The Golden Globes hadn’t even gotten underway yet, but we already have one of the standout moments of the night involving two of our favorites: Meryl Streep and Billy Porter.
In footage captured as the celebrities got settled in the ballroom, a camera captured a perfect moment between the two stars where they greeted each other, hugged, and kept on hugging. Now all I can imagine is a meeting between Miranda Priestly (The Devil Wears Prada) and Pray Tell (Pose). Just imagine the conversations they could have about cerulean blue, fashion history, and what he’s wearing to the next ball. The category is…my dreams!
Watch the moment for yourself below. “How many celebrities can you see? Don’t miss the part where Meryl Streep hugs Billy Porter. #GoldenGlobes,” Ramin Setoodeh tweeted with the footage.
Given how much the internet loves both a Streep and a Porter meme—you know you’ve used that gif of her and J. Lo clapping a million times—people were very excited, to say the least. “Meryl hugging Billy Porter, I’m not okay,” one person tweeted. “MERYL TOUCHING BILLY’S COAT!!!! i’m dying, she’s so cute ?????,” another wrote. And we think this person definitely has the right idea: “This is everything. Please can Meryl and Billy work together? #GoldenGlobes.”
At one point, Porter appears to say to Streep, “You didn’t see the train, boo.” And, well, that was just perfection.
Then, they threw Ana de Armas from Knives Out and Taron Egerton into the mix.
This is why the Golden Globes are always the most fun awards show of the bunch. You’ve got film legends like Meryl Streep chatting with newly crowned TV legends like Billy Porter—and that’s before the stars even sat down and started drinking all that champagne at the table. We can’t wait for the next commercial break to see what other celebrity worlds collide as famous people scramble back to their tables.
