American culture as a whole.
Twitter fans were happy to see Winfrey become the first African-American woman to receive the award.
In her emotional speech, Winfrey spoke about the importance of the press. She also told the story of Recy Taylor, who was raped by six white men in 1944. She died just 10 days ago at age 97.
"Their time is up," Winfrey said of the powerful men who women feared to speak out against. "Their time is up."
Here's how Twitter reacted to Winfrey's powerful speech.
oprah made me cry
— jordan (@stydiasdaya) January 8, 2018
"What I know for sure...is speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we have.. " - @Oprah #CecilBDeMilleAward #GoldenGlobes
— Sabeen Ahmad (@SabeenCTV) January 8, 2018
Speaking your truth is the most powerful thing we have.—@Oprah
— Renae M. (@Renae131) January 8, 2018
Thank you Oprah! We celebrate you!
Oh God @Oprah “Speaking your truth is the most powerful weapon we have. THIS YEAR WE BECAME THE STORY pic.twitter.com/WegFvDnwAR
— Glennon Doyle (@GlennonDoyle) January 8, 2018
Oprah just knows how to give a SPEECH ♥#Goldenglobes
— NADJIB (@ThatPLLGuy) January 8, 2018
Plenty of other viewers think Winfrey might be running for president in 2020... or at least they hope she will.
.@Oprah 2020?
— allen. (@thisguyallen) January 8, 2018
@danimop A Oprah Winfrey-Natalie Portman 2020 ticket? I’m about it pic.twitter.com/zmhAj2el3d
— Shaun The Sheep (@SheepTheShaun99) January 8, 2018
In addition to making a beautifully moving speech, Oprah just became the front runner for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination#OprahWinfrey #GoldenGlobes
— Dennis Trainor Jr (@dennistrainorjr) January 8, 2018
Winfrey's only other Golden Globe nomination came back in 1986 for The Color Purple. In 2012, she also received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.