She wasn’t the only celebrity to skip the Golden Globes, but Amanda Seyfried’s explanation has admirers curious.
The 37-year-old actress received Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, who created the discredited biotechnology company Theranos before being sentenced to 11 years in prison for selling phoney blood testing instruments.
Amanda was up against Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy), Julia Garner (Inventing Anna), Lily James (Pam & Tommy), and Julia Roberts (Gaslit) for the award, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Amanda, like fellow winners Kevin Costner and Zendaya, did not attend in person because she was ‘deep in the process of creating a new musical’.
Yellowstone’s Cole Hauser and Moses Brings Plenty accepted the prize on her behalf, explaining why she wasn’t present to the audience, but no message was read out.
But it turns out she was watching, albeit from a distance, on FaceTime.
Liz Meriweather, the author of The Dropout, posted a video to Instagram during the ceremony showing Amanda on the phone, watching her triumph.
‘If there’s a golden globe category for phone videos taken of actresses winning golden globes over FaceTime, we’d f***ing win. Love love,’ she wrote, tagging Amanda in the post.
Amanda later praised the cast and staff of the series in her own video, saying they ‘were the reason I got this award’.
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‘Oh boy I missed a big night out there,’ she said.
‘It is a true honour to have been a part of that [series] and I had to miss it [the awards] because I am working on something that is magic and musical and so I am finally getting to do something that I have never really done and that’s all I can really say about it but hopefully more soon.
‘It is a lot of work and more fun.’
However, when it was revealed that she was working on a musical, many people were eager to learn more, with many speculating if she was working on another Mamma Mia.
‘This is not a drill,’ one fan wrote on Twitter.
Another added: ”I simply cannot stop thinking about if it’s a Mamma Mia 3.’
Even Westworld actress Shannon Woodward weighed in, sharing ‘Absolutely riveted by the news that Amanda Seyfried is “deep in the throes of creating a new musical”.’
She added: ‘In lieu of an acceptance speech I am here to say thanks to all my Dropout family and my family and thank you Golden Globes.’
Amanda received an Emmy for her performance last year, and her victory speech made her daughter cry.
But it turned out that she wasn’t delighted for her mother; rather, she was perplexed by Amanda’s ability to address her through the television.
Nina, her five-year-old daughter whose father is actor Thomas Sadoski, was informed she could stay up late to watch the ceremony and see whether The Dropout won any Oscars, but when she was told it was ‘time to go to bed’ as her mother stepped up on stage, she became distraught.
The Dropout is streaming on Disney Plus.
Golden Globes 2023 winners list in full
Best Picture, Drama: The Fabelmans
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Director, Motion Picture: Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Austin Butler (Elvis)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Cate Blanchett (Tár)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture: Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Best Television Series, Drama: House of the Dragon (HBO)
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy: Abbott Elementary
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama: Kevin Costner (Yellowstone)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama: Zendaya (Euphoria)
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Supporting Actor, Television: Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
Best Supporting Actress, Television: Julia Garner (Ozark)
Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: The White Lotus (HBO)
Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture made for Television: Evan Peters (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)
Best Performance by an Actress in Supporting Role, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Best Performance by an Actor in Supporting Role, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television: Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
Best Original Score, Motion Picture: Babylon (Paramount Pictures) – Justin Hurwitz
Best Picture, Non-English Language: Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
Best Original Song, Motion Picture: Naatu Naatu from RRR (Variance Films) — Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj
Best Motion Picture, Animated: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)