Judd Apatow Weighs in on ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama at DGA Awards: “So Much Hazarai Over Such a Terrible Movie” – Hollywood Reporter
Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterThe filmmaker hosted the DGA ceremony for the sixth time and also mocked Donald Trump, Elon Musk and this year’s best picture nominees during his monologue.
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Kirsten Chuba
Events Editor
Judd Apatow, returning on Saturday night to host his sixth DGA Awards, brought his signature roasting style to this year’s nominated films, the It Ends With Us legal drama and, of course, the Trump Administration.
Telling the crowd, “I’m what Mel Brooks would look like if he took The Substance,” as he arrived on stage at the Beverly Hilton, Apatow acknowledged how Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner had both spent fortunes making passion projects that bombed at the box office. “Imagine being Kevin Costner’s kids and realizing you don’t get a trust fund, but you do get to watch Horizon one and two whenever you like,” he teased.
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He commented how Wicked, on the other hand, had done so well at the box office, and “usually to make that much money you have to sue Blake Lively,” as the audience broke out in laughter in referencing the ongoing legal battle between Lively and Justin Baldoni following It Ends With Us. “So much hazarai over such a terrible movie.” And in the case of Emilia Pérez, Apatow joked, “Hollywood hasn’t had a new idea in decades and then suddenly we cram all of them into one fucking movie.” He added that it was the “first movie that Trump is trying to deport,” and called Conclave “a prequel to Spotlight.”
Diving into politics, Apatow told the crowd, “There are some of you in this room who voted for [Donald] Trump — I won’t judge you but God will,” and said, “I’m getting very depressed, to deal with it I just started microdosing meth. My new pronouns are we’re fucked.” He also mused about how he “should start making movies and TV that MAGA people would like, like The Real Housewives of Jan. 6 or Extreme Home Makeover: Gaza edition,” or questioned if Hollywood should go even woker, like “Dune 3 with all gay sandworms” or “The Amazing Spider-Person.”
Apatow also noted how Elon Musk recently posted a meme from Step Brothers, which he produced, with a picture of John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell with the caption “Did we just become best friends?”
“He wrote, ‘This is me and Jeff Bezos,’” Apatow said. “I thought, ‘I don’t think he really understands the premise of that film. It’s about two fucking morons.’” The filmmaker closed out his monologue by declaring a hope that Musk, Trump and their billionaire supporters go off to colonize Mars, and Earth begins to return to normal.
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