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Meryl Streep's speech at the Golden Globes award ceremonies in January 2017 (in which she denounced Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric and criticized him for mocking a disabled reporter) sparked a wide range of reactions. President-elect Donald Trump criticized her on Twitter, critics circulated videos were purportedly showing the actress in unflattering moments (one real, one not), and a fake news story claimed that Streep had been fired from a major movie for lying about Trump. Denzel Washington was dragged into the controversy when several disreputable web sites published articles reporting that the actor had SHUT DOWN Streep and other Hollywood elites who capitalize on their celebrity for political purposes: The statement attributed to Denzel Washington is real, but — contrary to misleading suggestion — it was not directed at Meryl Streep, had little to do with politics, and was made by Washington nearly a month before the 2017 Golden Globes ceremony. This quote was taken from a video of a Director Roundtable published by the Hollywood Reporter on 14 December 2016. Washington was asked about his worst job and said that before becoming an actor, he had been a garbage man and a postal worker. The actor went on to declare that he was aware that making movies was a luxury and that other people had much more difficult professions: Washington was talking about recognizing that he was fortunate to be in his profession, not dissing on actors who use their platform to talk politics or on Meryl Streep in particular.
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